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Time 0:03:46 Transcript When I was in high school, my parents put me to a private school run by nuns and had to wear a uniform. My parents chauffeured me back and forth to school. As a teenager, my parents did not allow me to date boys. I rebelled. I became pregnant at the age of 18. When my belly …
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Time 0:03:39 Transcript Here I am. Visiting my homeland 23 years later. I was born and raised in Germany. In East Germany, to be more specific. Germany was separate for 40 years, and I grew up in the socialism part. That part was the only part I knew. We were not allowed to get out of East Germany. …
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Time 0:02:56 Transcript I am now living a dream life to most. A beautiful condominium in Florida with a water view, nothing to do except laze in the sun and read – yet I find myself confused, not sure whether to make Florida my permanent home. Is it time to move again? – and again for a man? I was …
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Time 0:04:41 Transcript I ended up being a refugee for 10 years in the republic of Benin as a result of what happened to me in Ogoni from the government of Nigeria. I am ever a disciple of Ken Saro Wiwa, a leader of the people of Ogoni. While alive, he spoke about the environmental degradation …
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Time 0:03:06 Transcript Even though I've been in St. John's for more than a year, I'm still missing my home in China. I now can be called a CFA which is come from away. Spring Festival is coming. Chinese people usually get together with their families. When I was small, I would wait until a certain …
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Time 0:02:50 Transcript After finishing my thesis and the last exams to obtain my degree in biology, I did not know where I was standing anymore. I had worked myself very hard and I was feeling aimless. I lost interest in things that would normally never fail to make me happy. I needed out. I chose …
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Time 0:03:13 Transcript I grew up in the capital of Peru. When I was little, I watched my neighbours selling many things in the street to support their families, but their children had uncertain futures because of poverty. My father always shared the things that he had – food, books, his knowledge, …
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Time 0:03:54 Transcript As a child, I spoke only Icelandic until I began school in grade one. I grew up knowing that Icelanders were expected to marry Icelanders. When my cousin arranged a blind date for a Christmas social and I found out he was Ukrainian. I gasped! My date said, "Would you like to …
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Time 0:02:45 Transcript From its creation out of Lake Agassiz to today, Lake Winnipeg has long been generous to those who understood its opportunity. lt has been a supplier of food to my family and other peoples from lceland who settled along its shores. Lake Winnipeg also provided the spark that …
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Time 0:04:46 Transcript When I was 17 years old I went with my father winter fishing. We fished sauger. And this sauger in Icelandic was called svartenpick meaning, black pickerel. One day, I said to my dad, I'm in the bonspiel but I'll just run home, curl the game and then run back. My dad didn't …