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… Time 0:04:02 Transcript It was one bright sunny day when a man with flip flop changed … those peels. First peel of my ego came off when at united nation high commission for refugees I was recognized as stateless. You see, I took … see I took pride in holding a doctorate degree and was called Dr. Roya The fourth peel came off when with a Canadian graduate degree still …
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… of a family full of love, faith and hope. But unlike most immigrants, my family had not left to find the land of plenty. Rather, they had … Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2013.1773.1] My mother Gabriela was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Through … remained the jewel of her father's life. And yet the only thing that my grandfather would not allow her was the blessing of a marriage to a …
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… by Western University's MA Public History Program Students Fugitive or Free? Prior to 1850, … existed for all free blacks. The Act Against Slavery , passed in 1793, made Upper Canada (part of what is now Ontario) the first British … all men, women, and children, were free. [2] Artist Theodore Kaufmann condemned the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act in his illustration “Effects …
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… Pasquale Martinis, “My Lucky Day” July 18 1956 My origin. I was born in the northern part … in the region of Friuli Venezia-Giulia. I landed at Pier 21. The documentation was in order. I boarded the train on route to Toronto. Little …
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… Time 0:03:29 Transcript I grew up in a small island in India called Andaman and … four girls, and we were always discouraged by close relatives and the community for only having girl children. My aunts would say, why does she have to study, she is going to … Journey for Social Recognition by Sangeetha …
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… Time 0:03:25 Transcript With great grandparents Audni Magnusdottir and Erikur Bjarnason and Sigridur … and Petrun Petursdottir and Kristjan Kristjansson, born in Iceland and coming to Canada… my parents were Gudrun Gudlog Kristjansson and Bjarni … What's in a Name? by Vi …
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… Leaving Home by Sheila Laird I was an English War Bride. My husband was wounded and sent back to Canada to be discharged. I was … child and could not join him until the baby was five months old. In May 1946 word came that he had found an apartment and I was to … sent by train to Southampton. I arrived at the docks holding a two year old by the hand, a baby in a carry-cot, diapers, formula and all …
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… of a family full of love, faith and hope. But unlike most immigrants, my family had not left to find the land of plenty. Rather, they had … left to find a world where their love would be allowed to flourish. My mother Gabriela was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Through …
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… shalan joudry (pictured onstage) is the author of the the poem Kmɨtkinu, … Chui, Sara Coffin, Isaac Abriel, Robert Azevedo, I'thandi Munro, Sam Penner and NAT Chantel. Photo by Kevin MacCormack “We are not the only … we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can …