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… girls she has seen in years. When she encouraged me to join the soccer team, my anxiety started building almost instantly. All I could … my mom was not accepting of girls joining teams. My mom’s thought of coming to Canada was to leave the violence in Somalia for a safer place … the chance that my brother’s got to play sports as long as they kept good grades. I had a passion for sports, so I made the decision for …
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… Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for … he came back and could identify all the places of his childhood. We had the privilege of having the Curator of the museum in Raymond, Alberta accompany us around the town. He also took us out to the sugar beet fields where Steve’s father worked when he first …
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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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… and me) that joined him in Toronto a few months later in July of 1966. So, he decided to leave his home town of Maierato, where he was born and lived a comfortable life in order to improve his financial status. He decided that Canada would be …
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… was just a young woman when she arrived with her first born, a son who was just shy of his first birthday. He was a toddler and she … side. My mother's mind slips back in time as memories of so long ago flood the present. "Life on board one of the biggest liners to ever … at the same time. The journey took five days and somewhere, out in the middle of the Atlantic, we ran into a fierce storm. We …
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… to get our vaccinations and our passport photos taken. My mother even had special dresses made for myself and my two sisters. It was the first time we had something so new. The day we left was a difficult and emotional one. I … said goodbye to our family members in our village of Campodimele, as well as our humble home. My mother, father, two sisters and I boarded …
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… After sailing for 2 weeks they landed in Halifax at Pier 21. They had two other daughters, Wallentina and Olga (Wally-- called Willa-- … to Canada was for a better life (which they had and we children have had). Their reason for emigrating was due to religious persecution in … were chosen -- America, South America and Canada). Canada won out, 3 consecutive times! On the way over here they said that they were …
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… Transcript I came to Canada and then, I chose to stay. I did not come as an immigrant but I became one. I was successful and happy in my … deteriorating. As a single mother I realized that if I wanted to offer my daughter the same opportunities I had growing up, Venezuela … I had to reinvent myself. Instead of following the path I had built so far as a university professor, I became a high school teacher. I was …
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… Holland in early 1952, aboard the Zuiderkruis (Southern Cross). They had four small children, myself the youngest at two weeks (Carla). … as the land of milk and honey, felt that the best thing to do was to go overseas. The voyage across the Atlantic on the Zuiderkruis was for … recalled a lot of children crying. The necessary documents were in order, so it didn't take long for the Flinsenberg's to go through …
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… They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? … No skyscrapers in that area, I don’t know in that area you know. Yeah so it was seeing people, different people, and different backgrounds … certificate in environmental studies at Sheridan College in 2007. He officially left his position at the university in Hyderabad in 2010 and …