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  • Delicious and jam-packed with history
    … Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter.   Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …
  • Alexandra Dochmacka and Sofia Bain
    … Sofia Dochmacka Bain I am very proud, that Dr. Dehav invited me here today, so, that I will have the opportunity, to tell you about two brave … advance was, the Polish forces fought with skill and bravery at many points checking the German forces in series of fierce battles. During …
  • Soldat Albert Payeur
    … army: August 27, 1945. He disembarked at Juno Beach two weeks after D-Day, advanced inland for six weeks, taken prisoner of war near Falaise … on Juno Beach, Gold Beach and Sword Beaches. Advances were made on foot every day to consolidate and obtain strong points. We fought …
  • Middlemore Shillings
    … and find myself writing in the hopes that someone out there can help us with a question. Patricia wrote to me back in 2011 while … During our correspondence I mentioned that a visitor had let me scan what they called “a Middlemore shilling”. When Patricia learned … visitor to follow up with a story about her father and made a quick scan of the shilling but I didn’t ever get her name or have her sign a …
  • A Taste of Something New: Adapting to Food in a New Country
    … and certainly relatable challenge is adapting to new and unfamiliar foods. In Canada, one is inevitably exposed to different food from around the … As a result, many immigrants face struggles in trying to cook healthy food. Sometimes it’s hard to buy food within your budget because many … A Taste of Something New: Adapting to Food in a New Country …
  • My Missing Home by Jia
    … I'm still missing my home in China. I now can be called a CFA which is come from away. Spring Festival is coming. Chinese people usually get … in a red envelope. I would argue with my grandmother to put more coins in the dumplings so that I will not be upset about not having the … me a better life. And then I use my better life to support their future. My mom was sleepless for a couple of nights because of my …
  • Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker
    … Media Release May 13, 2019 Halifax, NS Forgiveness, Family and Canadian identity: Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker … of a human tragedy to offer a unique perspective on the idea of a Canadian family. Released in 2014 to sweepingly glowing reviews, Forgiveness also won 2018 Canada Reads, as defended by Canadian fashion journalist, icon and …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop ship carrying soldiers back to Canada after World War II. A young Dave Campbell, with his mother, welcomes Canadian troops home at Pier 21 in 1945. Credit: Lieut. Richard … Canada / PA-192969. The Ile de France , laden with ecstatic soldiers, docked at Pier 21 on July 14, 1945. Flora Campbell was visiting …
  • Audrey Pratt
    … 13 each. Coupons were used up quickly so new clothes were difficult to come by. Fabric and yarn for knitting were also rationed. Husband: … since discovered that it is quite good. Many other Canadian foods have come my way over the years, but I have not mastered a taste for … enjoyed other trips through the years with her family. Did your family come to Canada to visit? In 1948 Audrey's mother sent her sister Olive …
  • Max Margarete Hans Chris Schlechta
    … Germany. Reconstruction of the bombed-out buildings was speeding up. Food was no longer so scarce, except for luxury items like coffee. The … Germany was so that his children would be free from war, with no chance of Hans ever being drafted into the military. He was right, too. … a war on Canadian soil in a very long time. Some of these were good points, some not so good. I remember seeing a film that was supposedly …

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