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… He left his studies at Prince of Wales College in September/39, in order to enlist with RCAMC. He was posted to military hospitals in … Lt. N/S (Dietician) Claire Mollard, RCAMC , from Saskatchewan, who had also been posted to the Halifax Military Hospital. They had three children. Upon his discharge, R.S.M. Bonnell continued his …
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… and her child came in and we all shared this small space for the trip. How could my mother do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since … tooth ache not wanting to tell anyone for fear that it would be pulled out. The Chaplain was a consolation. This priest devoted himself to the …
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… don’t know if you heard about it here, but the Students for Democratic Society. So, we were—there was a wide range of people in that group, in … I did. I liked Marx and I liked Hegel. But I wasn't a member of the Communist Party. And most of the people, I know—I remember, there were also, were not members of the Communist Party. We were called, "Communists, traitors. How could you …
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… country during the past few centuries. My dad, Armas Vaino Laurila, had the spirit and toughness seen in so many Finns and he was most certainly a "Sisukas Suomalainen". My … His only crime was that he was a policeman. Pa learned of this while at school and ran home to find his father and other war prisoners …
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… up to an officer level called "second class". A "first class officer" had to be a citizen of a western country, usually an American, a … and entered the huge customs hall with Welcome to Canada on the wall in many languages, we each faced a customs officer standing at a … belonged to the Daughters of the Empire. Although many of us could not say "Good Morning" in English, each of us, regardless of linguistic …
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… Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The … Collection Policy guides collection management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of … holds this resource in trust for the benefit of future generations while providing access to local, national and global publics. The …
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… of this ambiguity, classifying themselves as students and merchants in order to receive an exemption from the entrance duty. [3] With the … diplomats and government representatives; children born in Canada who had left for educational or other purposes; merchants as defined by the minister of immigration and colonization; and students while attending university or college. Vessels transporting Chinese …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 1:39 Transcript Kathleen Sigurdson (KS): Because all the applications, even from those other … in Qatar, you had to apply to Abu Dhabi because we didn’t have any offices there. And also when I was in Abu Dhabi, it was a time when it … Women at Risk Refugee Program - Kathleen Sigurdson …
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… Being Selected to Come to Canada - Madan Kumar Giri …
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… felt will keep me and my pride in tacked -- My true self was hidden somewhere amongst 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 …