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Have you just read our newsletter and are
looking to share your story? We are looking for your stories of migration
and Caribbean-Canadian experiences. You can provide as many details as you
like, and we will feature a new story every month! !
Please send us your Caribbean
story, and it may be featured in our next newsletter. Don't forget to
include your name and your contact information!
For those who are looking to submit a story, but
have not thought about what to write, here are some key questions you may
ask yourself to get the creative juices flowing:
- Family Life and Childhood
memories: Describe your family
and any thoughts you had on growing up in the Caribbean, in Canada or in
both places
- Memories of Migration:
What details do you
remember about traveling to another country?
- Leisure Time Activities: What did
you do for fun? What music, movies, friends do you remember seeing or
playing with?
- Schooling:
Where did you go to school? What was your favorite
subject? What teachers did you have? Does the school still exist and have
you visited it? What was that like? How was school different/same in
Canada and the Caribbean?
- Work:
What was your first job? How was working in
Canada different/same as working in the Caribbean? What did you want to be
when you grew up?
- Caribbean/Canadian connections: What family
do you have here or back in the Caribbean? How often do you travel back?
What are some changes you see to your town? What do you miss?
- Impact of Technology:
How has technology changed your life,
if at all?
- Memories That Stand Out:
What celebrations, holidays, unusual
experiences, personal accomplishments, do you remember?
- Historical thoughts: What
was happening in the world at this time? What major historical moments
have you lived through? What were they like?
Please join us at our
Message Board to add your
story!
List compiled loosely from
Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History
Collection Project and Radio Series
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