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… 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 …
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… my mom lived in Piobolu and my dad lived in Dawau. They met each other somehow in Piobolu, and came to Mae Ra Moe refugee camp, because Piobolu was burned. I remember the day I found out I was coming to Canada. I didn’t know what to think. My dad thought coming to … and I came to Canada, we invited our families and friends to send us off. After a long trip we finally got to Canada. When we got to Welcome …
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… about me being alone on the Trans-Canada Highway, Daphnée decided to accompany me in my adventure. I was thrilled because deep down I was scared. We loaded an SUV and trailer with all my personal belongings and on August 9, 2010 at 8 a.m., in the company of … a known city and act like tourists before departing. When we first set off, Émilie made us go around in circles for three hours in Montreal. …
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… around the corner and hit me when I was walking across. I suffered some serious internal damage and a permanent spinal cord injury. It … I could do more. In the spring of 1976, I qualified for the upcoming para Olympics. Like a typical 20 year old with a lot more … were in Toronto. With the help from some quick thinking police officers and a Hungarian speaking taxi driver in no time I was in …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:02:43 Transcript My parents disowned us because we were leaving the country, my father told my … New Haven, Connecticut, because I felt still I was in the States, but coming to Canada, he wouldn't, my ex-husband wouldn't have been allowed … research and came to the conclusion that fighting in Vietnam wasn't a good idea. And I loved him for it. And he got a lot of flack from …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 2:31 Transcript Yella Zahirovich (YZ): We know … know much. Mooshie Zahirovich (MZ): I did. I, I, geography was my, uh, good subject, and it’s—I knew what I need to know. But to me it was … idea where I was coming, though in my mind it was exotic place. YZ: So, we, I think you applied sometime in July, and then in September we …
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… brother and his wife came to Canada in 1929 and they encouraged us to come as well. Two more of my father’s brothers also decided to immigrate and … parents were very fearful when the train went through Poland. When we got to Danzig we boarded a passenger ship called Estonia. We made a …
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… mother to run the farm with the help of an older brother who was not well enough to serve overseas. At Aldershot he was chosen for a special … to travel to various camps in Canada to demonstrate their skills. It so happened that some members of the group wanted to go overseas, and they did so much griping that the officers became …
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… As time went by, and it looked a bit used, he started wearing it only while gardening. I have countless memories of my father wearing this sweatshirt with high-cut shorts, covered in dirt, milling around the tulips and daffodils. … to pass down to my son. I will have to tell him he can only wear it while gardening. …
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… of kilometers between Halifax and their homeland and how it can also be the socially acceptable physical space between two persons, … can also be understood as a social disconnection between people. I come from 2 stories: my parents didn’t grow up in the same country. My … in my favorite school textbook - the Atlas. I later spent many a good year traveling, working and living in other countries: Finland, …