David Hoppner Hart, right, and his wife, Daniele Hart, second from right, hosted Kirill Rumezhak, left, his wife, Yevgenia, and their son, Konstantin, for three months after they arrived as refugees from Ukraine.
David Hoppner Hart and his wife hosted a Ukrainian refugee family in their home in Halifax for three months. He was struck by the parallels between this family and his own family’s journey to Canada from post-war Europe 70 years ago.David Hoppner Hart, right, and his wife, Daniele Hart, second from right, hosted Kirill Rumezhak, left, his wife, Yevgenia, and their son, Konstantin, for three months after they arrived as refugees from Ukraine.
In short order, he was spirited away to play with the best. Kirill had a huge smile on his face, and at that point, I left knowing he was in good company and one of the players offered to drive him home.Halifax, where my spouse and I live, is experiencing the same housing crisis growing across Canada. At the same time, Halifax has welcomed hundreds of refugees from Ukraine.Tens of thousands of refugees came to Canada from Ukraine since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
My father was in his early 40s when he immigrated to Canada after the Second World War. He had been doing low-level, post-war intelligence work for the British government and, like many Germans during that time, was worried about a Russian incursion into Western Europe. Four years later, I was born. My parents often spoke of the family that helped them with deep affection and they stayed in touch long after we had left the city.
My parents are long deceased and I am retired. Life in Canada brought them great sorrow with the drowning death of my two older brothers, but also much joy. I sometimes wonder if they had known what Canada was to hold in store for them, would they have come? But I am glad they came nonetheless, because it meant I was raised in this wonderful country.
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