This portrait covers the topic of a traditional Christmas in Mexico which spans from mid December until the beginning of February. Each significant date is touched upon followed by a comparison to some Canadian traditions. This video explains the combination of cultures for the interviewee’s children including the Canadian Santa and the Mexican Reyes Magos. Finally, she reminisces from when she was a child by describing her favourite parts of the holiday. The interviewee’s family is very religious which is large part of her identity and culture. This is reflected through her excitement of this holiday and her explanation of the true meaning of Christmas.
The video features an interview with Andy Fuchigami, a Canadian-born member of the Japanese community in London. He grew up in a North American cultural environment, which resulted in him negotiating between two very different cultural identities. The video focuses on his feelings and experiences as a minority at school, leading to his struggle in accepting his Japanese identity. He explains how he avoided making Japanese friends, speaking in Japanese, and even trying to hide his Japanese name. However, Andy’s views have now totally shifted, and he has completely embraced his Japanese cultural identity, owing to some life experiences he has had. He went from having only Caucasian friends to making more Japanese friends, and he now actively participates in Japanese cultural activities in London.
"The documents on which they were founded are mainly spurious."--Dict. nat. biog.Folger notes: Privately printed, "only a small number of copies" ; 25 copies were also printed on large paper.
"Prolusions genealogical and biographical on the family of William Shakespeare, and other families connected with him": v.1, p. [1]-120. (From Omni, Same appears in Folger)
This portrait details the immigration of Karin Reinhardt and her family from Waiblingen, Germany to London, Ontario. The information is given from her perspective. Karin discusses what it was like for her to leave behind her friends and family to come to a new country where she did not know anyone and where she did not speak the language. She talks about an encounter she had with a school peer and with one of her neighbours. She also shares what she thought Canada would be like when she first came over. Karin also mentions the role of German language and of the German Canadian club in her life.
This portrait was done to engage with the German Community within London, Ontario. It is important to learn about different cultures within the local community and in this case, the focus was on the local German community. To learn more about it, an interview was conducted with a German immigrant to learn why she chose to leave her home country and come to Canada. It was interesting to learn about the struggles she faced when she came over as a young girl and how she overcame them. Her story is part of understanding the various reasons people decided to emigrate from Germany to Canada, how people adapt to new environments and how important it is to people to maintain a connection with their culture.
