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… organizations such as the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) are leaders in … tools available for anyone to use. Our team recently spent some time completing both of these assessments, in order to measure how far we have come on this journey of preserving bits and bytes! DPC RAM – Rapid Assessment Model This tool has been designed to enable …
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… I think of my favourites as snapshots, and the first image that comes to mind is of a little girl on a ridge. Dr. Israel Unger Dr. … as the train was passing by and she would have shouted, Israel, you're coming back in 8 years and we're going to be married. And I did. And we … being pushed together by their unlikely matchmakers, once it had become clear that Martin didn’t understand what they were saying. …
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… “I know this door”, the thought was almost overwhelming. Somehow I has … was standing, somewhat dumbstruck, in the lower level of Pier 21, the site of the Canadian Museum of Immigration and was going through a … appears to be somewhat haphazard and it is painted a rather odd shade of green. Not what I would consider institutional green (think of …
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… for the other islands, and no joy for this one? Well, Lawlor’s has a complex history. It was the quarantine facility for Halifax in the … of much historical work, including an energetic restoration and commemoration project by Parks Canada . I can’t propose a single answer … in the case of Lawlor’s: Dr. Ian Cameron, a medical doctor and an accomplished historical researcher, has done a great deal of work on the …
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… of Canada’s six national museums, housed in an original immigration shed where almost one million immigrants took their first steps in … Video chat with a Heritage Interpreter in the “Assembly Hall,” former site of medical and civil examinations for new arrivals. Once the … the Heritage Interpreter will explain the significance of the historic site, and lead an interactive discussion about the Canadian immigration …
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… coast to coast. The Museum is located in the Pier 21 national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed … from 1928 to 1971. From immigration terminal to national historic site to national museum of immigration, our own story of becoming has …
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… information, and a selection of high-quality digital photos. About the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is located in the national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed … coast to coast to coast. Quick Facts Pier 21 is a national historic site where millions of Canadians can trace their family roots. 2020 saw …
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… Vita Seidler contracted the measles shortly after emigrating from Russia with her mother and … of 1928 to join their father in Montreal. “…my dad met us in Montreal…Ah, the excitement! I got off and we went to another cousin that we … care, because I would get meals…my cousin and his wife, they put a sheet from the ceiling down so they could be separate, and then the …