• Quotes - All Aboard
    … All Aboard - On The Train “In this special train for immigrants, the passengers sat, ate, and … (Kenneth Robert Vandenberg, 1953) “Thanks to a word of advice from my Aunt Edith Hitman, mom and dad had brought a kettle along with them … stations where we could buy food, our family ran out of bread and jam. A very kind elderly immigrant couple from Germany gave us some …
  • Cornmeal, Yogurt, and Maple Syrup Cake (Revani) - Fisun Ercan
    … I normally make this traditional dessert with a wheat semolina called revani, … for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven. Using a small ladle, … the same name. In May 2013, she opened her second restaurant, Barbounya, where she was a chef until May 2018. Since her passion for cooking …
  • Ingeborg Dietrich Ruohoniemi
    … Germany, the third child of four girls. During the spring of 1956 my girl friend made plans to immigrate to Canada. I decided to join … a venture, but after a lot of thought she gave her permission and told me, if things don't work out we will get the money somewhere to bring … Ingeborg Dietrich Ruohoniemi …
  • Lawlor's Island Results
    … In the previous post , I mentioned how Lawlor’s Island is uniquely … it was operating. Just landing on a historic site and wandering around may be fun, but it’s no way to run a railroad when it comes to locating specific features. So, we had to work with Ian Cameron’s existing book on the topic, and we did some dedicated …
  • Tino Masecchia
    … turned 10 years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the … looking out at the water mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents … Tino Masecchia …
  • One World, No Borders by Saeid
    … Time 0:04:01 Transcript I, originally, am from the west northern part of Iran, the … history. Iran is a multinational and diverse country consist of different “nations” like Fars’, Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, etc. It is … language, since the first day of the school. Turks are famous as immigrant nation and hardworking people in Iran and in addition to their …
  • Sergeant Charles Elliott Brown
    … Charles Elliott Brown Service # F67753 Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps June 1940 to July 1945 To my Mother, Diane in memory … wasn't able land on the beach until the following day, June 7th, this may have been bad luck or divine intervention, I like to think it was …
  • The Masecchia Family
    … turned 10 years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the … looking out at the water mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents …
  • Refugee Experiences Gallery
    … Introduction CANADA HAS A LONG AND VARIED HISTORY of people arriving … refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including … on the basis of gender or sexual orientation. In this online gallery, you will meet 11 people who came to Canada as refugees, and former …
  • Ordinary People, Extraordinary Things: Holocaust Education Week
    … their phones and tablets. They just sat there, rapt, staring at the 84-year-old man at the podium, listening. His voice was clear and even as … for the rescue of 669 children as part of the Kindertransport . In my introduction to the film, the theme of ordinary people doing … herself perish in a Nazi concentration camp in Estonia less than two years after composing the verse. Following the film, soprano Janice …