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… of Chieti in the country of Italy. We left Vasto on May 12, to go to Napoli to board a ship bound for Canada. We boarded a ship called … finally arriving in Halifax on May 27, 1954. The trip was very good, although Grazia and Gemma were ill during the crossing. In Italy, … a brother. It was very hard to leave my family, but unfortunately, I had to be strong because I had four very young daughters to take care …
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… in Canada Time 4:29 Transcript: Madan Kumar Giri (MKG): We were sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. That’s what was written in … whole financial part was done by CIC. Emily Burton (EB): So then you had an apartment? MKG: Yeah, we got an apartment. For eighteen days, we simply, I still remember, for …
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… Life in Canada Time 4:29 Transcript Madan Kumar Giri (MKG): We were sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. That’s what was written in … They provided us everything, immigration. Our sponsor group from our community from the church were helping us to take us to the different … Hindus, we pray for the cows. So cow is our god, so by religion it’s against our religious belief to eat goat, uh sorry, to eat cows. So we …
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… and Daughters Maria & Carmela When my sister Carmela and I found out that we had been accepted to immigrate to Canada, we climbed on the bed and jumped and jumped for joy. In my 10 and her 8-year-old minds, Canada was the land of infinite …
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… by Michele Gervais, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Time 0:00:30 Transcript: This is a UNHCR refugee tent, which they located in Montreal. So it was most likely used in North America. It was set for disposal … Refuge Canada - UNHCR Tent …
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In 1950 Vladimiro, Giuseppina, and Franco left their hometown of Carpineto Romano, Italy to start a new life in Canada. On February 1, 1950 they sailed from Naples. On February 11, 1950 they arrived at Pier 21, Halifax aboard the “ Saturnia”. From Halifax they continued on to Sudbury,Ontario where …
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… the Prairies With Hope . Canadian Plains Research Centre University of Regina, Regina, 1998. Bowen, Kurt. “Immigration and the Growth of … Twayne Publishers. 1974. Delleman, Paul. The Dutch in Canada . Owen Sound, Ontario: Paul and Peter Pub. 2000. Duivenvoorden Mitic, Trudy. … History Society of Ontario. 1983. Gerrits, G.H. They Farmed Well The Dutch-Canadian Agricultural Community in Nova Scotia 1945-1995 …
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… on June 12, 1955 on the Queen Frederica. I followed my father, who had come to Canada in 1952 because of the poor economic conditions at … Naples. We were told that we could bring our luggage aboard and could come off the ship until departure time. However, when we tried to leave the ship, the officer on the ship would not let us go off, while the one on shore would not let my mother on to talk to …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 6:33 Transcript But we used to walk around the … managed to arrange—I don’t know how he did it, who knows? Paying somebody off? I don’t know how he did it—but managed to arrange to get to Canada …