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  • A pivotal moment for Canada’s refugee policy
    … of the Private Refugee Sponsorship program A family of new Canadians celebrates Canada Day. Photo Credit: Charlie Lim (HOF024). Between 1975 and 1985, over 100,000 … came to Canada in the wake of the Vietnam War and the victory of communist North Vietnam in 1975. Those escaping Vietnam became known as …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … is a village called Diman. It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You can walk from one corner to the other in around 20 … neighbourhood is named after his grandson. Edward was the founding President of the Canadian Lebanon society in 1938 and was killed while … shortly after Abraham Arab. She says, “in our culture, it would be considered a sin to get married and have children if you can’t provide for …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … is a village called Diman. It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You can walk from one corner to the other in around 20 … neighbourhood is named after his grandson. Edward was the founding President of the Canadian Lebanon society in 1938 and was killed while … shortly after Abraham Arab. She says, “in our culture, it would be considered a sin to get married and have children if you can’t provide for …
  • Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026
    … "Unto Every Person There is a Name" Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026  Time: 10:00 am Location: In-person event at the Museum Language: Presented in English Cost: FREE In partnership with the Atlantic Jewish Council, the … in the Unto Every Person There is a Name program. What to expect: A public recitation of names of victims of the Holocaust.  B’nai B’rith …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962
    … racial discrimination from Canadian immigration policy. Skill became the main criteria for determining admissibility rather than race or national origin. When the Progressive Conservatives … a new immigration act, this policy was introduced as a separate set of regulations. New regulations could be implemented quickly by the …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    … Haiti grabbed me and just literally forced me out of there. He said, “These guys are brutal, so do not get in their way.” I haven't done … “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.” …
  • FLT/LT Charles D. Teakle
    … FLT/LT Charles D. Teakle …
  • L/Cpl D. Lloyd Pulsifer
    … My brother joined the military when he was nineteen leaving our newly … angry and shipped off the whole group. We were expecting my brother to come home on scheduled leave when we received a letter from him from England, where they had been sent without furlough or any chance to say good-bye to their families. From England he was sent to …
  • Santino Geraldo e Maria Di Leonardi
    … Santino Geraldo e Maria Di Leonardi …
  • Giovanni, Amalia, T. and P. Bonotto
    … Giovanni, Amalia, T. and P. Bonotto …

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