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… in the middle of the summer, for I loved swimming and seldom had the chance to swim in salt water. During my spare time I walked to horse … to go swimming and cool off. The Pastor of the Lutheran Church came to visit me and invited me to come to the services on Windsor Street. I was told about English …
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… old at the time. He was coming to Canada for a better life to join his older brothers who were already here. Anna Runca, 16 years old at … in 1957. She was travelling with her parents and coming to Canada to visit her older sisters and brother who were already here. They met for … each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 …
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… Since we lived in the church area in my childhood, we had many foreign visitors. I asked I can travel with them. I never got to go anywhere … As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and … made me want to help. In 2000, I started an organization called Teenage Life Programme in the poor neighborhood of Dar Es Salaam. I used …
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… My grandmother passed away in 1959. My mother went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the …
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… had disembarked from ships in Halifax when our families immigrated to Canada, we were interested to learn more. The Tourist Information … were allowed, if we qualified, to emigrate. Our parents chose Canada. To immigrate one had to be healthy, politically acceptable and … gangway into Pier 21. It was a memorable and emotional experience to visit the Pier forty-seven years later and gratefully acknowledge that …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
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… me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in Uganda but of Indian origin, we were discriminated in Uganda by the dictator Idi Amin, who drove us out of the … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has …
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… a uniform. My parents chauffeured me back and forth to school. As a teenager, my parents did not allow me to date boys. I rebelled. I became … I told him when he is ready that I am always here. I feel I have accomplished my goals. My family in the Philippines is very proud of what I have accomplished in Canada. Whenever I visit them, they take me around and introduce me to all their friends …
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… Our trip was never without excitement; we left our hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of … Umberto of Savoia , during World War II and he must have told him to visit whenever he is in town. Well, we were in town but the Prince was …