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Promoting Intergenerational Learning Through Senior Interviews


Manina
I grew up in Taiwan. I moved there from China when I was five years old. I have two brothers, one older and one younger. We started school, and then my father passed away. My mother took care of us and worked in a library to support us. We didn’t have to pay school fees or for college and university because my father had worked for the government. I worked at a military bank with my husband, who had a trading company. My hobbies included painting, making paper flowers, and si


Ivy
In my family, I'm the youngest one. I have an elder sister, I have a mother, and I have a father. We were four people living in a house in Hong Kong. Sometimes, my mother and father would fight. They would close the bathroom door and argue. I was just a kid and I would be crying a lot. My father heard my cries and then would stop fighting with my mom. I had no idea what they were fighting about. I grew up like that.


Karen
I grew up in the Maritimes. My family moved around every five, six, seven, eight years. I spent my middle school years in Boston and then moved to Montreal. In high school, I met some kids through school and through a faith group. I was really impressed with their love and their friendship, so I became a follower of Christ. Then, I was looking for something meaningful to do, and a travelling theatre group came through town. I thought, well, that would be interesting to do for
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