• Sister by Heather
    Time 0:02:23 Transcript My Oma was always very close with her sister. They had three brothers and their mother died when they were young, so they stuck together and supported one another as they were growing up. When she got married, my Oma made the decision to move with her new husband to Canada. …
  • Success Through Hard Work by Farial
    Time 0:06:08 Transcript I still remember the day when I received my acceptance letter to the University of Guelph. I had tears in my eyes and I jumped out of my seat and I started running to my family members to share with them that finally I made it to the University. I always had a dream to go to …
  • It's a Small World by Carmela
    Time 0:03:50 Transcript My life was simple. I was happy with my role of young bride and mom in Carpinone, a small Italian village of the Molise Region. And then we decided to emigrate to Canada. My husband came few months earlier, so that he could prepare for us, and on November 10, 1966, my son …
  • Pain of Hunger by Sudarson
    Time 0:03:49 Transcript Mom used to tell me the story where I was born. She told me I was born in Bhutan, which is a beautiful Himalayan country. I don’t remember living there, but I remember the day we left; when I was crying with hunger. My parents are carrying nothing. They don’t have anything …
  • Moving Around by Youmei
    Time 0:04:04 Transcript What does a new life mean to you? There are many reasons to start a new life. I had to start a new life when the Cultural Revolution happened. When it finished, I was able to go back to school and could start life again. I decided to move to Japan to change my life then. As …
  • Bridges by Tongda
    Time 0:02:58 Transcript I am a typical after 80s born Chinese boy. Because of the “one Child” policy, I was a “little emperor” in my family. I didn't need worry about anything, and I could have everything that I wanted. All I had to do was be good at my studies. But I wasn’t. And that changed …
  • A New Start by Pulchérie
    Time 0:03:59 Transcript At this stage, the story of my life can be divided into four chapters: Chapter 1: Born in Cameroon in a family of more than 40 children and 8 different mothers. Chapter 2: I get married to a Canadian engineer. My husband, through his work in international development, helped …
  • Life Begins at 20 by Noel
    Time 0:03:20 Transcript Both my parents were born in Belfast. During the troubled times resulting in the partition of Ireland, many found refuge by emigrating to various British Dominions. Among my parents’ friends, some went to Canada, sending back positive reports which encouraged my parents to …
  • Crossing the Big Pond by Monika
    Time 0:04:50 Transcript I was born in Bremerhaven on January 23, 1941 to Karoline and Theo Muller, two doting parents. Everything was on fire, chaos everywhere. Although I was born in St. Joseph Catholic Hospital, I was baptised Lutheran immediately. Since Bremerhaven was bombed continuously and …
  • Open the Land by Margaret
    Time 0:03:56 Transcript My maternal grandfather, Charles Midgley was born in York, England in 1882. By age 20 he had become the head gardener for a big estate. At the same time his desire for adventure was burning in his brain. It was then that he took note of advertisements for purchasing large …