cle to overcome. Today, we dont always encounter the same barriers; we just encounter new and different ones. My family has come a long way over three generations, first immigrating to Canada as part of an unfamiliar segregated group to then becoming prominent well-known members of society. Past hardships and the reconstruction of immigrants lives built a home and created a sense of place for subsequent generations who would know nothing of past struggles except through past recollections and story telling. Immigrants have made Canada what it is today. SOURCES Bone, Robert M. Regional Geography in Canada. Canada: Oxford University Press. 2000. Bouwmeester, Cory. Interview. 2000. Dijks, Ineke J., Jankunis, Frank, J. 1992. What Geography is There in Local History? Western Geography Vol. 2. Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers. Ganzevoort, Herman. A Bittersweet Land. The Dutch Experience in Canada, 1890- 1980. McClelland and Stewart. 1988. Larosa, Mary. Interview. 1997. ...
