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  • Vietnam War - Len Sirois
    Life in the United States Time 0:02:22 Transcript I had just graduated from university—1965. I wasn’t home two weeks. This would be in May because school used to end in the end of April there. I was home two weeks and I got a letter from the government saying to report to Portland, Maine for your …
  • Decision to Come to Canada - Richard Allon
    Leaving the United States CMIP 21 · Decision to Come to Canada Time 0:01:51 Transcript They advertised in one of the American journals and this was a job for a researcher in their clinical investigation unit. And I applied. And they accepted me. So, the second pull, as I say, I had some familiarity …
  • Difficulties Leaving Home - Frank Scarfino
    Leaving the United States Time 0:02:25 Transcript Because I had all these memories about—I shared earlier about—"How could you do this to your mother? How could you do this to your family? How could you do this to people who loved you? How could you do this to your country? You're a communist. …
  • Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin
    Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five years in the U.S. Army during World War Two and seen enough to realize that war is not good. He was on the winning side and he survived it without any physical injury um …
  • Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia
    Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to Detroit. And then at Detroit, we just waited for my dad’s cousin to pick us up, and then he drove us to Windsor. And then when we came to Windsor, we claimed refugee status but they uh didn’t deal with a lot of …
  • War Strategies: Plan B - Habib El-Hage
    Life in Canada Time 2:37 Transcript (This video is only available in French; the transcript has been translated from French.) I have to say that what's important, what was interesting in that part of the war, is, uhm. Many things can be said about war, right, many horrible things. In my case, it's …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2019 – Katarina Marinic
    During her summer residency, professional photographer Katarina Marinic brought together historical imagery and contemporary portraits of visitors taken on site in a large-scale video projection. Katarina’s project was in support of the exhibition Family Bonds and Belonging . Collecting images from …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2018 – Shauna MacLeod
    Refuge Canada explored the themes of life before, fear, displacement, refuge and life in Canada so we wanted the residency inspired by it to create something for refugees. Over the course of her residency studio potter Shauna MacLeod created 300 serving bowls formed with Nova Scotia red earthenware …
  • Collaboration in Oral History Research
    Introduction: Sharing Authority Sharing authority through collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus of a research project, sharing authority in interviewing, and working together to create public content. …
  • Guilt About Leaving - Robert Porter
    Leaving the United States Time 0:01:14 Transcript Leaving the US was difficult, like I said, besides family and friends, neighborhood, what your familiar with. You know, it was really difficult on many levels. I felt really guilty. I was leaving behind people that I knew, you know, I had friends …

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