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  • Hooks for History: Using a Building Model to Introduce Complex Pasts
    … facility at Pier 21. One of the principal tasks for the Museum has been to introduce and orient visitors to the historic place as they … – even things as tiny and offbeat as the addition of miniature trash cans – that would add opportunities for richer interpretation based on …
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    … Report 2010 - 2011 Quarterly Financial Reports Third quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report Second quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report First quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report Archived Quarterly Financial Reports Third quarter …
  • Seafood Momo
    … elements of their unique cultural food traditions. Step 1: Dough Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. Gradually add water while mixing … base. Stir in the cream and season to taste. Simmer until the sauce becomes rich and creamy. Strain the seafood from the sauce. Reserve the …
  • The Action Test of 1920: Literacy and Selection in Canadian Immigration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian For over a century, Canadian immigration authorities have used language proficiency as a point of consideration in deciding whether a migrant is admissible to Canada. [1] This is not generally a … . [3] Insofar as provincial legislation on agriculture or immigration “is not repugnant to any Act of the Parliament of Canada,” provincial …
  • The Pier Goes To War: Halifax’s Pier 21 and the Second World War
    … the passengers and cargo of large ocean liners, and so could also accommodate the same vessels as troopships. With the outbreak of war in … but to say, "Throw us some money," and they would throw the English coins overboard, or over the ship, which would land on the cement dock … we’d get the most coins by pushing the others out of the way.” [26] The return for many Canadian service personnel was more sombre: the …
  • “The existing Immigration regulations will not offer any solution”: MS St. Louis in Canadian Context
    … implementation of that refusal supports the description offered in the official government apology of 2018 for denying sanctuary to the … the Chinese café.” [10] However, the responses of Canadian immigration officials to growing numbers of Jewish immigrants show that even … a reprieve from anti-Semitic discrimination. For example, Halifax officials argued in the 1890s and early 1900s, as this movement from …
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    … to Sunday , 10:00 am to 5:00 pm More ways to explore Canada this summer, made possible by the Government of Canada. Admission Prices June 19th to September 7th, 2026 Ticket Price includes tax Adult (25-59) $19.00 Senior (60 years and … including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis A single attendant accompanying a person with a disability Canada Day (July 1) Everyone …
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  • General WC Langfitt
    … photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). … General WC Langfitt …
  • Jean V.K. Gerrard Campbell
    … Jean was born December 29, 1924 and grew up in London, England. They experienced very different beginnings – Bill grew up an only child, … up with the Canadian Army July 1941 at Stanley Barracks, Toronto, did his basic training in Kingston, Ontario, convoyed to Debert, Nova … factory where Jean was working as part of the war effort. Prior to this she had worked on the London buses, but because she found the shift …

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