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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 6:33 Transcript But we used to walk around the … of the last that would get out of Hungary before the controls by the Communists were clamped down and they had managed to come to Canada. They, basically, they got the okay. That’s the only way …
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… what was happening was very unclear, I was only 8. All I knew, I was coming to Canada and My father had told me he had a teddy Bear for me … was so cold, it was the month of December. At the beginning it was not easy, we were a family of 5 living in a bachelor apartment. With very … their friends, their everything. Because of their sacrifice, I got a future. A life with no worries. At my age now, having kids, and seeing …
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… and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … the formation of a segregated battalion as a supporting, and not a combat, unit. Thanks to the efforts of civil rights activist (and … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction …
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… It was 1942 and a lovely Sunday afternoon when I met my handsome soldier. My plans that day were to … She did not get on. I stood hanging out of the door yelling for her to come on till the bus reached the top of the street. I was furious with … Union Terrace Gardens these two Canadian soldiers spotted us and said "come on down". There was a steep bank so we said, 'No you come on up". …
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… with me; I can’t get it package and get it shipped to me. Canada has become from there to permanently here. After living for four years here; … when I was in elementary school when we had some one that’s foreign come, we would always follow them around and ask them all these …
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… and affection that has stayed with me forever. My father immigrated to Canada in 1952, and then in May 30, 1953. I took the journey that would … most of the people at my dining table all got sea sick. On the third day of the voyage, as I was going to dine, a sick lady approached me … her during the meals. Every day we would eat together and bring some food to her mother. Finally on June 8 th , we saw land and I think I …
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… At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, we collect and tell the stories of immigrants who came to Canada and continue to come to Canada to make a new home for themselves. Some of these stories … Most recently, we hosted our travelling exhibit called Canada: Day 1 . This travelling exhibit explores the memories, impressions and …
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… had to empty his pockets and place the contents on that table. Then he/she had to open the luggage. When I opened the trunk, I froze, … Canadian bread. Today I like it, but only as a breakfast toast with jam. But considering the sheer number of immigrants Pier 21 had to …
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… Transcript I came to Canada and then, I chose to stay. I did not come as an immigrant but I became one. I was successful and happy in my … was simple. I liked the little bit of Canada I knew. But it was not easy. I had to reinvent myself. Instead of following the path I had … him. Everyday is an adventure in cultural misunderstanding. He has become the father my daughter never truly had and our little family has …
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… can also be understood as a social disconnection between people. I come from 2 stories: my parents didn’t grow up in the same country. My mother hailed from Italy. It was easy to relate to most of what Dad told us about Malta, I was … I will admit that close to water, so Nova Scotia, is where I’m most comfortable. As I look back- the semi-retired person that I am today …