- Information and resources for media professionals, including quick facts, contact 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 …
- The WHTC program is supported by the R. Howard Webster Foundation and RBC Foundation . The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 continues its tradition of welcoming newcomers to Canada. The Welcome Home to Canada (WHTC) program is a six month employability program for new immigrants to Canada. …
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- by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 4, 2020) Origins: From a “Mosaic” to Multiculturalism Before multiculturalism became a widely-used metaphor for cultural pluralism in modern Canada, the use of such terms to describe Canadian diversity can be traced back to the early interwar period. …
- This is the story of how Petronella Helena Van Luxemburg Seiferling came to arrive in Canada through Pier 21 on her way to her life in Saskatchewan, as recalled by her children. Born in Kaatsheuvel, Holland in 1924, Mum often talked about how her later teen years were “lost” because of the war; it …
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- Service: 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA Years of Service: 2 years, 8 months Medals Received: War Medal 1939-1945; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp; France and Germany Star Clayton William Voutier of North Sydney, Nova Scotia volunteered for the Canadian Army in August 1943. He was trained in …
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- Rank and Name on Wall of Service: CSM Donald Thomas Whitfield Service: Canadian Army, Lincoln & Welland Regiment Years of Service: 1941-1946 Medals Received: MM, 1939-1945 Star, CVSM & Clasp, Defence Medal, France & Germany Star In 1941 Don enlisted in the Royal Canadian Signal Core in Toronto. …
- The following was quoted from a speech written by Don Whitfield (Marie’s husband) on the occasion of Marie’s 80th birthday: “I remember the first time we met in the summer of 1943. It was at my regimental dance and Marie shouldn’t have been there because her and her girlfriend Mary were to go to …