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… the examination of the role of customs as a vital part of a newcomer’s experience in Canada through the firsthand accounts of a former … during the postwar period, Arthur Vaughan witnessed many immigrants come through Pier 21 before boarding trains for their final … agreed. After we disembarked and entered the huge customs hall with Welcome to Canada on the wall in many languages, we each faced a customs …
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… the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
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… the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
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… under the principal’s desk when mom brought us to school that first day. I do remember crying while mom towed me down the hall to the classroom. … interest my sister, age 9 and I, age 10, should be put back a grade due to the fact that we didn’t speak English. My brother was only six … Quotes - Life in Canada …
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… diet but our father wasn’t a happy traveller on the Atlantic Ocean. By day 2 he was seasick and this condition lasted until he set foot on … a young child as the child’s mother and father had to go to hospital due to health concerns. Already she was helping others. From Halifax we … service, so we were back to the “good old days”. Oil lamps, outdoor toilet facilities, travel was by foot or horse. Someone with a car …
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… of Jewish immigrants who entered Canada through this port and made an enormous contribution to their adopted land. En l’honneur des milliers d’immigrants juifs entrés au Canada par ce port et en … Canadian Jewish Congress and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. Dédié par le Conseil Juif de l' Atlantique, le Congrès Juifs canadien …
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… and we arrived in Orillia on April 1, 1953 on a lovely sunny day. Orillia has been home for the past 60 years. I married my … to be found..." - Christine Gerth ...Periodically, my father would come back and it was on one of these occasions that I told him that we … - Mary Russo Alati ...Actually I already know a few words. When a man comes around selling food I just say, "Ham sandvits!" and he gives me a …
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… Olive. In 1944, she married Bob Cunneyworth, an Airman with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In doing so, she set the wheels in motion for what … who had been holding war exercises for the past year. In those early days of the war, I was a member of a social club that volunteered to … was able to live at home by riding my bicycle to work daily. In those days, I and all my friends rode bicycles everywhere, including to …
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… charged $5.00. She thought this a bit high so when she was asked to do some sewing for the owners she charged $5.00. The following morning … farm where Rosalind's brother George Davies picked them up the next day. The family then stayed with George for about one year. During the … still has. Rosalind made all the clothing for her family. Sometime due to a shortage of material, she would take an old coat apart, turn …
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… Shop to buy cigarettes, chocolates and other small items. After 2 to 3 days sea voyage, the Mess Hall was thinning out more and more due to sea- sickness and one did not have to wait in long line up at … at Pier 21. It certainly looked different then compared to the present day. Everyone was happy the voyage was over and now reality finally set …