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  • First Taste of White Bread
    … That evening, my Dad had bought some "Canadian sliced white bread", which was something new for us, … by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on top... yum, it was good. The next morning we boarded another train, which was beautiful, …
  • Daxa Popat
    … Life in Uganda - A Multifaceted Community Time 0:01:10 Transcript I speak English, Gujarati, Gujarati’s … was born in India. Leaving Uganda - Everything Left Behind Time 0:01:30 Transcript He [Idi Amin] got a dream saying that you want to expel … in 1984, we came to my—we opened a store in ‘82 but he took two years off. And then we opened a store in 1982 and we bought a location on the …
  • Pork Vindaloo - Joe Thottungal
    … 2 Tbsp chopped cilantro  To serve Jeera Rice  Charred Corn Raita  Joe Thottungal is a Canadian chef and the owner of the restaurants … he earned his Certified Chef de Cuisine (CCC) designation. In 2008, Joe was named Ottawa Chef of the Year by the Canadian Culinary … by a silver medal at the 2017 Canadian Culinary Championships. Joe lives in Ottawa with his wife and three children. His new cookbook, …
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  • Corporal Leonard Palmer
    … where he learned farming and animal husbandry. He married in 1938 and had a daughter Florence, born in 1940. He enlisted in the Canadian Army … Command at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He completed his training on June 30. On July 1, 1943, he was assigned to Halifax Military Hospital … Grade “B” and began to receive Tradesman’s Rate of Pay. On May 26, 1944 he was transferred to No. 8 Sub-section and proceeded “on …
  • Erzsebet Guti
    … and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two years in several … glad when we finally reached Halifax. The weather was very cold and we had to wait for a while to leave our ship. I had no winter coat and I remembered how cold …
  • Changing Awareness - Peter Seixas
    … Life in the United States Time 0:01:49 Transcript So, it was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and … to do well at school, to have nice activities. It was—it was a good place to grow up. Now, by the later years of high school, some of …
  • Clarecia Christie
    … Winter Time 0:01:43 Transcript But for me the winter was, um—there was so much snow—more than I—because the snow don’t fall that heavy in … once you have your head and your neck and your feet warm, you’ll be good. Just make sure you protect your neck so you don’t catch a cold, and cover your head, and make sure you’re …

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