Social Science, Emigration & Immigration
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Immigrants' Journeys
Africans Making Canada Home by Chifuka M Chundu
Imagine walking one-thousand kilometres to cross the border from war-torn South Sudan into Ethiopia, eventually seeking asylum in Canada. Or moving from Ghana to Quebec as a child, not speaking English or French, and being one of the few Black...
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How Will I Belong?
by Afrouz Tavakoli
How Will I Belong is the journey of a women as she migrates from Iran in the aftermath of Sept. 11 2001 to Montreal, Canada with her husband and two young sons. The book is an honest, humorous and deeply moving account of modern’s day...
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My Life, My Legacy
Turning The Unexpected into a Lifetime of Cherished Memories by Kefa Oduor Tuju and Christine Wangui Oduor
Kefa Oduor Tuju passed away too young to an incurable brain tumor in 2018. Leaving behind a loving family, including his wife, Christine, and his two sons, Jonathan and Matthew, Kefa wrote these memoirs as a legacy of the lessons he learned...
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A Sliver of a Chance
Insights and Observations of a Canadian Immigrant by Brian Sankarsingh
Insights and Observations of a Canadian Immigrant. This inaugural poetic journey unapologetically delves into the heart of the most challenging issues facing our world today. Plunge into this thought-provoking exploration of political intrigue as...
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Refugee Countdown
A Canadian - American Partnership to Resettle a Syrian Family by Bob Cowin
Refugee Countdown presents the questions and dilemmas ordinary people faced in deciding whether to sponsor refugees and how to go about doing so. It’s an insider’s story of what actually happened, rather than an outsider’s prescription of what is...
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Our Lives, Our Heritage
Stories from African-Caribbean-Canadian Seniors in Region of Peel by Angela J Carter
Imagine leaving all you know to come to a country where the majority of people are a different colour from you and have a different culture from yours. You aspire to create a better life for yourself and your family, but you are told you can’t...
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One Man's Destiny
by Walter M. Cerneka
This book was written by a man that has lived half of his life in turmoil and addiction. His decisions took him to places that could have killed him, but this thing called DESTINY came into play. The author puts destiny and higher power as one....
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Celebration
Chinese Canadian Legacies in British Columbia by Published by the Province of British Columbia, Canada
Chinese Canadians have been among the earliest of settlers to this land we now call British Columbia. This book celebrates a community whose legacy can be found as physical traces in the landscape, and in the social and economic transformations...
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You'll Never Forget To Love Us!
A Grandmother Remembers by Selma Berg
What better inspiration for a memoir than the request of grandchildren to learn more about their heritage? It was just such a request that led Selma Berg to write her story, starting with an introduction to the history of the Russian Mennonites,...
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Diamonds Everywhere
by Siegfried Beckedorf
The author is frequently referring to "Diamonds Everywhere" in his story. It had its beginning a few months before World War II when, fifteen years of age, he was infected by Tetanus, fatal, if not treated immediately. He was taken to a military...
