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… Finding Support in the Bengali Community Time 0:02:03 Transcript I think whenever you meet your friends or people from your own community the first thing is that you will be relaxed, relaxed in a sense that very quickly you …
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… accept into the collection. Please provide as much information as you can about the items. The Committee wants to know the experiences and … we will reach out to you to finish the donation process. If the Museum cannot accept your offer, we may suggest other museums for you to … Plan. The item expands upon themes related to immigration history in Canada. The item contributes to understanding the diversity of …
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… The Museum has a collection that allows people to learn about the country’s … and used for research, exhibition, and interpretation. The collection has digital and physical items. The Museum focuses on collecting … Written Stories Since the Museum first opened in 1999, museum staff has collected and preserved written memories shared primarily by …
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… Years of service: 1939-1945 Medals Received: 5 My father was in the RAF in England and did Commando training. He was in 'blue group' and landed in Caan on 'D' day. He survived two plane crashes during the war and is … left Liverpool on July 3, 1954 on the Franconia and arrived in Quebec City on July 11, 1954. It was an amazing trip but scary at the same …
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… by Eleanor Matheson, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:00:59 Transcript: So I painted a mural of Quebec City. As the ship was leaving, the Empress of Ireland was getting ready to sail away. This might have been the last sight that people …
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… by Michele Gervais, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Time 0:01:13 … form of communication within the steamships that brought immigrants to Canada were voice tubes, or voice pipes, as this example seen display … to avoid a collision with the approaching coal ship Storstad. We can only imagine some of the words that passed through them in those …
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… Life in Uganda - A Multifaceted Community Time 0:01:10 Transcript I speak English, Gujarati, Gujarati’s our mother tongue, and Hindi. I speak three … to live here, and we’re not going to go back—if we go visit, fine. I visited once, but at that time the new government came they were giving …
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… by Michele Gervais, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Time 0:00:30 … in Montreal. So it was most likely used in North America. It was set for disposal because it’s quite old and they kindly donated it to us for this exhibit. This tent is a part of Refuge Canada to show what temporary … Refuge Canada - UNHCR Tent …
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Time 0:01:55 Transcript I remember when I was 3 or 4 year old in Thailand. I always go to a river and there were lots of dragonfly. We use to shoot them with rubber band to kill dragonflies. There were a mango tree and we use sling shot to make them fall. The next day I went to the big river there …
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… all these memories about—I shared earlier about—"How could you do this to your mother? How could you do this to your family? How could you … people who loved you? How could you do this to your country? You're a communist. You're a traitor." So, I had all that in my head and yet I … awful. You know it was—even later on when I uh—Waterloo. I didn't become a Canadian citizen right away. That's maybe a better indication. …