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  • Tonellato Angelo, Rosa, Attilio, Ido
    … Our trip commenced on the afternoon on a pleasant spring day March 2nd,1954. We were transported from our home in Trevignano by … situation. The following day March 4, 1954 was a clear but windy day. We made our way to the docks where we were processed by the … odor of the diesel motors from which one could not escape. To this day, for me the diesel smell will trigger the same feeling of sickness …
  • Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931
    … PC 1923-183 (31 January 1923), Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 (14 August 1930) With the passage of Order-in-Council PC 695 on 21 March 1931, the government of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett implemented the tightest immigration admissions … immigrants to: American and British subjects with sufficient means to maintain themselves until securing employment; agriculturalists with …
  • Dad's Story (English)
    … in advance, it is still a parting, and in time, to part is also to die a little. It is only then that you feel the loss of the loved ones … to us, one from our friends the Venters and one from family. When you can’t say it with words, you say it with flowers. We will never forget … A guy quickly came around to spread sand. After such an exhausting day we decided just to go to bed early. First we bathed, then said our …
  • Un/Wanted? Canada and the Resettlement of Chilean, Indochinese and Somali Refugees
    … states scattered across European camps, in 1951, the international community ratified the United Nations Convention relating to the Status … [6] Somali Refugee Movement, 1989-1995 Unlike the previous two case studies, the arrival of Somali refugees was not the result of a … Policy, 1540-2006 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2007), 215; Francis Peddie, Young, Well-Educated and Adaptable: Chilean Exiles in Ontario and …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962
    … son or daughter under the age of 21. However, the regulations did maintain an aspect racial discrimination. Only Canadians from preferred …
  • Corey Verwolf
    … on a regular basis. They were always looking for people between 18 and 45 years of age to send to the labour camps in Germany. Also gold, … soldiers encountered in Holland took them longer. Freedom did not come to our town until May 10, 1945. WHAT A DAY! The Canadian soldiers came into our town and freed us from the …
  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are restrictions, they can be challenged, like in a soccer match. Like Canada, soccer can make … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … Quebec during a period of global socioeconomic instability. During the 1930s, Canadian immigration officials stationed at Saint John and … winter season were often sent to Quebec City in the spring once the St. Lawrence River thawed and the transatlantic passenger season … to prevent any possible delays with a stop at Quebec City. In the 1930s, immigration facilities were concentrated at the Immigration …
  • Canada’s Oppressed Minority Policy and the Resettlement of Ugandan Asians, 1972-1973
    … the Ugandan government of President Milton Obote was overthrown in a coup d’état by the Ugandan military under the leadership of General Idi … by the time you get anywhere near they say ‘Oh no, it’s closed now. Come tomorrow.’ So people were really, really completely … “Shamshad and Jalal Jaffer: Vancouver was third-time lucky for young couple,” Vancouver Sun , 29 September 2012, E6. Madokoro and Molloy, …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    … a source of interest, curiosity, and largely amenable contact between communities; but with a new emphasis on residence and settlement, the … in Vancouver: The Aftermath of the Anti-Chinese Riot of 1887,” BC Studies 31 (Autumn 1976): 44–59. ↩ W. Peter Ward, White Canada Forever: … Act and Canada’s Relations with China, 1942-1947,” Canadian Ethnic Studies 14, no. 3 (1982): 25. The future Prime Minister of Canada, William …

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