Both sets of Lillian Petroff’s grandparents were born in Macedonia before they immigrated to Canada, the males immigrating prior to the outbreak of World War I and the females arriving shortly after Armistice in a state of combined fear and happiness as hand-picked brides. Graduating from the University of Toronto with a Ph.D. in History, Lillian works today as Co-ordinator of Educational Programs for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, a non-profit organization located on the campus of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. In this view, Lillian is seen with Robert Fulford, well-known Canadian journalist and columnist, after winning an Award of Merit, 1996, for her publication: Sojourners and Settlers: the Macedonian Community in Toronto to 1940. [Photo, courtesy Lillian Petroff]