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  • Daxa Popat
    … Life in Uganda - A Multifaceted Community Time 0:01:10 Transcript I speak English, Gujarati, Gujarati’s … and Hindi. I speak three languages. And I did know Swahili. But, coming here, not keeping in touch with Swahili, I’m not fluent with … Ugandan citizens to stay there for the business and to grow for the community. And so, we were the last ones to come to Canada, and we …
  • Lazslo Galambos
    … Families 1956 My family, mother, father, brother and I, arrived in Halifax in Feb. 16, 1957. We sailed on the MV Britannic … and cold because I remember the weather then as being very cold. I visited Halifax for the first time since 1957, just 4 years ago. I found … it. I applaud your efforts to keep alive this most important site. …
  • Stewed Lenga Lenga
    Lenga lenga is a leafy green and common vegetable grown in Central and Eastern Africa. It can be grown in a garden and incorporated into stews or eaten as a side dish. This recipe comes from Imelde Nduwimana who came to Canada ten years ago from Burundi after living in a refugee camp in Tanzania …
  • Tommaso, M. Teresa, Giuseppe
    … My mother (29 years of age) and my brother (9 years of age) arrived at Pier … time last year (1997) for a short visit. My parents actually had the chance to emigrate to either the US or Canada but ended up in Canada. I … do so at: Jursano@vianet.on.ca or Ursano@Canada.com . Or visit his web site at: muskokaPHOTOGRAPHY.com …
  • Special Lectures
    The Topic You Want, The Expertise You Need Ideal For: Ages 10+ Maximum number of participants: 50 Looking for the ultimate customization? We have a number of experts available to talk your group when you visit. Contact us to find out if the theme or topic you would like a presentation on is …
  • Driver Hugh Irenus Conway
    … My grandfather Hugh Irenus Conway was an Immigration Officer at Pier 21 and my … the children at the Christmas party. We are located to the right hand side of this photo where the fold is located. There is a gentleman in … any stories to tell about her father’s days at the Immigration but she said he really didn’t talk about his work very much. She said he often …
  • Lt. Cmndr. William G. Curry
    … William G. Curry Communication officer on his first crossing of the Atlantic (on the HMCS Snowberry), not sure about his plan of action … I still have in my possession, if you would like to create a special site. Also have a blood stained from a German on a U-boat that they … in the wardroom on shore when the word came in that they had a chance to take the Germans captive. They scrambled on some vessel and …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2019 – Katarina Marinic
    … historical imagery and contemporary portraits of visitors taken on site in a large-scale video projection. Katarina’s project was in …
  • Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for Renovations
    … Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for Renovations The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, will be … Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is located in the national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed …
  • They Lived Next Door to a Dictator
    … East India Railways. The Soods, who were part of Uganda’s significant South Asian population, frequently saw Amin's motorcade whipping down … the boulevard, forcing other vehicles off the road. The Sood family sit in the garden behind their home in Kampala in 1968, the year before … power in Africa to African hands - the British had originally brought South Asians to Uganda in 1895 to build railroads, and the population …

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