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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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… 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 …
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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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… to the big river there were a rock and we went on the rock and jump off the rock and play tricks off the rock. Then we pack up our stuff to come to Canada. I was 4 or 5 years old. The thing I love about Canada … the time. In Thailand I never had a chance to play. Here I can play soccer every single day!! I am on a soccer team here called the Douglas …
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… Life in Canada Time 0:00:51 Transcript Emily Burton (EB): So do you see yourself as an immigrant? Tom Corcoran (TC): I see myself … an immigrant. EB: Now why do you think that is? TC: Because it was so comfortable to be here, so easy to be here, I don’t know. I certainly … the college here now, and I watch the college try to help immigrants become part of this society and it’s a real chore: language barriers and …
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… we had to TA, teaching assistant, that’s party of the scholarship. So it was very hard for the first semester. I remember we had uh—at the … Xianqin Yang was born and raised in Shandong Province, China. After completing an undergraduate degree and master’s degree in microbiology, … in June 2007, Xianqin accepted a position as a research scientist in Lacombe, Alberta. Return to Main Gallery …
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… Photo courtesy of Joy Bullen. Joy Bullen didn’t start out as a music impresario . “My formal working … and music. “I started looking at the nonprofit world,” recalls Joy. "I can help" At the same time, she noticed that there were many … From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy …