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… The year 2021 marks 110 years since my father’s uncle left his hometown of Fagagna, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of … Chicago on March 19, 1911 in Le Havre, France. He arrived in New York City on March 29, 1911 and three days later, arrived in Sault Ste. …
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… Transcript When I heard the announcer call my dad name and other people to go to Canada I was so happy. I was so happy that I cried, we all did. On that day when we have to come to Canada I was kind of sad because I won’t be able to play with … a place call welcome house in Vancouver. I was so tired I sleep like a dead person all day. The day after that I woke up and when I finished …
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… suggested the idea and our father very quickly embraced the idea completely to the point where he talked of little else. Mom and dad had an … We had to reply by 5 pm whether we would accept. The ship was due to set sail the following Saturday 13 April. I went to dad's place of work … to deliver the message. When dad came home he looked at mom and she said, "Let's go". In one week we were rushed through paperwork and …
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… so I started to research Winnipeg—I thought I was moving to Winnipeg, let me note, my parents did not clarify that I was moving to Steinbach. … I’m immersed in the language.” And you know when you read the web sites for communities it is a marketing piece (laughs). So it was sold to me a …
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… study fine art. At that time, the war in Korea made everyone poor, so my family said, why study art? There is no money. Still I knew it was … was very contemporary. We learned Korean and Western modern art. In my third year, my teacher Chang Woo Sung invited us to his Traditional Korean Art … Korean Art in Canada-My Life, My Art by Young Ju …
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… Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, … always thought as Canadians that it was more of a south-of-the-border sort of thing . But it actually influenced a lot of the economic … important. It answers a lot of questions, not only for the greater community but for the African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian …
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… Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, … always thought as Canadians that it was more of a south-of-the-border sort of thing . But it actually influenced a lot of the economic … important. It answers a lot of questions, not only for the greater community but for the African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian …
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… By Dorothy Schofield McIlveen On the morning of June 20, 1946, I boarded the train in Halifax, Yorkshire, for London, leaving Mum and Dad … sadness, apprehension, and yet with happy excitement. I soon met a fellow War Bride and we chummed together for the whole journey until we … see Bonnie Scotland again!" Each of us had our own thoughts, some sad, some quiet. Later, this all changed when we found where we had to …
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… July 19, 2021) Introduction As the Research Intern here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, as well as a History and … Additionally, as the granddaughter of Dutch immigrants who came to Canada after the Second World War, there’s nothing I love more … histories! However, oral histories are still relatively new to me, which has made working with them that much more exciting. Oral …
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… Captain Huxford pictured on his wedding day with wife, Margaret Huxford Captain Huxford on his wedding day with wife, Margaret Huxford Captain Huxford on his wedding day with wife, Margaret Huxford …