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… Welcomed and Welcoming As I awoke in my upper bunk I immediately noticed … deprived of our homes the previous October when Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Britain along with the President of France had signed … they know something we didn't? In the customs hall we discovered that one of the suitcases was missing. Father and the baggage master went on …
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… Armenian genocide, detained upon arrival in Canada, who went on to become one of Canada’s first naturalized citizens and one of the world’s … and harmonies inspired by Mennonite choral music A Sri Lankan-Canadian composer melding classical music with sounds of the Middle East and … Rup has an amazing story. He’s a huge star in India and Pakistan and completely unknown here.’” Shifting Landscapes Learn how new Canadians …
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… With the escalation of the Cold War, the atmosphere in Europe was one of insecurity. The Second World War had itself been a trial. Under Nazi occupation, my father, Herman, had become involved in Resistance activities, a risk which was finally …
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… born in 1918 in River Philip, Nova Scotia. His parents, Willard and Annie Ripley, raised eight children on the farm. Four of them are … Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass Saturday to Sunday evening 3. hauling stores from Midlands 4. ferrying tanks to …
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… us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese troops come up. When I was three years old I moved to Bangkok to get a special … myself and I thought there was a clone of me in the mirror. In the welcome house, I saw all of the toys and food but I didn’t like any of …
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… DEVOLD KOPPERNAES I had the good Fortune to meet Johan on his first day in Canada in the spring or early summer of 1951. Johan grew up in … and spent most of his childhood years under the occupation of Nazi Germany. Before the Second World War, his family has operated a fish plant … Johan under his control over night. He made Johan an offer; either come home with him for the night or spend the night locked up in a room …
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… She is a woman of Honour... She (OLIVE MAY HALL) immigrated to Canada from Sussex,England … after WWII who was from Strathmore,Quebec. Still married to this day 56 years later, with nine(9) grown children and several grand … was; she arrived in Pier 21 Halifax NS and recalls being the first one off the ship with a Red Cross nurse at her side happy to be on …
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… Journeys is presented by Air Canada , Canada's airline for welcoming newcomers home. How Gode Katembo Uses Soccer to Build Community - Gode Katembo and Mandela Kuet “Quite a Little Celebrity” A …
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… to Canada four years earlier to begin working in order to save money to pay for our trip and to buy a house. It took us four hours, by … her younger sister, aged 22 sick in bed; her sister then passed away one month after we arrived in Canada. My grandmother passed away in … My mother went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the little town where I was born. The …
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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, …