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  • Odd One by Sosina
    … Odd One by Sosina …
  • Uta Maria Heine Sonier
    … down the gangplank in baby’s ancient carriage. Helpful hands pushed us onwards to the railroad station Into the Traveller’s Aid office that … and expensive for me; I did not agree and promised myself that some day I would walk through life on only those kinds of shoes. Onwards we … stopped during the night and she had to leave To buy us sandwiches at one of the railroad stations. First taste of Canadian bread and peanut …
  • One World, No Borders by Saeid
    … and Africa made it clear to me that human being all over the planet is one big nation, just divided by borders which I hope will disappear one day as it is happening among European Union. However, moving to … now, after being 15 months in Canada, we feel that we made the right one. Return to Charlottetown …
  • eat make share: a taste of immigration
    … shaped by over 400 years of immigration and relationships between newcomers and Indigenous Peoples. Food connects us to the past, to place, … histories behind popular Canadian dishes. Learn how individuals and communities express themselves through food and engage in diverse food …
  • A Trip No One Dreamed of Making by Kathy
    … had been largely destroyed and there were few jobs and food shortages. One of my Mom’s aunts had gone to Canada very soon after the war, and she kept writing to family … to the families for whom they had pledged to become housemaids for one year. My Mom committed to paying back the Lutheran Relief $265. I …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1911-1324
    … train travel, rather than the reduced settler rate. [4] The Commissioner of Immigration for Western Canada bribed a medical examiner to refuse black immigrants. [5] In one case, officials invoked the continuous journey regulation , a rule …
  • Corey Verwolf
    … soldiers encountered in Holland took them longer. Freedom did not come to our town until May 10, 1945. WHAT A DAY! The Canadian soldiers came into our town and freed us from the … slice of white bread was like a gift from heaven, and tasted like honey. The people danced and sang songs, and were so happy, I remember …
  • eat make share: a taste of immigration
    … histories behind popular Canadian dishes. Learn how individuals and communities express themselves through food. Engage in diverse food …
  • Anyone Could Be a Refugee; No One Chooses To Be a Refugee
    … When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... People lose their … different challenges. The most important challenge, and certainly one that we can relate to, is fear. Growing up in Burundi during the civil war, where there was violence every day, my family faced so many difficulties but… we managed to stay. …
  • Historic Pier 21
    … Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Pier 21 was built as one of four adjoining waterfront sheds, the key transit areas of … millions of dollars and attracting high-profile visitors including the Prime Minister of the day, Sir Robert Borden. [2] Undertaken in 1915, just after the outbreak …

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