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Tolstoy, Leo, Appendix IV: The story of the deliverance - The emigration to Cyprus and Canada, by Leo Tolstoy, Vancouver:. …
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Harney, Robert F. and J. Vincenza Scarpaci, Little Italies in North America, Vancouver:. …
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Jag Singh Uppal, Jag Singh Uppal, Vancouver:, 1984. Jag Singh Uppal came to Canada as an infant, along with his mother and brother, in 1926. Because they were the wife and children of a landed immigrant they did not have a problem getting a visa. He went to school on 2nd Avenue, where white kids would bully Indian children by pulling their turbans…
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Dr D P Pandia, Dr D P Pandia, Vancouver:, 1984. Dr. D.P. Pandia first came from a village in Tamil Nadu to Canada in 1939 for a six-month visit; he went on to visit the United States, Mexico and other countries. He arrived in Canada permanently in 1954. He had previously studied in India and England, where he took a degree in law. His village…
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Imanat Ali Khan, Imanat Ali Khan, Vancouver:, 1984. Imanat Ali Khan came to Canada at the age of 25 in 1912. Family members of his had come to Vancouver and San Francisco as early as 1907. In Punjab his family owned land and Khan had been a wrestler. He came via Manila on a Japanese ship. The trip took three months. When they arrived in Manila he…
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Mrs. Dhan Kaur Johal, Dhan Kaur Johal, Vancouver:, 1984. Dhan Kaur Johal came to Canada in 1923 from Jandiala, Punjab. She came via Calcutta, Singapore, and Hong Kong. She stayed three days in Hong Kong awaiting the boat to Canada. There were only four other Indian women in Canada when she arrived. The first woman came with her children in 1914. There…
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Mrs. Bhani Kaur Johal, Bhani Kaur Johal, Vancouver:, 1984. Mrs. Bhani Kaur Johal came at the age of 17 in 1927. The region they came from in the Punjab is called Jandiala. Their families had land there. Her husband had a dream that after their children got married they would go back to their village. He had been a wrestler in the Punjab. Her in-laws were…
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Japanese Canadian Centennial Project, A dream of riches : the Japanese Canadians, 1877-1977 = Un rêve de richesses : les Japonais au Canada, 1877-1977, Vancouver:, 1977. …
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