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  • Giuseppe Barbieri e Maria Cugliari
    … IN ITALY Maria Barbieri (Cugliari) and Giuseppe Barbieri had five young … aged 17 months – 11 years old when they disembarked at Pier 21 Halifax in July of 1965. A sixth child and 50 years later, below is the account …
  • Jeanne Beker unpacks her wardrobe… and her past
    … Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second World War. It conveyed the … Jeanne Beker unpacks her wardrobe… and her past …
  • Jeanne Beker unpacks her wardrobe… and her past
    … Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second World War. It conveyed the … Jeanne Beker unpacks her wardrobe… and her past …
  • A Place to Live by Faviola
    … Time 0:03:13 Transcript I grew up in the capital of Peru. When I was little, I watched my neighbours selling many things in the … behind my back? My husband was working for a Canadian engineering company who offered him a job in Montreal. This was the kind of … A Place to Live by Faviola …
  • What Your Donation Makes Possible
    … gateways to understanding. People from around the world continue to come to Canada, each with an individual journey worth sharing. All … of what it means to be Canadian.  You can help provide newcomers with stepping stones  Donations also go to support the Welcome Home to Canada program , which assists newcomers gain work …
  • Operation Parasol: Urgent need, swift action
    … May 3 to July 28, 2024 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the resettlement and repatriation of Kosovar refugees. Approximately 7,000 Kosovar … Operation Parasol: Urgent need, swift action …
  • Morris Ladenheim
    … did immigrating to Canada mean to Morris Ladenheim in 1935? For a 7 year old boy, it meant being separated from his extended family … What did Morris Ladenheim eventually learn about those who did not come to Canada? He learned of the murder of his grandparents by the … camps that his mom’s sister Elka and her family were imprisoned in, with only Elka surviving. He learned of the escape from a camp by …
  • Self - Acceptance by Roisin
    … Time 0:03:18 Transcript Immigration never was a topic that I thought much about before beginning my placement at Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington. After all, I was born and … of the self-awareness exercises that our Social Work professors had us complete. I really didn’t see the point. It was not until my placement …
  • Slumber Parties on the Prairies by Lyndia
    … Time 0:03:05 Transcript I am from a typical small town in a nice part of the Alberta … church” club. At another party,  most  of the girls were from my Mennonite church in the next town but had  their  secret society … in order to solidify my inclusion in at least one. Except this discomfort around belonging was also something deeper. It was part of the …
  • Future in Canada by Luke
    … Time 0:02:18 Transcript When I heard the announcer call my dad name and other people to go to … I was so happy that I cried, we all did. On that day when we have to come to Canada I was kind of sad because I won’t be able to play with … Future in Canada by Luke …

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