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… saying to report to Portland, Maine for your draft physical. They sort of got to give you a rating, whether you’re A-1, or A-2, or 4-F. … used to somehow do you in too, because apparently a lot of guys would complain about back problems, you know, carrying your backpacks and all … if I would have been one. I did not agree. I was a hundred percent against the Vietnam War. History has proved that, that was probably …
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… what to say… In my country when the Burmese attack our land we were so worried that we couldn’t even cry because if they heard us they will kill 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 …
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… Hi Molly, It’s me. The man who loves you. I was so lucky to have you as a wife and to be with you for 25 years as your … have touched you more. I remember that first kiss in Corner Brooke. I can still taste it today so sweet so giving so wonderful. I remember … never walk alone and your excitement at the fans singing their hearts out. I remember Vimy Ridge and touching your uncle’s grave and renewing …
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… in the region of Calabria early in 1950, a year after his eldest son, Michele, was born. He first went to Belgium and then migrated to … the age of 29, Antonio left Wales in May, 1954. It was his hope that Canada would offer him the opportunity of re-uniting his family. He arrived in …
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… day voyage were very mixed. I was excited to be on a ship but I saw so many sad people that I was confused. I remember people crying hard … only spoke Inglese. Whether it was going shopping, to the doctor’s office or needing a letter read or written, I was it. My first job was … and am proud to have dual citizenship. My parents made sacrifices to come to Canada and I am thankful. Return to Sault Ste. Marie …
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… Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or … my uncle who was a doctor, he works with Médecins sans frontières, so he had a better life in Congo. I hope to be like him one day. So I have the impression that one day I will be able to be a doctor like my uncle. I left my country in 2005 to …
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… Transcript In 1972, when the policy was declared by Idi Amin, the Canadian government actually announced that they would be taking some five thousand Asians, into—allowing them to come to Canada. A majority of them were Ismailis, probably, and the Canadian government opened an office in Kampala, and people who wanted to …
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… what was happening was very unclear, I was only 8. All I knew, I was coming to Canada and My father had told me he had a teddy Bear for me so big in fact it was my size. I was so excited. When we exit the … and mother gave up for me, for my children, and my grandchildren, who will never have to live that. I am blessed. Return to Toronto …
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… and thick coats, streets were piled up with snow like grey walls. Coming from Taiwan where we have six months of summer, I wondered how … same time, I was determined to stay strong for my children: feeling sorry for us was never our intention for immigration. Something had changed me then. Volunteering as a language tutor for an Indian newcomer family at the downtown public library, I clearly remembered how …
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… is the first thing that visitors to our exhibit, Empress of Ireland: Canada’s Titanic, see as they come through the door. It’s a shattered porthole from the actual ship, … bottom of the Saint Lawrence River. It’s a compelling object; it’s also a very rare one. This was a high-tech porthole for 1914 when the …