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… welcomed everyone. Their generosity and kindness were reflected each day through their connections with customers, family, friends, even … for life, and dedication to those they loved were demonstrated every day. They lived their lives rooted in their Greek Orthodox faith, piously and spiritually. They were humble, noble, and forever …
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… nursing skills in world. The nurse can work can work in most of the Commonwealth countries. Having graduated as a registered nurse, and … loving care. It influenced me to take nursing as my career in the future and it has a lot of job satisfaction as well as job security. It … 2 were born in Hong Kong and 2 were born in Vancouver. They studied very hard in school with very good marks. They worked part time …
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… MRS. GOLDBLOOM Now, let's head over to the Resource Centre where you can look up more information about your own family's trip. There are … Drew, Premier of Ontario, recruited seven thousand English people to come and live in Ontario. I'm joining my husband who is already here in … Cross Volunteer chuckles. ENGLISH WOMAN But we are grateful for the chance of a new start. The War has left Britain in very bad shape- no …
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… hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of … Saturnia. I guess I must have gotten better as we boarded the next day to a journey, which would take us 12 days to arrive in Halifax. The … movie theatres, etc. Meals were served three times a day and the food was more than truly needed. My mother had never seen grapes in the …
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… those peels. First peel of my ego came off when at united nation high commission for refugees I was recognized as stateless. You see, I took … If we are lucky we will experience the peeling- and our soul comes through young and vibrant with no attachment to anything …
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… where we were settled into a temporary housing development for the few days we had to spend there before embarking. The day finally arrived … to the authorities that if they wanted me out there, they had better come and CARRY ME OUT! I could not eat – only drink. Luckily on the … to Jewish passengers since it was PESACH (Passover). This was the only ‘food’ which I had till Halifax. The first time I stepped out of the …
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… makes a hero, what makes for an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called “Our Immigrant Stories.” How would you … make up one part of " Our Immigrant Stories ". How did the residency come about? I had the privilege of sharing some of my previous art … tell their story (and my story) and to adapt it in some way for an audience that's more like me – that was born in Canada. That’s why I …
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… makes a hero, what makes for an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called “Our Immigrant Stories.” How would you … make up one part of " Our Immigrant Stories ". How did the residency come about? I had the privilege of sharing some of my previous art … tell their story (and my story) and to adapt it in some way for an audience that's more like me – that was born in Canada. That’s why I …
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… my family (parents and 2 older brothers) from the Netherlands to PEI, Canada in March of 1953. The decision to immigrate was made by my … while my brothers stayed with my father in separate quarters. The days spent in Halifax were with friends we had made on the boat. During … the Senator ordered for us. Well, you can imagine when the plates of food arrived and were put in front of us we had no idea what it was or …
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… am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … from that time, until 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate …