Canada: Hong Kong

Canada Dept: We were sponsored by my grandfather, who had paid Canada s infamous Chinese head tax when he immigrated here in 1917. I was only 4 years old when my large family came to Canada to start a new life. But my journey did not end when I arrived here, although Toronto is really the only home I know, according to The Star. In our family s eulogy for my father, the eight children observed that, as we got older, we came to understand the bravery and immensity of the decisions that our father made to uproot his family three times first from the village, then from Guangzhou, and finally the big move here from Hong Kong and next year, my family will celebrate the 50th anniversary of our immigration to Canada. Two months ago, we mourned the death of our father, June Yee, who had launched us on our epic journey from Hong Kong in 1964. Like many immigrants, I continued to search for a place to belong. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.