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  • Jebunnessa Chapola
    … Finding Support in the Bengali Community Time 0:02:03 Transcript I think whenever you meet your … Bangladesh. In 2003, Jebunnessa left her home to complete graduate studies in social work in Sweden. After completing her master’s degree she … to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where her husband began his doctoral studies. Currently, Jebunnessa works as an activist, singer, radio host …
  • Joan May Brister Caswill
    … took place some 57 years ago, other aspects are as clear as yesterday. I am pleased to share them in this fashion, as my son has now … Bob almost 10 months ago, on May 8th, 1945 (which of course was V-E day), which was only one month after our wedding. I remember the ship … we had gleamed about our new city - I remember a discussion that Del's Ice Cream Parlor in St. James was the big place to be seen! I still …
  • John Ali van Dyken and Daughters
    … Daughters Ricky and Linike were born in Holland. Alice was born in Canada. … John Ali van Dyken and Daughters …
  • Postwar Immigration through Pier 21
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945, marked not only the beginning of the return home from …
  • Ben Rina Fred Nettie Joop Lindeijer
    … Emigrating To Canada September 1956 The photograph below was taken in front of our … Dini and Frits. Godfried Lindeijer was a bachelor in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. In Photo 2, the family must have responded to a shout … Dutch Government to encourage emigration to Canada, Australia and the USA. Dad probably took advantage of this program since he felt stuck in …
  • Bazzana Celeste
    Bazzana Celeste on the Nea Hellas in 1953 …
  • Uta Maria Heine Sonier
    … and expensive for me; I did not agree and promised myself that some day I would walk through life on only those kinds of shoes. Onwards we … people of Canada That did not take our things, even when they had the chance? And so, at that C.N.R. station, we all started to grow the … but it needs So many roots to hold it down and make it richer, Or else the topsoil will become dry and blow away. Canada has made the …
  • Ivy Livermore Kellam
    … Our emotions were mixed; sadness, apprehension, excitement. Each day as we ate our meals first class passengers would stand and stare at … us to Brampton. The car seemed enormous to me, as did the large old house. On the front lawn marvelous chestnut trees; in the back garden … more settled. Selfishly I have to admit that England was not having an easy time during the 50s, we were so fortunate in comparison. No wonder …
  • Michelangelo Guzzardi
    … Arrival: January 27, 1968 Age on Arrival: 21 Immigration is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from Catania, Sicily, came after a brief period in Switzerland … I boarded the Cristoforo Colombo in Messina, Sicily and made my nine-day journey to Canada. As one can imagine, leaving behind your parents, …
  • Leonardo Passera
    … He worked hard to provide for my mother and my family, which was no easy task seeing as I am the youngest of eight children (seven boys, … am able to rest and leisurely work in my garden. I met my wife-to-be, Vanda Gatto, through a Young Christian Workers Group at our church. We … and Elsa, of whom we are very proud. I was very fortunate to have met Vanda and to have built a life for all of us in Canada. I am the …

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