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  • More than a Building
    … 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 …
  • Sergeant W. Vandekamp
    … and it cost him more to ship his beef then he was paid for it, due to the depression, decided to sell his property and to go back to … in Occupied Europe. He landed in Normandy on Juno Beach on the first day of the invasion. When they reached Belgium he was ordered to leave …
  • My Life is Awesome by Htoohtooeh
    … Time 0:03:08 Transcript In Canada its different than Thailand, because in Thailand we don’t wear … In Thailand there are no toys you have to build your own. In Canada there are more things than Thailand. I miss my cousins and my family in Thailand. I like Canada and I like Thailand. Sometimes I don’t know how to do my work when I …
  • Tips and Tricks: Band-aid Solutions for the Event Planner
    … tape to solve many problems over the years. It is great for taping down audio-visual wires or for posting signs to podiums and walls. The … uses for duct tape that I have seen in action are taping the hem of a pant leg that was just stepped on and pulled out, placing the tape on … works like a charm!). The next item on my list would be sandpaper . It can be used in a pinch as an emery board, to remove fuzzy pills on a …
  • Forbundet af Danske Foreninger i Canada • Federation of Danish Associations in Canada • Fédération des Associations Danoises au Canada
    … Forbundet af Danske Foreninger i Canada Federation of Danish Associations in Canada Fédération des Associations Danoises au … Forbundet af Danske Foreninger i Canada • Federation of Danish Associations in Canada • Fédération des …
  • Canadian Macedonian Historical Society • КАНАДСКО МАКЕДОНСКО ИСТОРИСКО ДРУШТВО
    … МАКЕДОНСКО ИСТОРИСКО ДРУШТВО Honouring Canadian citizens of Macedonian descent who came from the Aegean, Pirin, Vardar and Mala Prespa regions of Macedonia and made Canada their home from the late 1800s to the present. En honneur aux citoyens de descendance Macedonienne qui on fait du Canada leur foyer depuis la fin des annees 1800 jusqu'au present …
  • St. Fidelis Golden Age Club Toronto
    … Age Club Toronto To remember and honour our members who came to Canada from all regions of Italy and to recognize their contributions to … their culture, determination, sacrifice and hard work. Per ricordare e onorare tutti i nostri membri che provenienti da tutte le regioni d'Italia immigrarano in Canada e riconoscere il …
  • Pauline and Armand Dubue and Family
    … Leaving Home for Canada: When I finally got my telegram to go to London, my mother was upset but she bravely came, along with my good … wash diapers and baby bottles. We got through it though and the next day we were put on buses to take us to Southampton" from there we started on our journey to Canada. It took six days. It was an awful time. I was seasick all the time, as well as my …
  • Filippo Scassa
    … looked promising. He says that emigrating seemed to be the thing to do. The young people left for Canada, the United States, Australia, and … to phone them and say that he was sick. When he went to work the next day he was fired. Filippo says that was sort of a blessing. He went to …
  • Recommended Resources
    … and Michael Vickers, “100 years of Immigration in Canada”, as in Canadian Social Trends , Statistics Canada: Catalogue No. 11-008, Autumn 2000.  Di Cocco, Caroline, et al. One by One: History of the Italian Community … Press, 1999. Gabaccia, Donna R. and Franca Iacovetta. Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Italian Workers of the World . Toronto: …

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