My grandfather Antonio left Portugal to go to France to escape being enlisted in the army. To get there, he walked from our home in Rio Frio in the northern part of Portugal all the way to Paris, France. He survived by eating anything he came across, including leaves, trees and whatever animal he could […]
Zália Anita Lopes Ribau was born in Portugal in the village of Glória (district of Aveiro) on November 25, 1956. She came to Canada with her parents and sister on May 17, 1964 and settled in Toronto. From a very young age, Zália was in love with the arts. She completed Fashion and Knitting diplomas from Sheridan College, and then went […]
Melba Costa foi a primeira médica portuguesa no Canadá assim como, anteriormente, em Angola. Nascida em Lourenço Marques, Moçambique (actual Maputo), a Dra. Costa formou-se pela Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa em 1940. Tornou-se assistente do Professor Gentil, fundador do Instituto Português de Oncologia, na altura, um dos mais avançados centros de pesquisa do mundo […]
Vivendo como um imigrante no Canadá ou ser filho de pais Portugueses, vemos e retratamos estereótipos associados a Luso-Canadianos. O seguinte são alguns estereótipos frequentemente associados com os Portugueses: Que nós só comemos papo secos, queijadas de nata, rissóis, bacalhau e caldo verde com cerveja ou vinho tinto. Que os domingos estão reservados para ir a missa e […]
Na meninice sonhou ser cabeleireira e torno-o realidade. Maria Lucinda Sias Aurélio nasceu em 26 de Setembro de 1948, no Crato, Alentejo. Fez a escola primária na Escola do Crato. Desde muito nova, começou a “treinar” na arte de pentear, na cabeça de seu pai, Nicolau Sias. Paralelamente, fazia a sua aprendizagem num cabeleireiro do […]
In 1953, a group of Portuguese men boarded the Saturnia ship as part of the first wave of officially sponsored immigration by the Canadian government. Here are some interesting facts that you may not have known about this 632 ft long liner: The Saturnia was built by the Italian company, Cosulich Societa Triestina di Navigazione […]
“I rise today to pay tribute to Antonio Sousa, a true Portuguese pioneer and role model to all Portuguese Canadians. As the MPP for the riding of Davenport, the riding with the largest population of Portuguese Canadians in Ontario and perhaps in Canada, and as a proud member of the Portuguese community, I was fortunate […]
Fernando da Silva Fernando da Silva was born in the heart of Lisbon, on Rua da Trinas in Madragoa, on October 3, 1931, right next to the “Newspaper Sellers” collective, where he later began singing. Fernando Silva arrived in Canada on August 10, 1956. He married Cristina da Silva, with whom he had 2 children: Fernando and […]
Nascimento: 1943 Naturalidade: Celorico da Beira — Carrapichana Residência: Buenos Aires, Argentina “Vivi com os meus pais e um irmão em Carrapichana, terra onde trabalhávamos na agricultura. O meu pai era caiador (caiava casas) e a minha mãe, doméstica. Aos 7 anos de idade, fui com ela e um irmão de 4 anos para a […]
José de Freitas was born in Santa Luzia in Funchal, on May 27, 1925. He arrived in Halifax on June 2nd, 1953. His first job was picking mushrooms in Milton. Later, in Toronto, he worked in a seed factory, an iron company, a battery factory, and in bread distribution. Since he had always had white […]