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… John Hugh Mac Eachern left via Pier 21 as a young man from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and as a member of the Royal Canadian Airforce on his way to England during World War II. Flight Sergeant Mac Eachern was …
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… and her son who was the driver piled in to their car to go to Naples. We were immigrating to Canada. Our journey was starting at 3 am and … the modern ships I am sure that it must have looked quite small by today's standards. The ship interior was like a hotel and fancy … Gabriele Damiani and Family …
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… the maiden voyage of the Zuiderkruis. Since the Zuiderkruis was on its way to Indonesia, most of the crew on this luxury liner were Japanese. … who was seasick most of the trip was Maria. The three girls spent most days in the children's play room and Hans spent his days roaming the … 60 to 80 hours per week (except Sundays), every week of every year for 26 years. Since the sponsors for the family were situated in both …
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… brother they were all well established and they had no intention to come and start from scratch. But I told them my assessment is that it … there is less chance that I’ll move back to Pakistan. If you want to come to Canada, it’s good for your children, for you children’s future, … And found jobs here much easier, at that time. It wasn't that—the competition was not that high, and luckily found job in one place and …
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… Berthold Herman (Bert) Seiler, 1911-2004 We will remember Berthold Herman (Bert) Seiler as a devoted husband and a loving father who taught us the importance of working hard, pursing a goal … during this period of inflation, which extended from 1914, when the WWI broke out, to 1923, when Germany's monetary system collapsed. In …
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… and history. And I guess that’s why I went that route in my own studies. So they would be learning, uh, you know, grammar lessons that I … in history and art history from the University of Toronto and also studied museum management. At the time of the interview, Louanne was living in Ajax, Ontario and had recently finished graduate studies in art history. Return to Main Gallery …
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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … in interviewing, and working together to create public content. [1] We have been developing relationships with institutions and individuals … Columbia We work extensively with settlement organizations as a way to let people know when we are interested in conducting interviews …
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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, what you going to have: always … Kingdom. Despite studying and working there for ten years, he was denied status to stay in the UK. Royson was forced to return to Malaysia …
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… Maru looms over part of our museum- a haunting memory of faces turned away by the racist immigration policies of the era. In the section of … room of Dutch immigrants on long, full benches, waiting to make their way through medical and immigration interviews and board trains to … policy. (Dutch immigrants in the new Assembly Hall at the Canadian Railways Terminal, Halifax, NS. c 1930.) Credit: Library and Archives …
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… Private Norman Peter Kelly Born: June 5, 1919 in Windsor, Ontario Died: September 1, 2004 in Walkerton, Ontario at … France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Demobilization: January 22, 1946 (26 years, 7 months) In May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 in Nova Scotia on his way to Greenock, Scotland and then to Three Bridges, …