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… Born 1918 in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba died 1996. The fourth child to John Gillis Thompson … where he got his nick name “Rocky”. A name he was called his whole adult life. He enlisted in the Princess Patricia Infantry (P.P.C.L.I) in 1939 and was in active duty for 5 1/2 years until he was wounded in Italy. After the war he …
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… times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. For each of the celebrations, there is a station with activities. … section, there are four boys spinning dreidels. A dreidel is a wooden top that has been used by Jewish kids and families to have fun for …
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… their love would be allowed to flourish. My mother Gabriela was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Through wartime Italy, she had … her Anna Teresa, in honour of my father’s own and only sister who had died suddenly at the age of 21. And within two years of her birth, the … patch made of cotton pushed into place by glasses, my father never complained of his trials, but pursued life with kindness, gentleness …
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… times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. For each of the celebrations, there is a station with activities. … section, there are four boys spinning dreidels. A dreidel is a wooden top that has been used by Jewish kids and families to have fun for …
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… Pier 21 today, as it was in years past, is a building. For visitors past and … I have seen. Heather was one of our summer students. It was a quiet day in the exhibition and she saw a man sitting alone on one of the …
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… at 6:00 am to attend Mass with his mother, something he agreed to do in exchange for her giving him 1,000 Lire ($1.50) a day so he could buy coffee, cigarettes, and whatever else that amount … as he could not speak the English language. Two days after arriving in Downsview (now North York, Ontario) to join his sisters who were …
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… food. Entries in his pay records show that he was paid one dollar a day and an extra ten cents a day when in the trenches. He called the Germans "Fritz" and referred to … over the top", referring to his own Battalion, the 20th, and a few days later another entry says "We're winning", both entries refer to …
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… age, Giovanni knew that he wanted more from his life. He knew one day he would have to leave the only place he’d ever known. Giovanni … a bus that took him to the sea, to make the courageous journey to Canada. GG: –My father because I wanted to get out of Italy. But I, being … was if my father could go first because you needed a relationship to come to Canada. You have to have a related person. My father, we found …
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… affected by this horrific example of humanity at its worst. Books, documentaries, and memorials do go a long way in fostering learning about the Holocaust, but a … on November 3 rd as part of our Diversity Spotlight film series. The documentary tells the story of Sir Nicholas Winton and his personal …