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… thing is you’re open-minded, okay. Uh you have to look at Canada do welcome you, okay. You have to come, again, not thinking what you had, … be uh better. It could be worse; it could be—it could be—but the end result is that, depending on what you want to achieve. For me, when I … going to be today, two thing: either cake decorator or businessman (laughing), right. We are asking the kids, today, right. So, uh, based …
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… August 1949 My father, Roberto Pellegrini was born in Osoppo, Italy (province of Friuli) … as they were very difficult. I remember him telling us a story of his ship going down and he and the other surviving members spent almost …
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… When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... People lose their … pushed away from their homes or watching their houses being burnt. My eyes have seen people suffering and everything I have experienced has given me a lot of experience in life. People who were displaced and …
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… Walter MacDonald Searle met his wife to be, Beulah Cynthia at a dance in Haverhill, Suffolk, in England April 28, 1945. He was a Corporal in the RCAF but wearing a Newfoundland flash on his …
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… Lumi Studios. Have you noticed that we at the Museum are a little obsessed with food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared right, eating can be one of life’s …
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… Lumi Studios. Have you noticed that we at the Museum are a little obsessed with food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared right, eating can be one of life’s …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 3:12 Transcript: Mooshie Zahirovich (MZ) : So Yugoslavia was falling apart and, and some, parts of it already declared as, as independent states, and, and I could hear guns closer and closer coming to my place. … The Smell of War in the Air - Yella and Mooshie Zahirovich …
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… As we are all immigrants in this life, we search for a safe haven where to rest, replenish and then move on to our final destination. … George E. Fenton …
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… Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: June 7, 1957 Age on Arrival: 19 My father came to Canada as a 19- year from a town in Italy called Venzone He … the CN railway. He did not know how to speak English. He noticed that his friends had an ID tag that said Bassano, Alberta and his did not. …
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… Immigration Story of a 9 Year Old Boy in 1952 The best memory I have of coming to Canada and Pier 21 is that my dad … wait one more day on the ship before we could disembark. My Dad made all of us siblings stand by the railing of the ship and wave, to my aunt, who was my dad's sister. As a nine year old boy I do remember some of the …