• Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … Aldo Cescato La mia vita di emigrante, e cominciata un paio di anni dopo la fine della seconda guerra mondiale. Sono nato e ho vissuto nella Regione del … fino agli anni 1960. Da allora ha cominciato uno sviluppo industriale che non si e piú fermato, le terre venivano abbandonate dai contadini …
  • Candida Franca Iaccino
    … Pier 21, è stata una grandissima emozione. Sono sbarcata il novembre del 1960 con la nave Olympia, all'età di 19 anni, sono ritornata dopo 42 anni …
  • Hooks for History: Using a Building Model to Introduce Complex Pasts
    … as they stand in the converted, modern space of the Museum. One of my favourite tools for this has been a scale model of the historic … – even things as tiny and offbeat as the addition of miniature trash cans – that would add opportunities for richer interpretation based on …
  • Children of the Pier: Adolescent Experiences of Arrival and Process
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated September 28, 2020) Introduction: …
  • Canadian Immigration Facilities at Victoria, BC
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 21, 2021) “Conditions are so much different out here from what you have in the … Second, public health interests often overwhelmed - and sometimes completely displaced - the implementation of civil immigration policy. Finally, …
  • My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu
    … in Shanghai; I graduated from university in 1989, fortunately, I had my education free, and I was guaranteed job. My wife and I experienced China’s economy take off and we benefited from that growth, but not always. In 2011, … My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu …
  • eat make share: a taste of immigration
    … we eat in Canada today.  Download activity book [PDF] Content Highlights First-person accounts of food experiences. Unique, … perspectives and diversity of representation. Strong focus on accessibility. Required Exhibition Space 1,200-1,500 square feet with an … including modifications for 1,000 square foot spaces. Languages Bilingual (English and French). Loan Fee $17,500 for 12 weeks or $28,000 …
  • The Pier Goes To War: Halifax’s Pier 21 and the Second World War
    … prepared for war in late 1939, the advantages of Halifax’s port were considered of value for military purposes. Halifax harbour was large … 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 …
  • Corey Verwolf
    … times why I left home and came to Canada. When I was 9 years old the war started in the low lands (Holland) on May 10, 1940. At about 4:30 a.m. there was a lot of banging, air planes … in all directions. An hour later I was standing in the yard with my father and others, paratroopers were jumping out of planes. Two …
  • Collaboration in Oral History Research
    … collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus of a research project, sharing authority in interviewing, and … as the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre-Museum of Migration. Each of my three trips to B.C. has helped build these relationships and …