• My New Home by Assia
    Time 0:02:27 Transcript When I hear that we are going to Canada, I just think that it is a joke or something like that. When my mom started picking our clothes and dresses I just think that I am dreaming. I came here in Canada in 24 January, 2013. Since I came to Canada, my life has changed. In …
  • Koster
    … The following is the story of the Koster family. Why and how they came to Canada … visiting from Canada, that there was lots of land there and easy to buy. So that was where they wanted to go. When they went to The Hague for their medical examination and interview, the …
  • Nederlof van Tiggelen
    … about it. The time comes that you only pray that God will show you the way; at least this is the way it was with us. Under God’s guidance and blessing we left Holland on February 13, 1951 from Rotterdam on the big ship …
  • Growing up Canadian by Rahim
    Time 0:02:19 Transcript Integrating into Canadian society has always been important to my family. For as long as I can remember, my parents have used every interaction they’ve had with Canadians as learning experiences to continuously refine our proud Canadian identity. In the early 1970’s, my …
  • Kurt and Rolf Maurer
    … My brother, Rolf, and I left from Antwerp on April 20, 1952 in the SS Leerdam, 8,854 GRT, her last port of … My brother, whose financial situation had not made it possible to buy a railway ticket further than Montreal, left me there to try and …
  • How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter
    … Photo courtesy of Saïd Allibou. “I can’t feel my hands!” Saïd was wearing gloves. His wife, Ghita, was not. It was February 4th, just nine … app. “It's more accurate compared to the others,” according to Saïd. Buy your winter clothing in Canada. Saïd and Ghita purchased winter … outfits in Morocco but “our clothes didn't match the winter here.” Buy mittens, not gloves. Saïd has learned that “mittens are more …
  • The Story About Immigration by Mark
    Time 0:03:07 Transcript My name is Mark, and I am from China. I have just settled in Moncton, New Brunswick. When I lived in China, I had my own business and colorful life with my family. I liked sports and exercises, like Chinese Tai Ji Gongfu. I went out for fishing during vacation and no …
  • Your Choice by Dave
    Time 0:03:59 Transcript I was born in Trinidad my mother died in childbirth and I was told I was the child. My grandmother Vernie came to Trinidad and took myself and my sister back to St Vincent & the Grenadines. Growing up on a coconut plantation on St Vincent I experience all form of abuse, …
  • Per la amore to Canada by Pina
    Time 0:03:45 Transcript Canada was looking for specialist technicians so my husband applied and was accepted and I joined him one year later. We were married by proxy in ‘55 and I came over in ‘56. The day I left Italy-I was 24 and living in a little town. It was really, really early. We were all …
  • The Life of a Can-Haitian by Fraser
    Time 0:02:29 Transcript The Haitian civil war was raging during the years around my birth in Port-au-Prince in 1990. My mother was forced to place me in the care of an orphanage called the Rainbow of Love. I was blessed with the fortune of being adopted by 2 amazing parents. They also adopted …