• The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon
    by Western University's MA Public History Program Students "The crowd of crazy fools" [1] It was a strange scene in Dawson City in the summer of 1897. Amidst the ramshackle wooden buildings, the muddy streets, and the grime covered prospectors, a large white circus tent covered the space of a city …
  • William Henry Heystee
    … Arrived on June 24, 1951 at the port in Québec City. Experienced a week of sickness while crossing the North Atlantic on the old rickety troop ship, S.S. Volendam. Then traveled by train to Barry's Bay via Montreal and Ottawa. Worked on the sponsor's farm near Palmer … and I was told that my sponsor owned and operated a farm near Barry's Bay, Ontario. I would become one of thousands of Dutch people who would …
  • Future in Canada by Luke
    Time 0:02:18 Transcript When I heard the announcer call my dad name and other people to go to Canada I was so happy. I was so happy that I cried, we all did. On that day when we have to come to Canada I was kind of sad because I won’t be able to play with my friend and I won’t see my relative …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian As we approach the centenary of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, answering three key historical questions will help us understand and make … immigration? How did the politics of exclusion develop in Canada? What were the consequences? What was the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923? The …
  • Pietro Di Ioia
    … Told by his daughter: Maria Teresa Di Ioia PART ONE Reasons for immigrating to Canada: To look for work in order to support his large family and to … Di Ioia, had gone to the US several times and for several years between 1895 and 1906. He worked both for the railway company, in the …
  • Michael Supino
    … the small rural town of Provvidenti in the Campobasso region of Italy. We were heading for Naples to embark on a ship to join my father, … from Italy. This was a fascinating experience for a six-year-old boy. We stayed on the third floor of the pernsione. It was the highest … Michael Supino …
  • Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco
    … May 1954 Translated from original text written in Italian by Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco My … 28, 1939. My husband and I lived in the same town and our families were longtime friends. We worked on one of the local farms. When we …
  • The Francesco Supino Family
    … the small rural town of Provvidenti in the Campobasso region of Italy. We were heading for Naples to embark on a ship to join my father, … from Italy. This was a fascinating experience for a six-year old boy. We stayed on the third floor of the pernsione. It was the highest … The Francesco Supino Family …
  • The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers
    … our country.” - Canadian Superintendent of Immigration W.D. Scott to P.H. York, 17 October 1910. [1] Introduction: Policies of Exclusion for … 72552 (hereafter File 72552). The referenced example was W.D. Scott to P.H. York, Ottawa, 17 October 1910, File 72552 Pt 2. ↩ K. Tony …
  • Marie Ori Burns
    … of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were violently stormy. They were, to a novice sailor like me, … me three miserable days of seasickness, when I realized that the way to take my mind off my misery was to ask for a job in the ship’s … about him being related to the famous Scottish poet. Robert, by the way, does write Christmas poems to me. As a miracle, a life-long wish …