• Giuseppe e Caterina e Maura Martino
    … A Little Stroll into my Past - Giuseppe Martino, Toronto July 21, 2001 I came to came to … Vasil are my son's. Our son Mauro has been teaching high school for 22 years. Our daughter Silvana has been teaching for 4 years in an … Giuseppe e Caterina e Maura Martino …
  • Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … by Siniša Obradovic, Oral History Researcher The Oral History Collection and Interviews in French The Oral History team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration … Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities …
  • “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story
    … letter simply addressed to “Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia,” arrived on my desk. The first line read, “I don’t know if anyone is ever going to read this.” In his letter, Bill Pineo described … the war. Ann wrote, “So with sounds of Dunkirk for background ‘music,’ my brave mother made the necessary arrangements. Stored furniture, …
  • Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … by Siniša Obradovic, Former Oral History Researcher The Oral History Collection and Interviews in French The Oral History team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration … Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities …
  • Giovanni Guglietti
    … Time 0:06:17 Transcript Narrator (N): At an early age, Giovanni knew that he wanted … like crazy. We had to get out of Italy. N: At the early age of sixteen, Giovanni kissed his mother goodbye, boarded a bus that took him to … was if my father could go first because you needed a relationship to come to Canada. You have to have a related person. My father, we found …
  • Newcomer Uncovers Deep Roots in Canada.
    … An interview with Linda Granfield, who, 49 years ago, arrived in Canada … to Canada from the United States. Can you tell me about that experience? I came to go into a Ph.D. program at the University of Toronto. … It’s sometimes difficult—I’ve been verbally attacked for coming here from the United States. Some of the Canadian media’s …
  • Kathaleen Lines Caldwell, Patricia, John
    … Coming to Canada This is not only my tale of coming to Canada, but also that of my sister-in-law, Joyce, who sadly passed away ten years ago. I was living in Bayswater, London in 1939 and met my husband … Kathaleen Lines Caldwell, Patricia, John …
  • Chilean Exiles, 1973 to Now
    … Emily Burton, PhD, Oral Historian and Patrick Kinghan, M.A., Research Intern Introduction: The Chilean Exile Crisis 2023 marks the 50-year anniversary of a coup d’état in Chile that overthrew the … experience or intergenerational memory of the Allende and Pinochet years. It is based on excerpts from seven oral history interviews …
  • Party Dresses, New Friends and Other Advice for a Long Quarantine
    … In the summer of 1940, as the blitz raged in England, Percy and Grace Blackman’s parents told them they were going to Canada. They were thrilled. They were born in Canada and their … Party Dresses, New Friends and Other Advice for a Long Quarantine …
  • Newcomer Uncovers Deep Roots in Canada.
    … An interview with Linda Granfield, who, 49 years ago, arrived in Canada with two pots, two towels, and some books. She would go on to write numerous books about this … Newcomer Uncovers Deep Roots in Canada. …