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  • Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957
    Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1931-695
    Order-in-Council PC 1931-695 …
  • Italian Immigrant by Angelo
    Time 0:03:25 Transcript There was no money in Italy. On my qualification there was good money in Canada. So I applied through the Canadian immigration. But I didn’t speak a word of English. I landed in Montreal they told me I was supposed to work in an airfield – I never saw the airfield, because …
  • Canadian Citizenship Act, 1947
    Canadian Citizenship Act, 1947 …
  • Immigration Act, 1952
    Immigration Act, 1952 …
  • Your Choice by Dave
    Time 0:03:59 Transcript I was born in Trinidad my mother died in childbirth and I was told I was the child. My grandmother Vernie came to Trinidad and took myself and my sister back to St Vincent & the Grenadines. Growing up on a coconut plantation on St Vincent I experience all form of abuse, …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962
    Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962 …
  • White Paper on Immigration, 1966
    White Paper on Immigration, 1966 …
  • Flying with Passion by Gabriella
    Time 0:03:34 Transcript When my younger son was 5 years old, he asked me, “What are you mom?” at that moment, I answered, “I am an artist.” And he affirmed, “Yes, you are good at that.” I was born and grew up in Buenos Aires, and there my artistic abilities were nurtured. Between the formation of a …
  • Reborn by Sergio
    Time 0:04:19 Transcript January 10th, 2010, almost midnight, a family of 5 people arriving to Moncton, New Brunswick, and after the airport main door open… a lot of snow, … a dark and windy day, and maybe because of the stress of the trip I felt that night was the coldest night in my whole life… my …

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