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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … as part of these outreach efforts. Below you will read about various Canadian Museum of Immigration (CMI) approaches to collaboration in … community organization with a focus on immigrant women, and a Canada-wide initiative of the Tibetan community. Settlement …
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… role identities – in this instance: African Canadian, women, mentally ill, public charge – played in their cases? With Rebecca Barnett, … Canada in 1867. This legislation used “he” and “persons” to refer to more than one individual. Women were left out. Under the law, they were … Grizzle was deemed a public charge for not paying her medical bill, and subject to deportation by federal officials. On 18 August …
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… the Traveller’s Aid office that became Heaven. Nursery rhymes on the walls that I copied, Not understanding them, but they spoke to me. We … I loved him so much, I said that I loved them too. Together once more, we went on to Windsor. On arrival Mother found Thomas’ buggy … people of Canada That did not take our things, even when they had the chance? And so, at that C.N.R. station, we all started to grow the …
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… Bill One day, a letter simply addressed to “Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia,” arrived on my desk. The first line read, “I don’t … down to what might be their last glimpse of Canada, another vessel came alongside and suddenly there was music. Bill Pineo and his war … her father, a First World War veteran of the R. N. Reserve, was re-commissioned and posted to Singapore. His wife and four children, …
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… aware of the requirement that upon arrival we were to be taken to a "hall". To my Hungarian ears that notion sounded unusual. You see in Hungarian, "Hal" with one "L" means "fish", so I imagined that we were all to be …
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… must spit on the piece of coal he brings in with him. This brings more good luck. On New Year's Eve, 1954, going into the year 1955, such … around the fire waiting for the New Year to be rung in. Mother casually mentioned emigrating. She had spoken of this many times before but … After, what seemed, a lengthy discussion, my mother decided to flip a coin. Heads - Australia, Tails - Canada. It came up "tails". Canada it …
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… [1] Our collection currently preserves and makes accessible approximately 125 interviews in French. In 2018, Immigration, Refugees and … and retain French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities …
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… about how Christmas happened at my home, and my childhood memories. I come from Burundi, a small country in Central Africa. Christmas is the most important time of … Christmas and the Mass encouraged us to participate in the Mass more faithfully. Since it was a long night, the only children who were …
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… the S. Martino in Colle area where he lived and at thirteen, he basically worked on the various farms in the area. He was well liked and was … to his stories and just imagine these mystical places he would recant his adventures throughout these early years. There was never any … six months it increased to $1.00 an hour. It was good pay and the conditions were good. The accommodations and food were supplied by the …
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… to Bremen, our departure point. I will never forget that as I got really motion sick. We were put up in a large warehouse which was filled with refugees from all over Europe. We were put aboard an American Troop carrier, the USAT …