• Annual Public Meeting 2020
    … the countless journeys that immigrants made and continue to make to come to Canada. It may have reminded you of your own family’s story. On … person last year, while over 489,000 unique visitors spent time on our website learning about our programs, stories and collections. I am also … the rest of the Museum community, to re-examine how we reach our audience at home (and from home) during a time when they are unable to …
  • 1999: Canada’s Resettlement and Repatriation of Kosovar Refugees
    … in Albania, notes that “Communication was difficult…Cell phones died around two o’clock in the afternoon…Moving the refugees required a … 48 (April 2006): 7. See the Canadian Immigration Historical Society’s website, http://cihs-shic.ca/bulletin/ . ↩ United Nations High … Canadian Forces Logistics Association , 2019, https://www.cfla-alfc.org/stories/op-parasol/; Canadian Armed Forces and Kelsey Berg, …
  • The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon
    … wealthy American ladies, Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, who had come to Dawson City not to make their fortune, but to experience … their impact on Aboriginal peoples all shaped the region for years to come. The excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush attracted a wide variety … only an estimated 30,000 actually made it to Dawson City. [14] Newcomers looking to strike it rich found themselves living in tents in …
  • 1973: Canada’s Response to the Chilean Refugees
    … didn’t know what was going on, that it’s going to be…more like a coup—in those days I didn’t know what a coup was. We only knew that we elect[ed] a president…in a couple of days…everything seemed to be back to normal life. We …
  • “The existing Immigration regulations will not offer any solution”: MS St. Louis in Canadian Context
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated December 21, 2023) Anti-Semitic Exclusion and Canada’s … In this long history, the 1939 refusal of the Jewish refugee ship MS St. Louis often stands as a marker for the commemoration and … government apology of 2018 for denying sanctuary to the passengers of St. Louis : “The story of the St. Louis and its passengers is no …
  • 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 … theme relating to Uber driving through the sub-themes of immediate income generation, working conditions, and cultural exchange and skills … narratives that credit state policies alone for migration outcomes. [4] The early twentieth century saw over 5,000 South Asians, …
  • Daisy Price
    … Daisy Price …
  • Chilean Exiles, 1973 to Now
    … The Chilean Exile Crisis 2023 marks the 50-year anniversary of a coup d’état in Chile that overthrew the democratically-elected Unidad … enjoyed strong support within the country, the Cold War context of the 1970s gave rise to both internal and external opposition to the government. [2] On September 11, 1973, a coup d’état led by Augusto Pinochet overthrew the Popular Unity …
  • Annual Public Meeting 2023
    … stands for. Tolerance, respect for other cultures. When I applied to come to this country, it was like a light inside of the darkness.My … end, we have been working to make sure our building, our exhibitions, website, programs and services are safe, easy to use and barrier-free. … three-year Accessibility Plan. It can be found on the homepage our website. Just go to the home page and use the search function for the …
  • Joy Dorothy Price Bergeron
    … Joy Dorothy Price Bergeron …