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  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, … when we moved here in my mind was, for instance, that my daughter was coming to live with me, and we were again a big family like we were … to go along with this idea," but as I said, I never thought, “I'm not coming back home.” Joelle Buchanan, Jamaica: Yeah, I knew why she came, …
  • Who is that giant bear?
    … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story … about herself in the third person: She cuddled Teddy, her constant companion and whispered in his ear, ”we are really going to sail to … continuity, in a time of change. Fenton is here to make people feel welcome. Left: Pat & Teddy Toronto, summer 1954 [DI2019.177.2]. Right: …
  • Who is that giant bear?
    … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story … about herself in the third person: She cuddled Teddy, her constant companion and whispered in his ear, ”we are really going to sail to … continuity, in a time of change. Fenton is here to make people feel welcome. Left: Pat & Teddy Toronto, summer 1954 [DI2019.177.2]. Right: …
  • Recommended Resources
    … and Michael Vickers, “100 years of Immigration in Canada”, as in Canadian Social Trends , Statistics Canada: Catalogue No. 11-008, Autumn 2000.  Di Cocco, Caroline, et al. One by One: History of the Italian Community in Sarnia – Lambton, 1870 – 1990 … Recommended Resources …
  • Jozef, Maria Majocha and Family
    … Reasons for Coming to Canada: Life in Poland was restricted in terms of having a decent … dollars. This land contained a lot of bush, which was extra attraction. Canada was a stable, young and growing country, which was enticing immigrants to come to Canada and help to develop. Finally on April 14, 1928, Dad, his …
  • Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972
    … became a widely-used metaphor for cultural pluralism in modern Canada, the use of such terms to describe Canadian diversity can be traced back to the early interwar period. Against the backdrop … Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972 …
  • Lt. James William Hartley
    … Quartermaster Sergeant. After arriving in England, he was stationed with the Canadian army as the armed forces continued to prepare … landed on Juno Beach with the 9th Infantry Brigade, part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He was a member of one of the first infantry companies to enter Caen on July 9. On July …
  • Angela Toneguzzo Bianchini
    … Angela Bianchini nee Toneguzzo On June 23, 1958, my mother, Angela (Toneguzzo) Bianchini … boarded the Queen Frederica in Genoa, Italy to join her husband in Canada. Not knowing when she would see them again, saying good-bye to … loaf of white sliced bread, a can of sardines and a jar of strawberry jam. Being accustomed to the Italian crusty bread, my mother did not …

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