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… how they barely escaped the country by boat. I thought of them like superheroes—strong and adventurous. When I finished grade 10, my family …
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… of the cold land and the large amount of snow, where people were different and spoke a foreign language.” (Anonietta Lanni nee Venditti) … and child. Trying to learn the language and how to get around in the city was difficult. He told us many times if he had the money to return … at the prospect of venturing to a new land, all the way on the other side of the ocean, and my desire for adventure, I was 15, made my …
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… and there was lots of it. There where very big rooms with lots of bunk beds for sleeping, woman and children in one room and the man in a other, not very nice for newlyweds. The weather was bad and ocean was rough, a lot of people got seasick, including us, … and they where getting low. When the ship got close to Halifax someone said they could see land and everyone went on deck, we were not sick …
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… with nine other men. He took our son on a walk around the deck each day as I did not feel well. Children had their dinner earlier at 5:30pm … stay with the children. We arrived in Halifax at 2:00am so it was rushed up on deck because the engines were off. After breakfast we went to the immigration shed where we sat on benches in alphabetical order. Then we took a train to Toronto. …
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… lost all our savings that took years to build up. But, we had our own company that we could sell and we had money to leave, lots of people … would. Lot of Icelanders were moving to Norway but we wanted something completely different, and that was Canada. I called my good friend … saying goodbye to our home country. Gimli was our new home and it was comforting to move to a place that they called New Iceland. The people …
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… guest. The next day, he came back and said to Thora: “You may as well come home with me.” She needed a place and he needed a wife. They were … still farms. The neighbours were all of Icelandic ancestry and the common language in our community was Icelandic. Afi Johann lived with us and refused to speak …
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… Xianqin Yang was born and raised in Shandong Province, China. After completing an undergraduate degree and master’s degree in microbiology, … not get a visa for the United States, she decided to continue her studies in Canada. She received a full scholarship from the University of … in June 2007, Xianqin accepted a position as a research scientist in Lacombe, Alberta. Return to Main Gallery …
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… resulted in their banishment to hard labour in Siberia or being shot by Soviet authorities upon arrival. In desperation, my mother …
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… would send him back to Italy and not sponsor him any longer. The next day he went searching for a job on foot as he did not have enough money … STILL In my mountain town, time stood still in days of yore Til the outside world came knocking at my door. Roles were defined right from the … one Doting privileges and honour solely to sons. United in marriage come thick or thin Till death do you part and ne'er to sin. To keep you …