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    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Ukraine Ship Name: Andania Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: June 4, 1928 Age on Arrival: 17 Jack Jakob Samchyk & Family Our plaque is in honour of our father, Jack Jakob Samchyk. In May 1928, Isaak & Uliana Samchyk sold all their possessions and left …
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    Here in the Collections department, much of our work focuses on Digital Preservation. Digital Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools and programs we use change. This involves the long-term care and …
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    Time 0:03:49 Transcript Mom used to tell me the story where I was born. She told me I was born in Bhutan, which is a beautiful Himalayan country. I don’t remember living there, but I remember the day we left; when I was crying with hunger. My parents are carrying nothing. They don’t have anything …
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    Animated by Grace An Music by Sigmund Washington Daniel came from Peru at the age of ten. He was born without his one arm and right leg. He started CREATIVE//SOCIAL. The organization uses data and online systems to manage customer service relations and business operations out of Calgary, Alberta. …
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    Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Letters to My Father was …
  • Bänoo Zan, Described Video
    Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Letters to My Father was …

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