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  • Refuge Canada - The Ink Blotter
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:02:24 Transcript: One of the most compelling artifacts in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this desk set that contains a secret message for help. This desk set was given to … years immediately after the Second World War. He was given this desk set, which is a lovely handmade ornamental desk set designed to hold …
  • Embassy of Italy • Ambassade D’Italie
    … futures. En honneur des milliers d’italiens qui débarquèrent dans ce grand Pays, remplis de rèves et d’espoirs, qui offrirent en don leur patrimoine culturel et confièrent leurs futurs à cette noble terre. …
  • Life in the Refugee Camp, Families and Friends with Hope by Duke
    … us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese … refugee camp with my friends and family together. I enjoyed the noodles at the noodles shop in the camp and eating mangos . it taste sour …
  • Discoveries for Everyone
    eat make share recipes   Explore recipes → Soft Landing Seven bite-sized stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the places they landed-people who changed their communities and were changed themselves. Explore the gallery → Countless Journeys Podcast Listen in on these original …
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    … There are three ways to complete your donation, right now: By Credit Card Clicking on the button below will take you to PayPal, a secure online financial institution. Please note you can pay using your credit card without signing up for a personal PayPal …
  • Leaving Uganda: “My Whole Life in 1972” - Umeeda Switlo
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:12 Transcript Hi, my name is Umeeda Switlo. … it certifies I’m a Ugandan citizen, but within a few days, I was stateless. I also found with me, the blouse that I had leaving Uganda. … Identity Card issued to Umeeda Switlo by the Republic of Uganda, 1972. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2017.139.1a-b] …
  • Do Everything in Love 1 Corinthians 16:14 by Fred
    … after us. Getting medication, finding the medical centres and being able to reach them for support, it was all not easy. My hope was gone. I … such as hospitals, homes, camps and communities of immigrants. I visited people who were left alone by their family to die at hospitals. … I started my application. They have four different stages to pass through. I passed one stage and just did the reading and writing …
  • Fishing Lake Winnipeg Longterm by Harvey
    … winter fishing. We fished sauger. And this sauger in Icelandic was called svartenpick meaning, black pickerel. One day, I said to my dad, I'm … but when the curling match was over, I was happy to see that dad had come home. He figured that running back was a little much. In open water, we fished the nets for 5 days and had to pull …

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