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… destination was Montreal, where I have lived ever since and still can recall our docking on a hot day in May at Halifax. I was astounded at the small size of the city, as I was a native of Rome. During our processing, my little …
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… Clarecia Christie was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She studied at the University of the West Indies in Kingston where she earned a master’s degree in international …
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… we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can … an abstract sharing circle i imagine myself within, among family, community, and all people here. I write it this way because i believe … landscape, how the years/generations of colonization were short by comparison. In agreement with others, i felt that all people, including …
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… we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can … an abstract sharing circle i imagine myself within, among family, community, and all people here. I write it this way because i believe … landscape, how the years/generations of colonization were short by comparison. In agreement with others, i felt that all people, including …
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… Canada (a troop ship during the war) and I had a large cabin with en suite facilities. When aboard, I asked for my luggage. I was told that … cabin seemed to be full of diapers hanging up to dry and my Mum was in bed with seasickness. Our father awaited us in Canada, consequently we … and a lady in the top bunk and a man in the bottom bunk invited me to "Come in dear". I, of course, slammed the door shut and re-thought my …
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… ore carrier on the 12th. The ship had mechanical trouble this side of Ireland and had to return to Greenock, Scotland for repairs. … everyone. They had trays of egg and peanut butter sandwiches which said to us, "We're home!" They had wonderful cookies, cookies by the … and Sicily, and the Netherlands and Germany. I was in Holland on V.E. Day after I spent three months in the hospital in Belgium because I had …
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… came, along with my good friend, to help me with the children. We said our tearful good-byes and then I was on my own with a great number … wash diapers and baby bottles. We got through it though and the next day we were put on buses to take us to Southampton" from there we … months was as good as gold. I would go up on deck with them and had to sit down on the deck as there were no chairs available. There I would …
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… was if my father could go first because you needed a relationship to come to Canada. You have to have a related person. My father, we found …
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… Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and lived in the village of Breda di Piave in the province of Treviso, Italy. It is also an account of … Although the profession was a prestigious one, requiring a specific set of skills and knowledge, it was also a demanding one. It required … who supplied the factory, and then endless hours throughout the day and evening to supervise the stages in the cheesemaking process. …
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… Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and lived in the village of Breda di Piave in the province of Treviso, Italy. It is also an account of … Although the profession was a prestigious one, requiring a specific set of skills and knowledge, it was also a demanding one. It required … who supplied the factory, and then endless hours throughout the day and evening to supervise the stages in the cheesemaking process. …