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From refugee policy to migration songs, this unique collection of essays demonstrates how important immigration and ties to other parts of the world are to Canadians and to the Canadian identity. Contributors explore how migration has been a key issue in Canada's...
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University of Ottawa Press
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2002-11-30
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Since the 1870s, Italian Canadians have been an important part of Winnipeg's social, economic and cultural life. From colorful celebrities like Charlie ("Don Carlos") Mazzone to artisans and "ordinary" working people, Italian Canadians have helped to build Winnipeg and...
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University of Manitoba Press
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1998-01-01
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From the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies are gathered an assortment of legends, anecdotes, poems and songs which reflect the immigration experiences of individuals from twenty-two Canadian ethnic groups. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1985-01-01
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Three essays discuss the history, folkways and mechanisms of social change among the descendants of nineteenth century immigrants from the Outer Hebridean Islands of Harris and Lewis now living in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1980-01-01
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An analysis of the forces of assimilation affecting Romanian immigrants to Saskatchewan from the turn of the century to the present. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
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1977-01-01
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This volume constitutes a description of the origin and development of the Finnish sauna in Manitoba including the evolution of its construction and its social significance for the Manitoba Finnish community. The author concludes that the sauna functions as a metaphor...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1977-01-01
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The author discusses the values, social organization, interethnic relations and economic practices of the Kaldera? ?om Gypsies of Eastern Canada from the time of their immigration to the present and concludes that they are highly adaptive within the larger Canadian...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1977-01-01
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Based on the oral testimony of almost forty informants, this text describes the cultural traditions of the loggers, construction workers, and other skilled tradesmen and their families who emigrated from northern Sweden in the early twentieth century to take up farming...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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An examination of the unparalleled retention of cultural traditions by Greek immigrants in the Kitsilano region of Vancouver, British Columbia. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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A preliminary study of the ethnocultural traditions of Norwegian settlers in the Camrose area, Alberta. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
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1974-01-01
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Fieldwork carried out during the summer of 1972 in the towns of Dickson, Dalum, Standard, and Markerville, Alberta; Redvers, Saskatchewan; and Ostenfeld, Manitoba revealed that viable Danish-Canadian oral tradition exists primarily in terms of local history and personal...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1974-01-01
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Every year, billions of dollars cross borders. But what travels with the money is often invisible: love, sacrifice, and hope for a better future.
The book takes you beyond the statistics of the global remittance market to reveal the human heart beating at its center....
Editeur :
UPCorp Global
Parution :
2026-01-05
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For centuries, migrants from the heart of Germany have hoped for a better life in the United States of America, for human rights, peace and democracy. Countless took their chance and changed their new homecountry for the better. Like members of the Giessen Emigration...
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BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-05-13
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Providing training on intercultural competence to staff and officials at all levels of government will help member states to efficiently implement the Council of Europe intercultural integration model
Intercultural competence is the set of knowledge, skills,...
Editeur :
Council of Europe
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2023-07-01
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Providing training on intercultural competence to staff and officials at all levels of government will help member states to efficiently implement the Council of Europe intercultural integration model
Intercultural competence is the set of knowledge, skills,...
Editeur :
Council of Europe
Parution :
2023-07-01
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Integration rethought
Do you also sometimes worry that you feel foreign in your homeland and no longer understand your fellow citizens? And do you also wish for immigrants who come out of love for the country and its people rather than out of desperation? What form of...
Editeur :
Books on Demand
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2022-09-13
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"SPREADING THE WORD - Steps to Faith" is a multi-lingual basic course in Christian faith which is mainly used in working with immigrants and refugees. In ten lessons it explains the fundamental principles of Christian faith in a simple, understandable and demonstrative...
Editeur :
Books on Demand
Parution :
2018-06-06
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