• It's a Small World by Carmela
    … successful, and suddenly everyone was interested in following our example. Within a few years, there were twenty-seven different language …
  • Alfred Michael Micallef
    … in most cases, the trip across the ocean was not a smooth one. At one point, traveling across the Bay of Bisque, the waves were so rough and … propeller out of the water as the boat was tossed up and down like a toy. Many were seasick, even many of the crew, and Fred remembers …
  • Filena Bruno Fiorita and Family
    … for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … anticipated letters from her relatives which at that time took many days to arrive. Filena also prepared and sent parcels with staples like … of their parents and grandparents. Dan, their only son, was to become in 1985 the first foreign-born Canadian to be named Canadian …
  • Looking for Identity by Keyvan
    … the officer at the Toronto airport after checking all the documents stamped our passports, and told us "Welcome home" which removed all the …
  • A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … noticed something strange in the Pier 21 exhibition - a discrepancy in dates. In a display case, amongst a collection of luggage brought by … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … closer to the family’s home, where the NFB had arranged a special stop with CN rail. He says, “We got on one door of the train, sat down, …
  • A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … noticed something strange in the Pier 21 exhibition - a discrepancy in dates. In a display case, amongst a collection of luggage brought by … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … closer to the family’s home, where the NFB had arranged a special stop with CN rail. He says, “We got on one door of the train, sat down, …
  • Becky Forshaw Angus
    … spirits. Chub was liberated on May 2nd, 1945 and was repatriated to Canada in July, where he was immediately hospitalized. He continued to … a couple of broom handles. I must say that she made the most of it; it can't have been easy coming to new country and having to stay with a strange family." Having come from such a picturesque part of Scotland, with its many lochs and …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … about the histories of peoples in the lands we now know as Canada, and presented in a way you won’t find anywhere else. Discover … were created by Dr. Daniel Sims, Associate Professor, First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, working with a … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of …
  • Romeo and Maria Zussino Macorig
    … on the ship Saturnia and on December 06, 1958 they were married. The day Mom left Italy (Sanguarzo/Cividale/Udine) her father (Our …
  • Marjorie Franklyne
    … arrived with her first born, a son who was just shy of his first birthday. He was a toddler and she carried him in her arms as she … wasn't good. I didn't like what I saw. I thought, what the heck have I come to? I took a train from Halifax to Ottawa with John, nobody met …