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  • Hilma Frenzel Halatsis
    … English, she patiently and tirelessly made her way across Canada, finally settling in Vancouver, B.C. With her dogged determination and the will to experience all that life could offer, she reached for the sky and created a … a wife, mother of two and grandmother of four we are so grateful for all her inspiration as she continues to focus on all the goodness we …
  • Historical Thinking (5) : Analyze Cause and Consequence
    … perhaps errors—in constructing histories. Causal relationships can be hard to establish properly, especially when they are rooted in … an unfamiliar and complex past. In our temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes , we examined how immigrant communities created and shaped cultural landscapes in Canada. We approached identifying and exploring cultural landscapes …
  • Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada)
    … piece of the Canadian “mosaic,” who transferred to his children all of his inner wealth and immortal values. Πρóς τιμήν του Έλληνα …
  • Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … [1] Our collection currently preserves and makes accessible approximately 125 interviews in French. In 2018, Immigration, Refugees and … and retain French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities …
  • Able Seaman Alex Chelekower
    … school. Gotha is a city of about 250,000 in Thuringen, near Wimar, Halle and Leipzig. There were over 2000 kids at the school and I was the … store in Halifax. A local Jewish businessman, Haim Jacobson, took a chance on me and helped me to get a loan from the bank and rented me …
  • Empress of Ireland -The Dining Experience
    … china, glassware, flatware, and what I like to ask visitors when they come to do the activity with me is where does it all go? Which piece is for which class and how does it all fit together … the place setting and soup bowl on top of the charger. We have a few more forks and knives to worry about. Most people are familiar with the …
  • Ivan and Anna Zadan
    … into 3 different camps, each assigned different jobs. The family were allowed visitation time, but they were not allowed to live together. Everything changed on May 8 th 1945, World War II had come to an end in Europe. A cease fire order was in place, and the … but a very brief summary of the Family Zadan history. There is so much more to their unbelievable story. I am hopeful that the details of …
  • Hendrik, Hendrika van't Veld
    … left a 2 1/2-acre farm in the Netherlands, they wanted to have more land to farm. Because of their age our grandparents could not be … travelled on the S.S. Waterman , the women and children together in small staterooms and the men in separate staterooms. The food was … or telephone service, so we were back to the “good old days”. Oil lamps, outdoor toilet facilities, travel was by foot or horse. …
  • Grace Penner
    … that way. That’s how I learned English. I didn’t have an aide here telling me, “This is how you spell this. Or this is how it sounds. It … that here. Biography: Grace Penner was born in San Antonio Silva, El Salvador in 1971. In 1981, following the outbreak of the Salvadoran … be approved for a green card in the United States, they applied to come to Canada as refugees. The family qualified for refugee status due …
  • Sister Florence Kelly
    … Inscription on the Cross worn by the Sisters of Service – “I have come to serve” Born in Windsor, Ontario, Florence Kelly moved with her … a lot in that time, self-reliance, independence, and what hard work really meant. She was a go-er, full of spunk, quick with a joke, and … wearing dog tags. There were women who were joining husbands who had come on before, shepherding 2 or 3 small children and all their worldly …

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