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… part of China, where there is lots of people immigrated to Canada because the golden rush and railroad construction around nineteenth … I grew up, people around me started to persuade me to immigrate to Canada, even though I am very young at that time. I remembered that I gave … you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …
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… of displaced souls. It was mid afternoon of a mostly sunny autumn day and the shadows were distinct. I remember certain details of my … the metronomic pace of the rotating radar antenna; the smell of fresh paint that covered everything, numbly from the texture of the many … cord that had tied us to Europe, our homes, and our lives up to this point, was severed. There were surprisingly few people to wave farewell …
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… lives in Victoria BC. In August 2011, she celebrated her 90th birthday as well as the 65th anniversary of her arrival in Canada at Pier … workers came round with a lovely cup of tea which was more than welcome at that early hour. We left Waterloo about 7.30am. Traveling on … glimpse of the Queen Mary looking very clean with a nice white coat of paint and three bright red funnels beside the grey dock sheds. We …
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… on April 21, 1957, with the SS Ryndam, HAL. During the trip we had one day, rough stormy weather in the North Atlantic and the dining room did … the train made numerous stops and had long waits in nowhere. Every chance we had when the train stopped at a station, my travel …
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… the Groote Beer, leaving September 21, 1952, arriving in Halifax 9 days later on September 30. This was Ineke’s 6th birthday. The last morning everyone got up early to see land approaching. We … day we had a drill and had to learn about the lifeboats and what to do in the event of a storm. It wasn’t really a drill; a large storm was …
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… given to the Communists and Fiume became Rijeka, part of Croatia. One day, the Cuccaro family returned home to find that a Croatian family … and Mauro were enchanted by the Christmas lights and the snow. To this day, Christmas lights on his family’s home is still important to … veneer finishing plant in Maniwaki, Quebec. The family grew to include Vanda, born in 1961. All three of the Cuccaro children have flourished, …
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… Time 0:02:18 Transcript When I heard the announcer call my dad name and other people to go to Canada I was so happy. I was so happy that I cried, we all did. On that day when we have to come to Canada I was kind of sad because I won’t be able to play with … After that we got on the airplane and flew all the way to Canada. We come to a place call welcome house in Vancouver. I was so tired I sleep …
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… I was a kindergarten student I have been told I would immigrate to Canada after I finish grade 5, in that time I don’t have the basic … As the time pass I soon turn in to the age of 10 and the time has come. I miss everything I had in Hong Kong, but I know life is like a challenge and we must face it. When I was first arriving to Canada, Canada is a totally different place than what I had expected, …
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… from Holland to Canada as told to me by my mother and father. I do have some memories of the journey though I was only 3 years old. … things away to family members those items that couldn't go with us due to the limited size of the packing crate. There was much crying as family and friends wished them well. The departure day arrived and Mother's family took us to the pier in Rotterdam …
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… this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I … get on without me for another three weeks, and so I stayed. What I do remember with warmth was the fact that everybody I had met and had … With the enormous Bedford Basin, and its position on the eastern-most point of the mainland, Halifax became the starting point for the …