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  • Who is that giant bear?
    Fenton poses with a family during the Museum’s Canada Day celebrations. Visitors to Canada Day and other special celebrations at the Museum are likely to see a giant teddy bear wearing a black hat that says “Immigration.” Kids (and kids at heart) always seem to want to give the big bear a hug, pose …
  • Andy Alfoldy
    … the last week of October 1950 when I first saw the General Blatchford. She was tied up at dockside in Bremerhaven, Germany. Through my … of displaced souls. It was mid afternoon of a mostly sunny autumn day and the shadows were distinct. I remember certain details of my …
  • Francesco Geraldo Sabbadin
    … my country of birth? It all began in 1942 when my father and mother died within 15 days of each other. They left 7 of us. Four boys and three girls, the … Bernardi was the translator from English to Italian, for all us that day. There was from 30 to 40 guys from my hometown of Poggiana Di Riese … Francesco Geraldo Sabbadin …
  • Yolanda Garcia
    … First Day in Canada Time 0:02:30 Transcript … the first one was—it was so … say uh. But it was remarkable because it start my life right so that day, so it was—I was—it was so special and I remember, and I remember even the days after uh—that when I was going to the school to my classes that …
  • Hopeful Journey by Shiam
    … My story was just like David Copperfield. But I never gave up my studies. In order to continue my studies I had to do private coaching and sometime pulling rikshaw. This … forced to leave my job. After, few months another Board, hired me as a community relation officer. In this position I had great satisfaction …
  • What is Meaningful Life by Theresa
    … you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …
  • Al and Agnes Kolarik
    … story on January 20, 2011 and barely put his pen down until he finished on February 27, 2011, some 50 pages later. He knew the clock was … prior to Alois’s birth. In 1939, at the age of 20, Alois had just finished business school. After much hardship he landed a job with Bata at … to Soviet concentration camps. Alois remembered seeing people one day, then never seeing them again. After several weeks he had a …
  • W.A.T. van den Byllaardt
    … April 21, 1957 – Ryndam Arrived in Halifax 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 …
  • Ferrara Family
    … I spent an interesting morning touring and researching my arrival to Canada on the ship - Vulcania. We docked in Halifax on an overcast day on December 29, 1952. This account is the story of Peppino, a … and his eleven year old sister Filomena. The voyage began on a snowy day in December with the cancellation of a bus trip. In its place a …
  • Mary Moir Cathcart
    … we had no children, had to stay aboard the "Queen" until the following day. Women and children were taken off first, and rightly so. This gave Grace and me time to enjoy the beautiful summer day, walking the decks and breathing in the fresh air, which, because …

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