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… schooling I obtained at St. Mark's School and secondary schooling at the Marquis Public School. Later education includes an Honours B.A. from … year in the Moose Jaw area and then took a business course in Calgary where I lived until 1951 when Father Kuckartz, OMI, asked me to help him … five. At the age of sixteen the spirit of adventure overtook him and he set sail for Canada where his eldest brother George, ten years his …
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… My Mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees, born Jeannie Lynn Thomson, was a beautiful, young (only 16 years old), Glaswegian lass. My father Harold Melville Rees , was a handsome, charming, funny … troopship, and to his home in Vancouver. Mom had to stay behind until she could be booked passage on a "War Brides' Ship". In May of 1946, …
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… you like to dance? I hear Icelanders like to waltz." Rigid as a pole, filled with intrepidation I got up to waltz..and so began my new … In some aspects our cultures seemed very different. Determined to overcome these issues we worked together to create a melded family. … the commonalities not the differences. My daughter became a music teacher. When she moved to a Mennonite area to teach, she was able to …
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… Syria, then Lebanon again. While Laima Haddad still hoped to return to her home one day, her family decided to come to Canada in June 1955. “…one was in Montreal, and the others were here in Ottawa. So they convinced my in-laws, they all came before us. … A Mother and Daughter Recall Frightening Days in Quarantine …
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… East India Railways. The Soods, who were part of Uganda’s significant South Asian population, frequently saw Amin's motorcade whipping down … the boulevard, forcing other vehicles off the road. The Sood family sit in the garden behind their home in Kampala in 1968, the year before … power in Africa to African hands - the British had originally brought South Asians to Uganda in 1895 to build railroads, and the population …
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… East India Railways. The Soods, who were part of Uganda’s significant South Asian population, frequently saw Amin's motorcade whipping down … the boulevard, forcing other vehicles off the road. The Sood family sit in the garden behind their home in Kampala in 1968, the year before … power in Africa to African hands - the British had originally brought South Asians to Uganda in 1895 to build railroads, and the population …
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… opened new exhibitions on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and the history of immigration to Canada. This blog is … large sums of capital which could weaken their economies. In recalling her immigration to Canada from Poland in October 1938, Gerda Kiel notes that her father “bought a farm 2 ½ miles south of Falun, [Alberta] with money he brought from Europe (Poland). …
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… a terrible snowstorm. Fulvia was two and a half and Liviana celebrated her five month birthday when we arrived in Canada. We travelled by … travelling in the difficult weather. As soon as we arrived in Genoa we set sail, making our way eventually to the Atlantic Ocean. I was …
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… is one of the most popular salads in Thai cuisine, and most Thai people will say that this is their favourite dish. Many Thai people have … patient—this will take a few minutes. Add the lime juice and tamarind paste and stir. Set aside. Step 3: Using a stone mortar and pestle, … trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces ¼ cup unsalted roasted peanuts 9 cherry tomatoes, cut in half ¼ cup large dried shrimp 3 green cabbage …
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… Early 1944 I was evacuated with my high school to a mountain side south of Vienna from where we had to flee from the Russian army in … the Allgemeines Krankenhaus (State hospital) in Vienna. We were all so poor, six in one room, but formed life long friendships. Since it was … continue to share a room with 3 others at the residence for years to come I decided to emigrate. With a friend’s help and connections I …