• Bruno V. Sinosic
    … ) camp at Bagnoli, near Naples, Italy, we had reached Bremerhaven, our final destination prior to our departure for Canada. CANADA? … John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream come true) to visit them and acquaint myself with the rest of the family. Both my …
  • Family Stories with Irish Roots: Remembering the Great Famine
    … is National Famine Way . This interactive historical trail encourages visitors to follow in the footsteps of Irish emigrants across six … he could save the money to put himself through medical school. After becoming a doctor, he travelled to England in 1914 for further studies. … no treatment. Dr. Dunn had heard of the work being done by Banting and Best in Toronto...so he called them up and with nothing to lose, asked …
  • Dad's Story (English)
    … 7:15 the voyage begins. In front of the church in the town of Neer, we bid farewell to Mr. Kapelaan Haenen and Father Sillekens, and one last … Father Beurskens from Baarlo (our cousin). With fond farewells, we set off as the soil of our beloved town of Neer vanished beneath our feet. We were in high spirits on the bus, which took the edge off the seriousness of …
  • Migration, Work, Uber Driving: Continuity and Rupture
    … and reflections of people from Pakistan, India, and Syria who have come to Canada as refugees, migrants, or immigrants, and have experience as Uber drivers in the Greater Toronto Area. We explore …
  • Finn Sander
    … promising future. The entire family had gathered on the waterfront to bid us bon voyage. It was a tearful event, and Uncle Kurt ran the … 1917), and creakier. But it was still a magnificent ship, and it did have character, I maintained, for it had served as a troop-carrier … port, Bergen. Again, we had the opportunity to spend a day on land and waste little time exploring this old hanseatic port and its spectacular …
  • 1999: Canada’s Resettlement and Repatriation of Kosovar Refugees
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated July 13, 2020) Kosovar refugee children pose for a photograph in front of “sustainment site” facilities, Camp Argonaut (now Argonaut Cadet Training Centre), CFB Gagetown, 1999. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection (D2017.635.35) …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    … What was the 1923 Act that closed the door on Chinese immigration? How did the politics of exclusion develop in Canada? What were the … of Chinese descent born in Canada who had gone out of the country “for educational or other purposes.” All Chinese immigrants were … reveal one critical aspect of Canada’s anti-Asian policy environment: how citizens of other countries were received in Canada was and …
  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … in British North America (i.e. United Province of Canada (Canada West and Canada East), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)) numbered some … in County Fermanagh. By October 1845, widespread panic had occurred in western Ireland as the blight destroyed healthy potatoes harvested in … John, or Halifax for rural locations: the Ottawa Valley in Canada West, Beauharnois and Lotbinere in Canada East, as well as inland in …
  • Canada’s Refugee Determination System
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated August 21, 2020) Origins of Canada’s Refugee Determination System The origins of Canada’s refugee determination system can be traced back to 1922, when the League of Nations (a predecessor … Canada’s Refugee Determination System …
  • The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers
    … interest you or not but I may state that a number of coloured people have been going from your district lately to Western Canada, and it is … restrictions in these cases, requiring immigrants from these places to have more money in their possession, or make a continuous journey from … continuous and rapid influx of Negro settlers… this immigration will have the immediate effect of the discouraging white settlement in the …