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  • Where Does My Heart Sing? by Marianne
    … as a child were narrow and limited. When I entered university, I studied architecture and the students were encouraged to travel, …
  • Who Do You Define as Family?
    … and, perhaps most importantly, fostered a sense of community. Since day one of my arrival in Canada, I have been lucky enough to have a … grow up and they start to have questions about their identity. One day, my 11-year-old son asked me this question: “Mom, how many aunties …
  • “We Wanted to Come to Canada”: Pier 21 and the Arrival of Polish Orphans
    … Many of the older children added that they had voluntarily chosen to come to Canada despite communist claims to the contrary. Image of USAT … her parents had died in Siberia, she and her compatriots “…wanted to come to Canada, we do not want to go back to Poland.” [13] Meanwhile, a … water if he worked the whole day. When asked about what the young newcomer thought of Poland, he replied, “we like our country very much but …
  • John Vanderlaan
    … promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons … After the war we saw little of each other. Meeting again we had a chance to get reacquainted. Because of him, I had the opportunity to … were off limit to regular passengers. The Atlantic crossing took 10 days. I don’t remember all that much about it, except that we had a lot …
  • The Gerald William Wilson Family
    Gerald's wife Joan Wilson . Gerald's daughter Sandra . Gerald and Joan Wilson A telegram that Joan sent to Gerald Gerald William Wilson Gerald William Wilson Gerald William Wilson Gerald and Sandra Gerald and Sandra Joan with her husband and granddaughter. Sandra and father Gerald …
  • Crossing the Big Pond by Monika
    … in Schleswig Holstein. In fact, our house on Kaiser Strasse was completely destroyed after we left. After living in Malente for 11 … to leave home, but my father said, that when I moved out I could never come back. That scared me, so I finished my education and stayed until … Bremerhaven, I met a young Canadian, Wilf, who encouraged me to come to Canada instead of going to Africa. Wilf was sending me big, …
  • Then and Now by Gunnvor
    … Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come home. Few years ago my son said “mother make up your mind, where …
  • War Strategies: Plan B - Habib El-Hage
    … you know? Sometimes it was, uhm, a pack of cigarettes for the soldier and then he would let me go through. Sometimes I would give an …
  • Nikolaos Tsoporis
    … Canada on October 15, 1960 leaving my mother and his son. After a nine-day journey aboard the SS Queen Frederica, my father arrived in Halifax … for Ottawa with a little less then $10.00 in his pocket. After working day and night in an assortment of jobs, my father had saved enough …

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