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… a friend, they were in the Soo, making $2.75 an hour. That got me to come to Sault Sainte Marie. I looked for this place on the west side. I ended up in the company yard, and I seen a man, big Churchill cigar in his mouth, and I … me. Right away, he stood up and said Mr. Rosset, you got a job in this company. He spoke my dialect. He said he pays his top wages $2.25 an …
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… had disembarked from ships in Halifax when our families immigrated to Canada, we were interested to learn more. The Tourist Information … human history of immigrants who passed through its doors. My wife and I, as young children, separately with our respective families, left … My family's trip across the Atlantic was not pleasant. After waving good-bye to the Cliffs of Dover, we encountered a severe storm, which …
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… or marine photography. There's a million ways 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 useful with my abilities. Do you … “These guys are brutal, so do not get in their way.” I haven't done combat photography. I haven't been in a full-on war zone, so I don't …
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… over on the Mauretania as I was very sea sick and she never left my side. When we arrived at Pier 21, Mum tried to hold onto me, luggage … ended up with it. My mother was 21 and I was 2 years old. She left a good middle class home in a pretty place in England called … clothes in Church River with Lye soap and a scrub board. As my mother said, I wanted to flee back to England it was so horrible but my …
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… April 2, 1955 (Laura) Age on Arrival: Antonio - 36, Laura - 31 My Mother used to tell this story often. Before coming to Canada she felt … me, Rita) along with her trunk of belongings. She recalls that at one point an official at the warehouse came by to assist her, and he … When the official went to pick up the trunk ... my mother spoke up and said excitedly "Broken, Broken". She was terrified the trunk would fall …
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… Roger LeMoyne (left) and Darren Ell (right). Interview with photographer Darren Ell. Darren’s work, along with the work of fellow … the stories of migrants in border regions? There are many things one can do with photography. Shooting sports or marine photography. There's … a little too much, and he got murdered right in front of his daughter- point blank in the head… And they said, “We have to get out of here. I …
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… at the prospect of venturing to a new land, all the way on the other side of the ocean, and my desire for adventure, (I was 15), made my good-byes to my relatives less painful. After docking in several …
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… TARASUK FAMILY: VOYAGE TO CANADA Dimitri (35) and Anastasia (33) and their five children, Mary (9), Valentina (7), Michael (5), Jeanne (3) … had questioned some of the Communist views. He feared for his life. By good fortune, Canada was welcoming Ukrainian farmers. Anastasia had a brother, Nikander Owcharuk, already settled in St. Walburg, Saskatchewan. Under threat for their safety, …
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… in memory of my parents, Gustav and Agata Kleinas, with gratitude for the sacrifice they made to bring their family to this wonderful country … on the Groote Beer for nine days. On May 7, 1956 we landed in Quebec City. We had a few hours to shop before we boarded the train to Toronto … a while we asked a passerby if he knew where Dovercourt Road was and he said it was not too far. We walked from Union Station to Dovercourt …
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… lived in those hills. If you ever caught one, your every wish would come true.” Kay was reluctant to leave her family and beloved Ireland … I had lost Nanny forever. My father was never the same after Nanny died. It seemed he was never again the happy fun loving father of my … had kept her sons in line, probably without even knowing it. Nanny had died at her daughter, Pauline’s, in Houlton, Maine, on February 10, …