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… music festivals in his village. It gave him great joy when he had the chance to sing and dance at these events that would last into the wee … of the Church. It gave the strong moral values that he still has today. At the age of 16, his father passed away as a result of a blow to … a few years it got him thinking that this was not what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He wanted to learn a trade. So at 19, he …
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… Sometimes I go to visit – I tell people I am going home. But when I am coming back to Canada, I tell people I am going home. So where is home? I got my … she came home with bloody nose yet the school did not do anything to stop it. But we have hope that things will work out. Luckily the new …
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… and Sicily, and the Netherlands and Germany. I was in Holland on V.E. Day after I spent three months in the hospital in Belgium because I had lost the use of a leg due to nerve damage from an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix …
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… became real, when my parents came to visit me in Vancouver, and my Dad insisted on visiting the old family home. He found it, and … limitations of my Japanese language skills more profoundly when my Dad died. It was difficult to talk about preparations for my Dad’s funeral, … my Dad was a Buddhist. Mum had a stroke in 2005, as a result of complications after some dental surgery. I kept thinking if only I had …
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… Adjusting Well to Life in Canada Time 0:01:44 Transcript TA: —it was—it was—exciting. I mean, after … 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 … Flora, Trinidad and Tobago. Santa Flora was a town owned by an oil company and Tony’s father worked as an x-ray technician at the oil …
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… rebuilding the car so much that I decided to change the focus of my company. My mechanics became certified for Ferraris, Porsches, … have international experience for the future. Life in Korea was very competitive. I wanted more relaxing lifestyle for my children and me … I continued to work hard. When I turned 40, we decided to move to Canada as newcomers. I began my second life. When I came to Canada, I …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 3:12 Transcript: Mooshie Zahirovich (MZ) : So … was enormous. I didn’t know what to do with myself, and eventually one day I say, “Okay, I’m going to take a, a part in, in uh, in guarding … brother. Because— MZ : Yeah. It, it— YZ : Both of them of them were soldiers. MZ : Not directly, but on different war lines, but it’s, it was …
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… Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team Canada match vs Wales in Halifax, August … arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was 1988. “I … the world! The Rugby World Cup runs August 22-September 27, 2025. Newcomers who join a club instantly find themselves with a large group of …
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… Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team Canada match vs Wales in Halifax, August … arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was 1988. “I … the world! The Rugby World Cup runs August 22-September 27, 2025. Newcomers who join a club instantly find themselves with a large group of …
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… started to arrive from the High commissioner for Canada Office in London, travel certificates, immigration identification cards, passport … for me to be able to carry with me on my travels. Finally departure day arrived. My trunk had gone on ahead and I just had my one piece of … where we were going and again the volunteers were with us. Finally as daylight arrived we reached our destination. Then transferred onto the …