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… that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … search in this case results in such a fate. The following, story is a good example of that. It all began when I came to work one day in May …
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… role-playing experience that strives to detail immigration to Canada at the start of the 20th Century. Learners will build a … asked by the “Immigration Officer” to try to get into Canada, all while learning about Canada’s exclusionary policies. These policies … lives of real people, determining who was allowed into the country and how they were treated. It is worth noting that some learners taking …
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… of Fenton the Teddy Bear as he tells his story of immigrating to Canada with his small owner, Hendrik. Young participants connect with … together. We will discover what it feels like as Hendrik and Bear go on the adventure of immigrating to Canada through Pier 21. This program is an adaptation of our popular …
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… parentage, I grew up in Germany (Saxony); by the time I was 18, I had lived through the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the … years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … away. I opted for the latter (though I had never seen a mine before), got my visa and Dept of labour contract on 15 October 1951, and two …
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… At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, the focus of the collection is digital-born and digitized … including oral histories, written stories, and digital archival materials like documents and photographs. Digital Preservation Coalition … Benchmarking our digital preservation achievements …
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… or celebrated. Many of these people are immigrants to Canada. This online lesson plan and activity will challenge students to think … Who we remember and who is forgotten: An online lesson plan on historical significance …
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… Italy. It is also an account of their children, Luigino, born the 30th of March 1938, Maria, born the 5th of August 1945 and Pierina, … Many years prior, our Zio Virginio Rigato, brother of Eliza Rigato, had established a good life in Port Arthur, Ontario Canada. He began with the purchase of …
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… dit doet je de Ernst van’t groote gebeuren een beetje verzachten. Hoe wel zulk een levens stap reeds jaren te viren is opgezet en voor bereid dan toch nog is ‘t scheiden en … we ons ooit weerzien, maar met goeden moed een stevige handdruk en als God ‘t wil tot weer ziens werden als ik t’ zoo uitdrukken mag de …
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How a vivid dream and a nearly forgotten history led to a new exhibition Chinese Head Tax Certificate issued to Lee Wing, 1916. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection, [R2021.48.6] Artist JJ Lee thought of herself as a second-generation Canadian, her parents having been born in China. …