Today's lesson in class relates to the wave of Canadian immigration that came about as the result of Macdonald's National Policy and Laurier's Last Best West campaign. You are also researching many of your own family's immigration stories, and the stories of thousands of other immigration stories can be found online. Share one! Don't copy and past a huge story... leave your own story, or leave a link and brief summary of one you found.
When I came to United States for the first time it was very hard for me to cross the border. I spent two weeks in Tijuana trying to cross the border. The INS caught me and put me in jail for one month. My family thought I had died. They were very sad. When I left, I promised I had to cross the border and that's why I'm here. I never got back until I got-my resident card and I want to get my citizenship soon. When I was in Mexico before I came to United States, I enjoyed the holidays in my Rancho. The fair was fantastic and the food was very good. I recommend the beaches the sand and the beautiful ocean water isn't that cold and you can ride motorboats. The restaurants sell good seafood especially fresh fish and shrimps. Now my life is very good. I have a job and I'm studying to get a better job to support my family and help my children with their homework. My goal in the future is to be a welder and make good money and to buy my own house.
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Due to the fact that Newfoundland does not join Canada until 1949 the genealogy sites do nothing. the only immigration story I have is my parent coming to Prince George B.C. from St.Georges Newfoundland I can only imagine how much different Prince George must have looked 18 years ago.
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A dying Filipino nanny whose immigration application had been twice denied because she has terminal cancer has now been cleared to apply for landed immigrant status.
At a news conference this morning, lawyer Rafael Fabregas said Juana Tejada received a letter yesterday from Citizenship and Immigration Canada informing her that she was exempted from the medical requirements and can now proceed with her immigration application.
"My husband and I are very grateful to Canada. It was been our wish to have an opportunity to start a better future here. This decision has a big impact on my health, in a positive way. It makes me more powerful in fighting the illness I have," said Tejada, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 during a medical exam for her immigration.
Tejada came to Canada in 2003 under the federal live-in caregiver program, which grants permanent residence status to domestic workers after they complete their three-year assignment and obtain the necessary medical and criminal record clearances.
Her application for landed immigrant status was denied twice after she was deemed a burden to Canada's health-care system because of her illness. Last month, her lawyer asked immigration officials to give her an exemption on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
Tejada's supporters set up an online petition and a trust fund for her after learning about her plight in a Star story.
"It is Juana's dying wish to be granted permanent residency. It is without a doubt the right decision to make," Fabregas said
On my dad's side of the family, my grandpa came from England to Canada pretty much by force. He fell in love with a girl who he wanted to marry, but when her parents found out her dad told the police because she was underage. So my grandpa got the choice of moving to Canada or going to jail. He chose to come to Canada. He stayed for two years then he went back to England. He met a girl back there and got married then they moved back to Canada and settled in Cresent Spur.
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I am 25 years old, I was born and grew up in Mexico. I came to the United States 5 years ago. Before I came to the U.S. I used to live in Mexico City. I was studying at a preparatory school and I was working in a shopping center as a cashier. In the morning I had to work and in the afternoon I went to school. At that time I was planning to go to the university and be succesful like others guys ofmy age, but destiny had been prepared another way for me. I was living with my mother and one of my sisters whomI knew 8 years ago (she was 22 years old and she had been raised by another family). After that exciting day when my mother and I met my sister we lived so happily for the next 3 years but happines is not forever and a black day would come. It was during the first days of March of 1991 when my mother got sick and she had to be hospitalized, after a few days, my mother died and my life turned and took another way. It was so hard for my sister and me to live in the house because we were always remembering when my mother lived with us and we were always crying so we decided to come to the U.S. with one of my brothers that lived in San Diego. After 3 months we decided to come to Santa Ana to live with one of my aunts. Then here in Santa Ana I got married 3 years ago and now I have a son who is two years old and I plan to start some bussines here in the U.S. or go back to Mexico and go to the university with my wife. I can say my mother would be so proud of my life now. --kaitlin
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ReplyDeletei floated to canada on a boat, with my friends burrito and taquito, it was a 20 hour float and when we got to canada we went to the nearest taco bell and went ham
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http://canadaimmigration.typepad.com/canada_immigration/real_life_immigration_stories/
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-Acacia
Engineer from Ukrain finds hope in Alberta. http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/choosing/people-stories-bilkun.aspx
ReplyDeletehttp://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Past.html its a bunch of story's on 10 people from the early 1900's
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http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/Canreport1900.html
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on this site http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/canadastats.htm you can see all the number of people who immigrated negros where the lowest
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by Braydon-Lee Sanderson
My mom, originally from the Philippines went to Singapore for learning. She came to Canada around the 1990's as a nanny. She and about 15 other filipino nanny's shared a small apartment. Still knowing some of the nanny's today.
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http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html
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-Gabe
Well my project is about my grandpa who immigrated to canada and how he tried almost every job imaginable and how he struggled to get his family over to canada as well
ReplyDeletei came from India to Thailand then to the united states and now here. this was because of my parents job.That is my story of my immigration
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My great grandma lived in Croatia for almost all her life, but in 1979, August, she immigrated to Canada. She came because she had nothing else to lose, needed change, and all her kids were living in Canada already, with her husband dead. She was living with friends at the time she first came because she couldn't afford a house of her own, especially with no husband. She stayed there for a couple years and got enough money for herself and moved out. Those friends are currently in my life as well, to this day
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therefore, my grandma came by ship to Canada.
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I remember my dad coming home one day and saying, "Wir sind nach Kanada bewegan."(We are moving to Canada.) I was 5, and we were living in Germany. My dad got a job as an Electrician. We got on the plane December 5th, 2001.I quickly learned English and forgot most of my German. The first winter was hard, as we didn't handle cold winters that much in Germany. We didn't have a car and had to walk everywhere, which was difficult because my mom was pregnant with my sister. we were barely getting by and lived in poverty for a while because the euros we had were ineffective in Canada,and we weren't able to transfer them into Canadian dollars for some reason. we managed to pull through though, and then more of our family followed us to Canada.
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ReplyDeleteThis man immagrated to canada after his father and brother were acussed of suppliing aquide when he came to canada he was arrested. they were thinking he was with his father and was sent to Cuba. After they found it was a mistake they realized they have to release him. and this guy was from China
ReplyDelete`````My grandpa was born in Tacoma Oregon in the US. He was a fireman, during a fire he lost his sense of smell, taste, and hearing. He was forced to retire. He didnt have enough money for him and his family, so he had to go to work again. He got a job in forestry in BC. Thats not interesting so i did john white from the 1600s. John white was born in drayton somerset co., england. He lived there and married joan west. They had 9 children, and in 1638 he and his family moved to Salem, MA. He was granted land after land, a mill was built on his land. Moved to lancaster, and became a propetier of the town, he signed the rules of appointment, and became the wealthiest inhabitant of lancaster. Under the rules he also had the most land in the appointment.
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I was a student and I studied at the University of Montreal. Before immigrating to Canada I studied in places like Italy.I helped many women and children who were did not have good living conditions and donated a generous amount of money to charities and places with people who did not have the chance to live like me. I have now established many companies in Canada to help children that come from a helpless family. Now I am the governor general.
ReplyDeleteI was born in Germany and I moved to New Zealand at the age of 21. I was really interested in the culture of the Canadians and I decided that it was the right time to move with my daughter. I initially gained entry by a work permit. At first I worked at a ski resort. I put my daughter into elementary school. We lived a great life and we still do. I now work full time and I teach english and german in Canada. I love it here and I would not change where I lived for the world.
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