• Famèe Furlane Toronto
    … Famèe Furlane Toronto LIBARS DI SCUGNÎ LA In Honour of the Friulans who courageously left their beloved Friuli and who, with hard work … Famèe Furlane Toronto …
  • Margie Gouleff Vassos
    … Macedonia in Northern Greece in 1951 to immigrate to Canada to join my sister who was adopted by a Macedonian Canadian family. I left … second class, sharing a cabin with a lovely Macedonian family who took me under their wing, crossing the ocean in nine days and arriving in Halifax on November 27, 1951. A two day train trip …
  • we would be freer (بنكون اكتر احرار)
    … taste and bright colour, the sumac plant is used as a medicine, spice, dye, and more. Weaving together the voices of two women – one from the … invites contemplation on the role of sumac in two occupied lands that lie far apart. Mimicking the progression of the plant’s flowers from …
  • Henning and Marianne Frederiksen
    … At Pier 21 By Michael Frederiksen, September 2001 She looks to the east with outstretched hand to welcome the stranger from another land "now is the time, do not fear after your journey, I'll meet you here" at Pier 21 One by one they answer the call each with …
  • Antonino Masciotra
    … March 1955 My name is Antonino Masciotra. My sister Giacomina and I arrived at … we looked like a herd of people. My parents remembered that day, and told me that they will never forget it. They did not know what …
  • Fokke, Homiena van der Veen Family
    … My parents, Fokke (Frank) and Homiena van der Veen, arrived in Canada … Ina nearly 2 years of age. Unlike many immigrants my parents decide to come to Canada not from economic need, but because my father wanted to farm and as the owner of a grocery store in Laren, …
  • Annette Brunton
    … Whenever I have talked about this trip later on, I have always mentioned how well this journey was organized. It must have been a … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to me that maybe my future would not be a bed of roses. I can only remember how anxious …
  • Gerald, Irene and Doreen
    … It was 1942 and a lovely Sunday afternoon when I met my handsome soldier. My plans that day were to …
  • Sbarra B
    … marriage, that is…and I thought that one of the brief stories she told me about some events that preceded her immigration to Canada would be … that occurred in her picturesque Austrian town of Steyr. But first it may be appropriate to outline some introductory comments about her immigration to this side of the ocean extracted from my book " Pier 21 - 1951 Our Family’s …