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… growing vegetables. My parents used to tell me that in Burma the soldiers would burn all the vegetables that they grew and they have to … when she was a girl. She had to gather food for her family. She would compare to me because I can’t cook. She tells me that I have so many … that she didn’t have. My mom would tell me about how Burmese soldiers would come to her village and burn the houses. She said that they …
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… perhaps errors—in constructing histories. Causal relationships can be hard to establish properly, especially when they are rooted in … an unfamiliar and complex past. In our temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes , we examined how immigrant communities created and shaped cultural landscapes in Canada. We approached identifying and exploring cultural landscapes …
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… Perfect Pairings is a project-based program bringing together diverse community members in the design of recipes blending elements of their … other, no matter their differences. The Museum’s Public Programs and Community Engagement team will provide support for participants by … This assignment may include shopping (and/or foraging) for ingredients together, cooking in each other’s kitchens or in another …
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… In the Canadian Immigration Hall, we have a great interactive element where we … this activity is to get people to think about where these traditions come from and the intangible culture that immigrants bring with them … holiday season. Some are religious, some are secular and many have a food component to them. But it became very clear to us that for many of …
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… 2000 My father enlisted on June 16, 1941 and was discharged on January 26, 1946. He was in the first wave at Juno Beach on D-Day. That is all he would ever say. He wouldn't talk about his … in his toolshed. He met my mother, Rose Chudley, while preparing for D-Day. The troops were gathering in Lincolnshire, England. My mother …
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… My parents, Fokke (Frank) and Homiena van der Veen, arrived in Canada on October 23, 1953 on the Groote Beer at Pier 21 from The … Ina nearly 2 years of age. Unlike many immigrants my parents decide to come to Canada not from economic need, but because my father wanted to … boat' after all. As 'paying passengers' they received better rooms and food and mingled little with those below deck - not that the food …
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… I never had since I was living in an orphanage in Denmark. Until one day an uncle came along and took me to get ready for this long Atlantic … and originates from Maniago Udine the northern part of Italy. To this day I have family in Rome and in Copenhagen, but somehow the Italian in … up immediately. I believe we left Copenhagen in and around November 26, 1951 and arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia on December 5, 1951. Just …
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… Irene Ferguson McNeil married a Canadian, Thomas Arthur Clyde McNeil, on January 28, 1943. Irene Cecilia, was born October 26, 1943, at Ruskin College, Oxford, England. Canadian mother-in-law … in London, England and wanted her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to come to Canada. Arrived in Halifax on the ship, Ile de France (carrying …
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… Leaving a loving family in Surrey, England, to join my Canadian serviceman husband in February 1946 was in one instance great … young brides like myself on their way to a new home and life in Canada. I was extremely seasick and did not enjoy the ocean crossing … fruit stand and [with] the thought that I [had] missed all that lovely food on board ship, I could not resist buying a huge bag of delicious …