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  • Giovanni Falvo
    … I came to Canada in June 1962 to join my two brothers Gabriele and Vittorio who … trip as the weather was beautiful. We reached Gibraltar during the daytime but the ship stopped for a short time to allow passengers to … Ontario but the train for Welland had already left at 8:00 PM. At this point, I met two other young men traveling to Niagara Falls, Ontario. …
  • Setting The Table: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities
    … Transcript Screen Text SETTING THE TABLE: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities Screen text with audio I was born in the … Omollo, Sault Ste. Marie Screen text with audio I was born in Trinidad. Trinidad and Tobago. My great-grandfather came from Hong Kong as a … is lomo saltado, or stir-fried beef. It is a fusion between local ingredients, like the potato, and the method of sautéing beef first used by …
  • Sietske Flietstra Bellsmith
    … my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. Wow! From that moment on, what had been ‘normal’ … best friend invited me to dinner to say a formal farewell. Our family doctor examined all of us and stuck us with needles, that part I sure …
  • Marcello Munaretto
    … MARCELLO MUNARETTO December 27, 1944 to June 1, 2023 Marcello lived his early years in Italy and his adult life in Canada. Marcello was born in the Veneto region of Italy during World … operational bicycle. Such pride and joy as he pedalled his way for a day of fun and adventure with his friends. A wad of paper tightly …
  • Peter van der Horden
    … Children April 2, 1954 The move to Canada seemed imminent. My father’s parents along with some of his … had to stay clear of the railings. My father was sick for the entire 10-day crossing. Because of space limitations, the men were segregated …
  • Unforgettable by Hewan
    … helping others, she loved her job. I lived with my mom back home, my dad lived in another house, and he came to Canada when I was eight. I … with me; I can’t get it package and get it shipped to me. Canada has become from there to permanently here. After living for four years here; … when I was in elementary school when we had some one that’s foreign come, we would always follow them around and ask them all these …
  • Giuseppe Barbieri e Maria Cugliari
    … Just two years later Maria became pregnant with her second child. Due to particular circumstances that affected Maria, an abrupt stop was … and Giuseppe described their time in Torino with a smile. To this day, Torino remains one of Maria’s happiest memories. They were at the … not heard from either the Canadian or Argentinian government until one day, 3 years after arriving in Torino, they received a letter from the …
  • Antonio, Lina e Bettina Mancini
    … purchased and another daughter Cesarina was born same year. To this day, his 95-year old wife Lina still lives in this same home. He lived … arriving at the port in Genoa, all passengers disembarked for a half-day, before continuing on to Gibraltar. They were fortunate to feel …
  • The Forgotten Immigrants: The Journey of the New England Planters to Nova Scotia, 1759-1768
    … The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In … of Nova Scotia, and in the Upper St. John River Valley of present-day New Brunswick, between 1759 and 1768. They left a legacy that can … at a time when there was virtually no free land left in New England, due to a massive population increase to the area. [4] As Governor of …
  • The Lerin Region Macedonian Cultural Association of Canada • МАКЕДОНСКО ПРОСВЕТНО ЗДУЖЕНИЕ НА ЛЕРИНСКАТА ОКОЛИЈА ВО КАНАДА
    … of all Macedonians from the Lerin Region of Macedonia who have made Canada their home from the early 1900s to the present. En l'honneur de tous les Macédoniens de la région de Lerin de la Macédoine qui se sont établis au Canada …

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