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… driver piled in to their car to go to Naples. We were immigrating to Canada. Our journey was starting at 3 am and just like what was laying … the modern ships I am sure that it must have looked quite small by today's standards. The ship interior was like a hotel and fancy … all the amenities we had on board, the abundance and the variety of food available. The trip itself was interesting. It took seven days …
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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … as part of these outreach efforts. Below you will read about various Canadian Museum of Immigration (CMI) approaches to collaboration in … in an oral history project, led by Scott Price, with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 to record interviews on …
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… are things of which I may not speak, There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a … to speak of, because they have been so horrible; but the memory cannot die, and yet, it makes me sad to think of them. And even in such a … and hatred, people have dreams of freedom and liberty, which, may come true to some of them but may not come to others. We had our dreams …
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… two years earlier and were living in Toronto. They sponsored me to come to Canada. I intended to work here for a while and then go back to … in Toronto at approximately 11:00 am. My sister brought me to her house and I lived with her and her husband until my family arrived. … to join his father, so I had him look after my son and they would chum around the ship together, otherwise I would not let him leave our …
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… his life. He cut a handsome figure with his thick wavy black hair, riding the streets of Modugno on his Vespa. One of our favourite photos … features his signature signoff - “A te un ricordo, e a me, la felecita di essera ricordato.” For you a memory, for me the happiness of being … his life in Italy, leaving his family and friends in February 1963 to come to Canada to seek a better life for his family. Not knowing the …
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… food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create … province. She started working in the food industry at age 15 . She studied culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in …
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… food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create … province. She started working in the food industry at age 15 . She studied culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in …
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… the gray ship General Harry Taylor, which was taking emigrants to the USA, and right behind it, in gleaming white, the newly overhauled Anna … as we were leaving, the sun came out, but it rained the rest of the day. The ship was towed by the tugboat Sirius: four times around its … board. Today a drugstore and a snack bar will be opened where everyone can buy coke and liquor. But I intend to buy some lasting things. First …
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… states scattered across European camps, in 1951, the international community ratified the United Nations Convention relating to the Status … [6] Somali Refugee Movement, 1989-1995 Unlike the previous two case studies, the arrival of Somali refugees was not the result of a … , 14. Library and Archives Canada, PCO fonds, RG 2, Series A-5-a, vol. 2648, file “Cabinet Conclusions,” item 11117, title “United Nations; …
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… of Migration & Diversity in Canada is an activity book created to accompany the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21’s travelling … you’ll see how food traditions from Indigenous Peoples to newcomers have been shared, adapted, and celebrated across generations. … cultural diversity Learn how food connects us to identity, family, and community Whether you’re visiting the exhibition, working in the …