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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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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, …
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… Percy was having pretty, epic adventures in Timmons. “I thought I'd died and gone to heaven,” recalled Percy. “I was like the son Uncle … absolutely, wonderful to us and did everything they could to make us comfortable, entertained and happy. “On one occasion they took me to … I knew she couldn't hear me. It was exciting that Mother could communicate with us this way, especially since I was missing her so …
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… origin and religion, it did so with the 1931 Canadian Census in which one-third of the Irish population in Canada was Catholic and two-thirds … 450,000 Irish migrants arrived in British North America. Less than one-half of them were Catholic, and of the Protestant majority, most … Famine. Irish historian, Cormac Ó Gráda asserts that “Cannibalism is one of our darkest secrets and taboos.” [18] He points out that On the …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Seven Seas Date of Arrival: March 11, 1957 I was born on … her permission and told me, if things don't work out we will get the money somewhere to bring you back home. So with that I went to the … fell sea sick for two days, oh that was so terrible, I thought I would die. We finally arrived in Halifax late evening. As we approached the …
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… led to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member … Liners. We followed the following year. Halifax is where our money ran out, and where we made our first home in Canada. My mother …
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… house. It was filled with family portraits and china that had come from England as well as her paintings of Nova Scotia. She served … she was walking in Hyde Park with her dog. A few handsome Canadian soldiers walked past, and she coyly unleashed her dog and yelled to the soldiers to catch him. That’s how she met my grandfather. I do not know if …
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… worked in the new Michelin tire plant. Daxa attended the Nova Scotia Community College for book-keeping and secretarial administration. She …
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… arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was 1988. “I … the world! The Rugby World Cup runs August 22-September 27, 2025. Newcomers who join a club instantly find themselves with a large group of … says Fabiola. Even at the sport’s highest level of performance, community and camaraderie are core values. “For me, it’s such a …