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  • The Life of a Can-Haitian by Fraser
    … Haitian boy and girl so I had Haitian siblings and together we went to Canada. Living in Canada was hard - it was like a fairy tale, but I was the strange beast … The Life of a Can-Haitian by Fraser …
  • Antonio Nicolini
    … Nicolini was a prisoner of war having been captured in Greece where he had been serving in the Italian forces commencing May 23, 1940, was … on February 6, 1944. They subsequently returned to Italy for a short while and decided to immigrate to Canada in the early part of the … This is a small tribute to them all and their families to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. For if it was not for those sacrifices made 60 …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    … with photographer Darren Ell. Darren’s work, along with the work of fellow photographer Roger LeMoyne, is the basis of Crossing Lines: A … the stories of migrants in border regions? There are many things one can do with photography. Shooting sports or marine photography. There's … to use it. I think it comes from personal convictions and curiosity about the world. And I think it comes from a desire to do something …
  • Michael J. Molloy
    … Setting Up the Canadian Office in Kampala Time 0:01:31 Transcript I arrive on the fifth of … flag on the door and a guy there saying, “Are you Molloy?” “Yes.” “Come on with me.” And he said, “I’ll take you to the hotel.” And I … he’s at your office.” “Oh Office?” “Well, there’s no office”. I said, “So, well you better take me there.” So, I arrived there. And he’d, in …
  • Lorenzo Cosentino
    … 1951 on the ITALIA (Aquila). They arrived in Halifax (Pier 21) on June 26, 1951. They all departed Halifax by train heading to Toronto where …
  • My Karen Memories by Thayupaw
    … 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 … 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 … very hard. Even though she is telling me these things so I will act good, it is also the time when I can learn about her life. In Langley, …
  • Intermediate Countries and the Separation of Family - Richard Tshimanga
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada CMIP 21 · Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 3:17 Transcript (This audio is only available in … stayed and I liked Zurich. And I started procedures so my family could come over to join me. I tried but it didn't work. One of the reasons …
  • Treur Case, Wilma, Sid C.
    … them as they related this to me. The following day we left by train to go to Liverpool for departure to our new homeland. A large vast country … to Canada and the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. My parents told me that the total amount of Canadian funds allowed to be brought with us … command of the English language was next to nil for me and my parents had gone to English lessons for a few months prior to our departure. …
  • Bill,Eva,George,Tom,Mae
    … fall into the Mediterranean Sea or Atlantic Ocean, because “they were so wild.” As stated, Eva wouldn’t know how to explain herself if that happened. George and Tom gave Eva “a hell of a time.” Eva and Bill, as did many others, desired to come to Canada for a better life. The news on the radio and newspaper …
  • Empress of Ireland - The Model
    … is Ron Marsh. I am here today at Pier 21 Immigration Museum to talk about the Empress of Ireland , a model which I built. I was born and brought up in Halifax. I was the son of a sailor and I worked 38 years for the navy in DND. I was not in … came out about the terrible tragedy, wonderful movie, but tragic, I had read briefly about the Empress of Ireland . I delved into it and I …

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