• Immigrant vs Belonging - Tom Corcoran
    … Life in Canada Time 0:00:51 Transcript Emily Burton (EB): So do you see yourself as an immigrant? Tom Corcoran (TC): I see myself … an immigrant. EB: Now why do you think that is? TC: Because it was so comfortable to be here, so easy to be here, I don’t know. I certainly … the college here now, and I watch the college try to help immigrants become part of this society and it’s a real chore: language barriers and …
  • From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy
    … Photo courtesy of Joy Bullen. Joy Bullen didn’t start out as a music impresario . “My formal working … and music. “I started looking at the nonprofit world,” recalls Joy. "I can help" At the same time, she noticed that there were many … From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy …
  • Xianqin Yang
    … we had to TA, teaching assistant, that’s party of the scholarship. So it was very hard for the first semester. I remember we had uh—at the … Xianqin Yang was born and raised in Shandong Province, China. After completing an undergraduate degree and master’s degree in microbiology, … in June 2007, Xianqin accepted a position as a research scientist in Lacombe, Alberta. Return to Main Gallery …
  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … in the United States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as …
  • No eggs or butter? Baking during difficult times is nothing new.
    … that was completely new to Canadians: rationing was imposed. Rationing had a major impact on women, since they were responsible for purchasing …
  • Ship Arrival Database
    … Pier 21 in Halifax from 1928-1971. Dates are scheduled arrival dates, so they are occasionally off by a day or two if the ship arrived early or late. Please note, the … If you are looking for an arrival that doesn’t appear, or to find out how to obtain information regarding people travelling on a ship …
  • Eileen Way
    … to Canada. My mother decided to accompany me to Vancouver as she had a sister living there. After two medical tests I was told we had to … of 1949. I was twenty-two years of age. We left Ireland and headed for Southhampton, in England, stopping in London for a couple of days; arriving at the port we had to go through Canadian Customs and Immigration, this was completed before …
  • Missing My Mother As I Make My Home in Canada by Amarjit
    … of my neighbors doted on the only little girl in this place. I felt completely free and a sense of belonging. When I was ten we moved to … as that was a part of my culture and I consented; the husband was nice so I said yes. I was married in London on June 22nd and I was excited as I was now going to live in Canada. We did not have computers then but I went to the library to read about Canada, it …
  • Do Everything in Love 1 Corinthians 16:14 by Fred
    … and I sang together with brothers and nephews. In Uganda, we were competing with many musicians, and because we were not from there, and … musicians were there. We thought our music could succeed more there, so we decided to move. But after one month, we got sick, both me and my … just did the reading and writing exam. Now I am waiting to see if I will pass. Return to Winnipeg …
  • Empress of Ireland - Behind the Scenes with the Curator
    … and the ship’s telegraph, and they decided where the ship was going to go. This case contains actually artifacts from the Empress of … and produced the deadly collision that cost over a thousand lives. So these actual objects that were used on the bridge of the ship that …