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  • Harry Dye
    … My Father Harry Dye Sr. emigrated to Canada from Dundee, Scotland on the ship … that arrived in Halifax on August 8th, 1927. My mother, Jesmina Dye (nee Manson), with myself, Harry Dye Jr., and sisters Edith and Mina followed later aboard the R.M.S. … Harry Dye …
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  • Heterosexism in Canadian Immigration Policy, 1952-1978
    … tolerated.” [3] These deviations were also understood to be potential points of vulnerability for citizens. Exposure as a homosexual, for … Fortier entitled “A Review of Immigration from the British West Indies.” The memo states that “it has long been the policy of this … consensual acts with another adult, leaving him with a life sentence. [26] Following the White Paper and the Criminal Code update, a 1970 …
  • Movement of War Brides and Their Children through Pier 21
    … be permitted to enter Canada. The problems were divided into four points: a) finding satisfactory accommodation upon their arrival; b) … them to Pier 21 in Halifax where they were processed as immigrants. [26] Mrs. J.W. Perry, a war bride, and her daughter Sheila aboard SS … Appeal Decisions: Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Taylor [2007 FCA 349],” Federal Court of Appeal , …
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  • Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … “Canada’s 50,000th DP Starts New Life in New Home,” Globe and Mail , 26 February 1949, 17. Oral History with Ausma Levalds Rowberry, … and Mail , 12 January 1954, 15. “Missing Millionth,” Globe and Mail , 26 May 1954, 6. “Missing Millionth.” Badgley, “As Long as He is an …
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