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… past, is a building. For visitors past and present, some find this site unmoving. They give little thought to what the walls and their surroundings have seen. For others, the site is precious and represents a new beginning in a country that they …
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… Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left … to marry me a few months later. We got married in August of 1952 and set sail for Canada a month later, on September 18th. Ann's father was opposed to the marriage and the move and said when we left Holland that he was sending his daughter to her grave …
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… Wladyslaw was killed in the war. Nothing is known about Stefka who was said to have married at a very young age and died shortly after from a … him her maiden name Kurdziel, which he later changed to Kurdzer. One can only imagine how hard life must have been for her, not knowing if … his family to an area known then as Wolynska, just north east of the city of Lviv, which is presently in the Ukraine. In those days Poland’s …
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… was a collective of 6 women photographers from and working in SWANA (South West Asian, North African Region). For her residency, Abdul Hadi …
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Refugees face fear, shattered lives and often dangerous voyages in search of refuge. Canada has provided that refuge for many. However, over the course of the twentieth century, Canada has had mixed record in welcoming refugees, reacting generously to some while overlooking others. Refuge Canada …
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… to this point there were two classes of people; the very rich and very poor. A person in the latter classification was subject to exploitation … a stable, young and growing country, which was enticing immigrants to come to Canada and help to develop. Finally on April 14, 1928, Dad, his …
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… Italy and finally Canada. My father Elio was born on November 26th 1926 in Chieti Scalo in the region of Abruzzo which is in central … provide a better future for my mother and I. So on March 7th 1956 he set sail from Venice on the ship ‘Vulcania', and that is where his … he survived and made it to Halifax on April 2nd 1956. He had always said to me once he got out of the port that he sat on his only suitcase …
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… an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called “Our Immigrant Stories.” How would you describe it? It’s an art … make up one part of " Our Immigrant Stories ". How did the residency come about? I had the privilege of sharing some of my previous art …
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… an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called “Our Immigrant Stories.” How would you describe it? It’s an art … make up one part of " Our Immigrant Stories ". How did the residency come about? I had the privilege of sharing some of my previous art …
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… She did not get on. I stood hanging out of the door yelling for her to come on till the bus reached the top of the street. I was furious with her and jumped back off. As we … Union Terrace Gardens these two Canadian soldiers spotted us and said "come on down". There was a steep bank so we said, 'No you come on …