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Time 0:02:44 Transcript When we arrived my understanding of what was happening was very unclear, I was only 8. All I knew, I was coming to Canada and My father had told me he had a teddy Bear for me so big in fact it was my size. I was so excited. When we exit the airport, my first view was the …
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Time 0:02:46 Transcript Before I lived in Canada, I lived in Thailand. I lived in a village called Mae Ra Mo. I remember the houses were made out of bamboo and the roofs were made out of banana leaves. I also remember growing vegetables. My parents used to tell me that in Burma the soldiers would …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest peaceful country which was Kenya. My parents brought us to a refugee camp in the north east province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our …
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Time 0:02:31 Transcript This is a long story. One day when my father came back from Canada, he said: “Oh~ Canada is a good place, I love there. Maybe we can think about to immigrant to there?” My mom knew nothing about Canada, so at first my mom was disagree with it, so then they talk about this …
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Time 0:02:24 Transcript We are on the big ship, the Vulcania, Mamma, my sister and me. I look at nonna down below. She holds her hankie to her face. We are too far apart to talk. So we just look at each other from behind crying eyes. Nonna is not coming with us … I feel sad … but in two weeks … …
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Time 0:03:04 Transcript When I saw the doctor shaking his head, I got utterly confused and scared. He then explained I had bilateral paraganglioma that would require a major surgical operation. I had never been hospitalized before and I did not know what to do and who will be there for me when I …
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Time 0:03:32 Transcript I shivered as soon as I landed in Saskatoon airport on an early September afternoon although I had a woolen suit and an over coat in addition to two layers of undergarments. I was delighted to see the familiar face of the only person I knew from Bhubaneswar and thought all …
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Time 0:02:16 Transcript Ever since I came to Canada I’ve always really admired the beauty of buildings, and I’ve always had a strong aspiration to become some sort of designer. I remember being at the top of the twin towers when I was little. I felt the weirdest sensation in my legs. They were …
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Time 0:03:39 Transcript Here I am. Visiting my homeland 23 years later. I was born and raised in Germany. In East Germany, to be more specific. Germany was separate for 40 years, and I grew up in the socialism part. That part was the only part I knew. We were not allowed to get out of East Germany. …
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Time 0:03:46 Transcript When I was in high school, my parents put me to a private school run by nuns and had to wear a uniform. My parents chauffeured me back and forth to school. As a teenager, my parents did not allow me to date boys. I rebelled. I became pregnant at the age of 18. When my belly …