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I was born in 1937 in Holland and was sponsored by Eddy and Agnes DeBoard who were living in Iroquois, ON. Eddy was in the Canadian Army and became a good friend of my father at the end of the war. After a couple of weeks working at the Seaway Project, I found employment at DuPont Canada, Maitland, …
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… having a good life in India as a single woman. So I decided to apply for immigration to Canada. It was a very big step because I had led a … I got my education assessed at par with Canadian degrees, applied for jobs every day. Finally I got a break- a job in faraway Nova … day and then the Tulip Festival, my picture came out in the local newspapers and many people came to know me. I met a very famous lady …
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… later my grandmother sponsored us to move to Canada. The transition for me was not that easy. I had to start from the beginning again. … youth award. When I received my award I was very excited, I was in the newspaper and I made my family very proud of me. I also got an award … I became a more social individual, and I wanted to give back to the community. Currently, I am a part-time student at the University of …
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… Growing up on a coconut plantation on St Vincent I experience all form of abuse, hunger and I can now say slavery. When I got older, I … in the line in front of me picked both – I asked if he could leave one for me, and that’s when the racial slurs began… it was the first time I … “what you mean no, he is black.” These experiences have been a pain for a long time, but they have also equipped me with the strength and …
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… uncle and grandpa, who lived in Canada, thought it was a good time for me to come over to here and have a chance to look the other side of the … to be involved in Canadian society. This was the same place! What a coincidence! People were happy to see me because I remind them about my …
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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 … I was able to provide many educational and material opportunities for my daughter but I felt I was robbing her of the family experience, … 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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… Beijing in 1996, then she got a scholarship from University of Toronto for her master degree, so she left us. My daughter got her first job in … then she got married. She missed us and we missed her. She said, ‘Mom, come, live with me! I applied for family reunion’. So my husband and I … to do something to cheer myself up. I enrolled an English Class in the community center near to us. I became a student when I was 65 years …
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… out of the village in November 1945. I then had to wait for my turn to come to Canada. I left Holland in August, 1946 after a lot of waiting … to my friends from Holland; they were going to Southern Ontario and four girls, myself included, went to Northern Ontario. For three days and nights we were in that train. Again there was excellent food and care. …
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… – Yugoslavia. It was an ethnic war of enormous proportions. I became a foreigner in my own city. I was 21. I grew up happy, surrounded by love … either black or white. I was both and I was none. I needed to leave. Coming to Canada as a war refugee, I wasn’t happy about parting with my … contributed to the society, had my child. I had a strong desire to completely integrate myself into society. After 17 years, I call Canada …
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… he had – food, books, his knowledge, with the people who asked him for help. I learned from him to share and to be in solidarity with … behind my back? My husband was working for a Canadian engineering company who offered him a job in Montreal. This was the kind of … Also, I admIre and appreciate Canada, because this country warmly welcome me and my family without prejudice or discrimination. Return to …