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  • Entrenching Refugee Rights in Canada: The 1985 Singh Decision
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Up to the early 1980s, … refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination … Estey and Justice William McIntyre, based their ruling on Section 26 of the Charter and Section 2(e) of the Act for the Recognition and …
  • Medical Facilities at Pier 21
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 20, 2021) Introduction: … of Canada, and to ensure that persons seeking admission do not become public charges…” [1] This connection between public health and … fever, polio, bronchitis, typhoid, tuberculosis, and appendicitis. [26] Another staff member, Alison Trapnell, recalls patients with mental …
  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Canada is home to the … Canadians claimed only to be of Irish origin. [2] The Irish Canadian community comprises 11.9 percent of Canada’s total population. [3] … the Irish Catholic community in Canada numbered approximately 260,000 people, with onward migration accounting for this decrease. [4] …
  • Kinship, Inclusion, and Exclusion in Canadian Immigration History
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 13, 2022) “I think a … delivered the “sheep-skin coat” quote in 1922, by which time he had become rather more aligned with Conservative politics, and with it, he is … encourage a movement which would involve the separation of a family.” [26] This feigned protection of family integrity is not credible coming …
  • Legacy Gift
    … Your Story. Canada's Story. Telling our stories preserves our history. … immigration stories, forever. Here are two stories from caring and compassionate Canadians like you who have taken the step of remembering … We invite you to talk to us about what you hope your gift will accomplish. Step 4 With the help of your loved ones and advisors, create …
  • 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 …
  • Driving Canada: A Collaborative Oral History Project
    … By Haroon Khalid, Anam Zakaria, and Emily Burton, PhD, Oral Historian … I believe they are not even issuing licenses.” [2] In many ways, this comment by Yalgar, captures the essence of what inspired Qissa to … (24.10.25RM): 01:27:55. ↩ Yalgar Singh, interviewed by Haroon Khalid, 26 October, 2024 in North York, Ontario. CMIP in collaboration with …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, Skalot, Poland (now Ukraine). Sponsored by Wasyl … hospital and a personal care home in Dauphin. He passed away on March 26, 1983 at the age of 79 years. His wife Katherine passed away on … at Pier 21 in the summer of 1929. Their names appear in column 50, row 26 (Anton, Zofia, Ted and Bill Warelis) and (Wincenty and Ewa Warelis) …
  • Kris Jensen
    … to Canada 1951: left Plymouth May 19, 1951, arrived at Pier 21 on May 26, on the S.S. Europe . By train to Vancouver, BC, was taken to … Started working June 3, 1951, and retired from the saw mill November 26, 1985. First two years pulling lumber on the big green chain, next … join them as inspector, still being at the same mill, worked the next 26 years as inspector. I married in 1961 and have four kids, two boys …
  • The Pier Goes To War: Halifax’s Pier 21 and the Second World War
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Aerial view … the passengers and cargo of large ocean liners, and so could also accommodate the same vessels as troopships. With the outbreak of war in … 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 …

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