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  • Sgt. Ralston Harpell Ripley
    … He moved to Brighton and carried out disbandment of AA Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass Saturday to …
  • Domenico Stagliano
    … ropes. I remember that we had a cabin down below and I slept on the top of a bunk bed when all of a sudden there was a crashing noise as if … arrive to Toronto. There we met my father who was already here having come to Canada in 1951. He hugged me and raised me to his chest and …
  • Crash Test Dummy by Arthur
    … the beauty of buildings, and I’ve always had a strong aspiration to become some sort of designer. I remember being at the top of the twin towers when I was little. I felt the weirdest sensation in my legs. They were tingling – my …
  • Nigel Whiteley
    … in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member … the country that he wanted to make a new start here. My father had to come to Canada in 1946 via Sweden and New York in Cargo Freighters … bunks six deep (high). As a concession to the women and children, the top three layers of bunks had been chained up out of the way. This …
  • Daxa Popat
    … First Impressions Time 0:00:46 Transcript There was no leaves on the trees and that struck us, you know. And snow flurries, … worked in the new Michelin tire plant. Daxa attended the Nova Scotia Community College for book-keeping and secretarial administration. She …
  • Olesya Aleksandrova
    … first day was that all you and your daughter ate? OA: Yes. And um, people who met us they gave us air mattress for some time and other … Slavic University in 1995. She graduated in 2002 and went on to complete a master’s degree focusing on the medical system in … Olesya Aleksandrova …
  • Bufis, Resettlement by Khadar
    … north east province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our country to get peace so we could … day when I woke up in the houses made of twisted trees with plastic on top. Most people at the camp want to be resettled but it’s not in our … Bufis, Resettlement by Khadar …
  • Ellen Margaret Dunham LaRocque
    … These are photos of Ellen Margaret Dunham, a war bride who served with the British Air Force, … Ontario, where he was born and raised. My mother was sponsored and welcomed by my paternal grandmother, Mary (Minnie) Closs LaRocque, and my … Ellen Margaret Dunham LaRocque …
  • Peeled to the Core by Roya
    … then and there in Iran of 1983. Within a day, revolutionary court ruled that I am a heretic- my parents have been one- and my grandparents … those peels. First peel of my ego came off when at united nation high commission for refugees I was recognized as stateless. You see, I took … Peeled to the Core by Roya …
  • Anthony Athanas
    … that this is (claps) where you’re going to be for the next little while, right. There’s no turning back so might as well make the best … for, you know, things like that. So it was um—yeah, it started to become—normalized, I guess, is what you’d call it. We weren’t feeling as …

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