• Ariella Milanese
    … Italy. She is the second child of four of Romolo Milanese and Anna Pasqualini. A month after Ariella was born, the family moved to a small farm house in the neighbouring town of Villa Vicentina, with the rest of her … to supplement the income from the family trucking business. Romolo and one of his brothers owned and operated a small trucking company out of …
  • Rosina, Domenico, Giovanna
    … For some time I have wanted to document the story of our arrival in Canada. I believe it is important for our children to have a starting … as was customary in those days. Our family farmed the land and as one can imagine the years following World War II in Italy were not very …
  • A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada
    … the United Nations, specifically the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Relief and Works … agencies, and provincial and municipal authorities could visit their nearest Immigration Office to identify the refugee(s) they … refugee students and professors in Algeria, Hong Kong, and Korea. [26] Canadian Committee for World Refugee Year (CCWRY) pamphlet …
  • 1999: Canada’s Resettlement and Repatriation of Kosovar Refugees
    … was then posted across the camp. Heads of families were requested to visit the Canadian tent with their documents to confirm whether they … had a warm feeling and happiness, I felt like a child again.” [21] On 26 May, the last evacuation flight arrived in Canada. Over 90 percent … Canadian Forces Logistics Association , 2019, https://www.cfla-alfc.org/stories/op-parasol/; Canadian Armed Forces and Kelsey Berg, …
  • Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … “Canada’s 50,000th DP Starts New Life in New Home,” Globe and Mail , 26 February 1949, 17. Oral History with Ausma Levalds Rowberry, … and Mail , 12 January 1954, 15. “Missing Millionth,” Globe and Mail , 26 May 1954, 6. “Missing Millionth.” Badgley, “As Long as He is an …
  • Bruno V. Sinosic
    … John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream come true) to visit them and acquaint myself with the rest of the family. Both my … the war years. The ship that would bring us to this new land was the M/S Anna Salen. She certainly was no Queen Mary, nor even her distant …
  • Sbarra
    … breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which … for the moment when the uncomfortable ocean crossing would finally come to an end. We were taciturn while the sound of the waves striking … language and unfamiliar traditions of the new land would confront everyone. And it is understandable the fact that the subdued multitude of …
  • Michael Supino
    … On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and … family and limited resources, had no other option than to immigrate to Canada as countless thousands had done before him. Three years prior to … over 30 years working in Canada and returned home very few years to visit. He retired to Italy just the year before we left. He helped us …
  • The Francesco Supino Family
    … On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and … family and limited resources, had no other option than to immigrate to Canada as countless thousands had done before him. Three years prior to … over 30 years working in Canada and returned home very few years to visit. He retired to Italy just the year before we left. He helped us …
  • Arturo Isa Susan Rosanna Scotti
    … Arturo Isa Susan Rosanna Scotti …