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  • Pasta e patate (Pasta and Potatoes) - Giovanna Bergola Covone
    Pasta and potatoes in tomato sauce are a winter dish, “a poor-person dish” ( cucina povera) , meaning very simple, especially in Naples. The smoked cheese makes it particularly delicious. Step 1: Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat and cook the onion, celery, and potatoes for 10 …
  • Kookoo Sabzi - Naz Deravian
    The bunches upon bunches of green herbs that take over our kitchen table on a regular basis are mixed here with a few eggs and spices for a fragrant, fresh, and vibrant kookoo sabzi. Use this recipe as a guide for all the greens and spices that can be thrown in. This kookoo is prepared …
  • From “Gutter Children” to Home Children: child migrants in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Immigration
    by Sorcha Clarke This is a guest post from Visiting Researcher Sorcha Clarke, a PhD candidate at Ulster University / Queen's University Belfast. It contains frank discussion of the difficult circumstances encountered by Home Children before and during their placements in Canada, including physical …
  • Why Kids Should Play in the Museum
    A grade 3 class is enjoying one of the Museum’s temporary exhibitions called Kids Celebrate! They are in their school uniforms. The exhibition focuses on 12 special times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. …
  • Antonietta Sarracino
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy (Ururi Campobasso) Ship Name: Vulcania Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: Monday, December 24, 1951 Age on Arrival: 20 Our mother was born in Italy, in 1931. She died October 31, 2021, at the age of 90, in Montreal. She was the eldest of three …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2022 - Tamara Abdul Hadi
    Tamara Abdul Hadi has an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught photography for multimedia at Concordia and photography intervention courses in Cairo and Beirut. Tamara co-founded Rawiya Collective, which was a collective of 6 women photographers from and …
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    Tamara Abdul Hadi has an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught photography for multimedia at Concordia and photography intervention courses in Cairo and Beirut. Tamara co-founded Rawiya Collective, which was a collective of 6 women photographers from and …
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