Emmigration, Immigration & Migration
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() ExileRejecting America and Finding the World |
Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikistan, she reflects on … | Belen Fernandez | 160 | 2020 | View |
![]() NEW! Ghosts in a Photograph |
In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn … | Myrna Kostash | 304 | 2022 | View |
![]() NEW! Harvesting FreedomThe Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada |
In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada’s farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the … | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 224 | 2023 | View |
![]() Man at the AirportHow Social Media Saved My Life: One Syrian's Story |
Man at the Airport explores what it means to be a Syrian, an “illegal” and a refugee. More broadly, it examines the power of social media to amplify individual voices and facilitate … | Hassan Al Kontar | 232 | 2021 | View |
![]() NEW! My Road from DamascusA Memoir |
"An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written with “brutal clarity — and yet, there is a poetic quality to the … | Jamal Saeed | 440 | 2022 | View |
![]() Reconciliation in PracticeA Cross-Cultural Perspective |
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a report designed to facilitate reconciliation between the Canadian state and Indigenous Peoples. Its call to honour treaty relationships … | Ranjan Datta | 200 | 2019 | View |
![]() Three Funerals for my FatherLove, Loss and Escape from Vietnam |
What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed when the communists took over in 1975; the … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 232 | 2021 | View |
![]() NEW! Wanda’s WarAn Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal |
In 1943, Wanda Gizmunt was ripped from her family home in Poland and deported to a forced labour camp in Nazi Germany. At the end of the war, she became one of millions of displaced Europeans … | Marsha Faubert | 256 | 2023 | View |
From ![]() Acknowledgements |
Acknowledgements | Ranjan Datta | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapters 1-5From: My Road from Damascus |
Includes the chapters "Silver Charm and Apple Trees", "Despair Was the Secret of My Courage", "Holy", "From Syria’s Next Great Writer to Dog Food", … | Jamal Saeed | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
From ![]() NEW! ForewordFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
The forward reflects on the author’s connection to the past and connection to their family through old photographs, discussing emigration, immigration, the old country of Galicia, … | Myrna Kostash | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Man at the Airport |
Hassan Al Kontar | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Wanda’s War |
In the Introduction, author Marsha Faubert, reflects on meeting her husband George, his family, and her mother in law Wanda (Gizmunt) Surdykowski, a Polish immigrant. The chapter explores … | Marsha Faubert | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() My First Funeral |
The ghost of the author’s father narrates this chapter, recounting his life and death. The author’s father died escaping Vietnam, on his way to reunite with his six older children in … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: Exile |
Belen Fernandez | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! PrefaceFrom: Harvesting Freedom |
Included in the preface is the poem I Am Many Things as well as the details of Gabriel Allahdua’s early life in St.Lucia. The preface also discusses the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program … | Edward Dunsworth | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |