Social Science, Emigration & Immigration
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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 work ...
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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 that ...
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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, her ...
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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 ...
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Stumbling Through Paradise
A Feast of Mercy for Manuel del Mundo by Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell
Stumbling Through Paradise: A Feast of Mercy for Manuel del Mundo follows the journey of one Filipino family, who leave everything behind in order to build a new life for themselves in Canada, and their struggle to find their way. Blocked from ...
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Pay it Forward
A Mom's Journey through Healing and Recovery by Anna Clado
Anna Clado has endured a lot of blackness in her life. This Vancouver-based single mom was abused by a family member, betrayed by a husband, and devastated by the mental tyranny of a string of bad decisions. But she’s not complaining. Indeed, Clado ...
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Playing Dolls, Canadian Experience Required
by Najat Sinclair-Benrbia
Playing Dolls, Canadian Experience Required is a real life story that depicts the events of my journey coming to this majestic country, Canada. It is also a story of all the other immigrants who have come searching for new beginnings. Like many ...
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