Alba DiCenso presides over citizenship ceremony
At a time when divisiveness and uncertainty surrounds immigration across the border, more than 40 people raised their right hands and took an oath to become Canadian citizens in Hamilton Tuesday.
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Dr. Alba DiCenso, who presided over the swearing-in, told the group her own story about how her parents came to Canada from Italy in the early 1950s, just before she was born.
They came with very little, she noted — little money, education or knowledge of the English language.
“Very few of us share the same past, but all of us can share the same future as Canadians,” she said, after congratulating the group on becoming citizens. “One of Canada’s most important features is the multiculturalism.”
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