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… Canadians claimed only to be of Irish origin. [2] The Irish Canadian community comprises 11.9 percent of Canada’s total population. [3] … the Irish Catholic community in Canada numbered approximately 260,000 people, with onward migration accounting for this decrease. [4] … largely commercial farming class with sufficient means undertook the voyage to a new land. They were not motivated by poverty and hunger as …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Aerial view of Ocean Terminals c. 1940. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 … The Pier Goes To War: Halifax’s Pier 21 and the Second World War …
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… breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which served during World War II, was slowly approaching the port of Halifax, N.S. Our family of four … the vessel. The large crowd was mostly silent, and so was our family. My father Pasquale, my mother Teresa, sister Eviliana, who was just …
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… Patrick, May McGinley …
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… previously unknown family history and how it led her to create In My Yesterday . Created in partnership with the Canadian Museum of … 我的昨日拾光 In My Yesterday …
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… Time 0:02:44 Transcript When we arrived my understanding of what was happening was very unclear, I was only 8. All I knew, I was coming to Canada and My father had told me he had a teddy Bear for me so big in fact it was my size. I was so excited. When we exit the airport, my first view was … My Heroes by Liliana …
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… suitcases and settlement stories - both positive and negative. I told my husband that it would be nice to donate my suitcase and my story. I left everything at home, like the immigrants who came … My Suitcase by Nina …
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… time the Karen youth in Langley did a singing competition. I signed my name on a list and they pick me. On that day I sang and I got a second place. I was so happy and my family happy for me too. Most days, I don’t think much about home. But last month, all my memories came back again. I dreamed that I went back to Thailand to …
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… May Philomena McGurn …
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… One of my favorite questions to ask visitors here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to … My Immigration Journey …