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… Transcript I remember when I was 3 or 4 year old in Thailand. I always go to a river and there were lots of dragonfly. We use to shoot … There were a mango tree and we use sling shot to make them fall. The next day I went to the big river there were a rock and we went … the rock and play tricks off the rock. Then we pack up our stuff to come to Canada. I was 4 or 5 years old. The thing I love about Canada …
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… moved to Canada, when I was sad or unhappy I listened to music. I sing along with it and it always makes me happy. On Sunday I go to Karen … also sing there too. One time the Karen youth in Langley did a singing competition. I signed my name on a list and they pick me. On that day I … memories came back again. I dreamed that I went back to Thailand to help my people. In my dream I don’t want to come back in Canada because …
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… They bore four children, Michael, George, Sheila and Tony who are all very proud of their parents and all they have accomplished here in Canada. Our wish is that they be …
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… my mother and father during their first and difficult year in this totally new environment; far away from the family and friends they left … in Rotterdam. Neither parent liked city living and they longed for more space and freedom. Inspired by their close friends who had left … In fact, both my parents were lovers of land, nature, and space. But more so, they looked at this country as a land of great opportunities …
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… Imkje (Ida) was 32 when they immigrated to Canada with seven children, all under the age of ten. Johannes (John) aged 9, Freerk (Frank) age 8, … settling in South-western Ontario. After arriving in Canada seven more children were added to the family. Aleta 1948, Sadie 1950, Douglas 1951, Janette 1953, Allan 1954, Doreen 1956 and Andy 1958. Aant (Anton) and Imkje (Ida) …
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One of the greatest things about my job as a Visitor Experience Interpreter here at the Museum is helping people imagine the experience of being an immigrant during the time that Pier 21 was open as an immigration facility. Sometimes I even do this on my own. One of my favourite ways to imagine …
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… 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 … called “a Middlemore shilling”. When Patricia learned this, she wrote, “All members of one Middlemore party each received a new shilling from the Lord Mayor of Birmingham but I would not expect anyone would have kept it.” …
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… They bore four children, Michael, George, Sheila and Tony who are all very proud of their parents and all they have accomplished here in Canada. Our wish is that they be … of starting a new life and the eventual outcome of becoming Canadian! More proud Canadians cannot be found than my parents, and I believe …
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… in kindergarten, because I don’t know how to read. I go to ESL. They tell us sentences, and they explain it to us. That is how I learned to … write, but I go to Karen school. My parents don’t speak English very well. If my mom and dad watch movies, some words they tell me to explain … don’t know how to explain, but I know the word. They get kind of mad. All of my friends are Karen. Some of them play soccer with me. When I …
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… Time 0:01:59 Transcript I remember when I was in Thailand, I was walking back home from school. My mom told me that our family was going … killed by the Burmese. My family waved goodbye to their friends and relatives. Some of the people were sad and crying but some was happy. I … my friends. After the many bus rides and plane rides, we arrived at Welcome House. The house was very different from the houses in Thailand. I …