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  • Weaving Cultural Identities
    … 22, 2023 Credit: Dawn Livera & Adrienne Neufeld (textile artists), Doaa Jamal (graphic artist), Find What You Need, woven cotton warp and …
  • The Hartwig Gaul Family
    … after periods in Regina and Edmonton I'm retired in Invermere, BC after living in Edmonton for 35 years   - Thorsten Gaul …
  • Jean K. Bowes Lawrie
    … in February 1946. Travelling by rail from Halifax to New Westminster, BC with her son, Andrew, she began life in Canada living in the Old …
  • Maciejewski, Stanley, Sophia
    … 14, 1948 Author: Jennie Humbert, daughter Stanislaw Maciejewski, my father was born on a farm close to Poznan, Poland in a village called … 14, 1948 in Halifax. I began to work in the copper mine in Noranda PQ on February 17, 1948 for 19 months until I completed my contract. …
  • Gunther and Elisabeth Sparkuhl
    … Gunther Sparkuhl was born in 1924 in Zarrentin in northern Germany. … conflict in Europe appeared to be a distinct possibility. It seemed a good time to be elsewhere. I can recall my parents listening unhappily to news broadcasts on a large … Gunther and Elisabeth Sparkuhl …
  • Michele e Concetta Fusillo
    … September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of Carpino, Foggia, Concetta Faiella immigrated … We want to acknowledge and thank them for taking the risks they did to come to a new country, not knowing the language, not having work and …
  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    … By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/03/2022 March 4, 2022 was the unveiling of a new art project by the Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, Aquil Virani. Read what he has to say … Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism …
  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    … By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/03/2022 March 4, 2022 was the unveiling of a new art project by the Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, Aquil Virani. Read what he has to say … Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism …
  • Difficulties Leaving Home - Frank Scarfino
    … people who loved you? How could you do this to your country? You're a communist. You're a traitor." So, I had all that in my head and yet I … awful. You know it was—even later on when I uh—Waterloo. I didn't become a Canadian citizen right away. That's maybe a better indication. …
  • Heide Wenkhausen Cogswell
    … who immigrated to Canada three years before and were looking for an au pair girl for a Canadian family in Halifax. They were sailing back … my first ocean voyage are all first class, it was exciting and a very good beginning for new life. I could go on about the trip, however the … It did not take too long to have my passport processed in the large shed. Since I was brought up in the Lutheran Faith, a very nice lady, …

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