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  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … Within this population, 3,819,255 Canadians reported multiple origins, while 593,865 Canadians claimed only to be of Irish origin. [2] The … Brunswick)) numbered some 200,000 individuals. By 1861, this figure had grown to 280,000. In 1871, a few short years after Confederation, …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … and wait to board trains. There are railway porters, nuns, immigration officers, and dock workers. There are children and elderly people. Some … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the … can make a big impact on the Museum (and here’s how you can donate online!) …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … and wait to board trains. There are railway porters, nuns, immigration officers, and dock workers. There are children and elderly people. Some … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the … can make a big impact on the Museum (and here’s how you can donate online!) …
  • F/Lt Knowles E. Crosby
    … the pilot, Flight Sergeant Swanson of Edmonton, battling to keep the kite under control, Crosby and Flight Sergeant Brichta, Toronto, stamped out the flames with their feet, holding themselves up by grasping the … an S.O.S. Though his instrument could not receive, an S.O.S. evidently got out, for ground crews in England tried in vain to help them to find …
  • Pietro Di Ioia
    … Ioia PART ONE Reasons for immigrating to Canada: To look for work in order to support his large family and to provide all of us, his five … War II, it was extremely difficult to make a living. My father had five children and it was impossible to raise them on the produce of … was very positive. He appreciated being treated with respect and enjoyed the rights extended to him as a person and as a member of the …
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  • Immigration Simulation - Online Version
    … role-playing experience that strives to detail immigration to Canada at the start of the 20th Century. Learners will build a … asked by the “Immigration Officer” to try to get into Canada, all while learning about Canada’s exclusionary policies. These policies … lives of real people, determining who was allowed into the country and how they were treated. It is worth noting that some learners taking …
  • After Almost 60 Years Apart, a Family Finds Each Other
    … that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … search in this case results in such a fate. The following, story is a good example of that. It all began when I came to work one day in May …
  • Teddy Bear’s Journey – Online Version
    … of Fenton the Teddy Bear as he tells his story of immigrating to Canada with his small owner, Hendrik. Young participants connect with … together. We will discover what it feels like as Hendrik and Bear go on the adventure of immigrating to Canada through Pier 21. This program is an adaptation of our popular …
  • Hendrik and Iefje Eyk
    … sister.) February 15th 1949 Velp, Holland Dear Father, Mother and Ans, Again it is Sunday and once more we are sitting here writing letters. … with the birthdays of Trien and Anneke, and also that of Cornell. Well, they haven't forgotten him. With the exception of three, he … Oma. And Aunt Ans, when are you coming to see us? If you still want to come you will have to be quick about it; otherwise the birds will have …

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