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Time: 9:10 Transcript Neepawa is a small town in western Manitoba, in the Canadian prairies. A service centre for grain and livestock farms, Neepawa has a population of just under 5,000 people. The town has been growing over the past decade, with a 27% increase in the population between 2011 and …
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During her summer residency at the Museum, Andrea Jackson worked with visitors on THE “HERE AND ELSEWHERE” BEE. This project, inspired by the children’s storybook Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt , invited visitors to create a “Bear Paw” quilt block out of pre-cut fabric with adhesive backing. The …
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During his six month residency at the Museum, Kyle worked with visitors on a project entitled " To Those Still At Sea… ". By creating a large scale silhouette sculptural painting of the Empress of Ireland , Kyle illuminated the 102 nd year anniversary of the lives lost on the greatest maritime …
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Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:50 Transcript Yeah, so, I left. I was with uh, my Aunt Olga and my Uncle Joseph in Austria. Austria was quite amazing. I’ve never seen, I have never seen anything like that. We lived uh, we went to Salzburg, which is a beautiful city in the Alps, just a …
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Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:48 Transcript They didn’t tell us the exact reason why our family was selected and how. I even didn’t ask how our family was selected. They simply called us in their office and said, Madan, your family is selected for the settlement, as a pilot project …
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Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to Detroit. And then at Detroit, we just waited for my dad’s cousin to pick us up, and then he drove us to Windsor. And then when we came to Windsor, we claimed refugee status but they uh didn’t deal with a lot of …
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Life in Canada Time 2:37 Transcript (This video is only available in French; the transcript has been translated from French.) I have to say that what's important, what was interesting in that part of the war, is, uhm. Many things can be said about war, right, many horrible things. In my case, it's …
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During her summer residency, professional photographer Katarina Marinic brought together historical imagery and contemporary portraits of visitors taken on site in a large-scale video projection. Katarina’s project was in support of the exhibition Family Bonds and Belonging . Collecting images from …
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Refuge Canada explored the themes of life before, fear, displacement, refuge and life in Canada so we wanted the residency inspired by it to create something for refugees. Over the course of her residency studio potter Shauna MacLeod created 300 serving bowls formed with Nova Scotia red earthenware …
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The Scotiabank Family History Centre offers remote research services for people who are not able to visit the museum but would like to locate an immigration record. Our staff use a variety of internal and external sources to locate immigration records, manifests and passenger lists. Research we can …