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… in quarantine in Halifax due to illness. Their next step was a four-day train ride to her new home in Saskatchewan – their ride from the … away in 1984 at the young age of 60, and Dad passed in 1988, two days before his 68th birthday. Lovingly remembered through the following photo gallery: Engagement …
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… Type: Immigrant Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 26, 1964 I arrived at pier21 on March 26 1964 and took the train to Toronto where I was met by my aunt who … during the next 10 years and joined tennis and badminton clubs. One day I was invited to go on a moonlight hike on the Bruce Trail …
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… in Dearborn Michigan with his mother, father and older brother. He studied physics at Kalamazoo College where he met his wife Janet. At that … to a War Resister Diane Kristensen was born in Indiana in 1948. She studied industrial design at the University of Cincinnati and was involved … Columbia where a group of Swarthmore graduates were starting a farming commune. Peter stayed for three years, later moving to Vancouver to …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 14, 2020) Introduction Since Confederation, Canadian immigration officials have considered many … of the Displaced Person (DP) movement (1947-1952) On 7 November 1946, Prime Minister Mackenzie King issued emergency orders to bring a more … "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut …
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… stop in Sicily, but after Gibraltar, it was like a bad dream coming on. It was about midnight when we touched the waters of the Atlantic … my Mother, my brother and I. 58 years have gone by since that eventful day in Halifax, my Father is gone, so is my Mother and also my Brother, …
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The Pier 21 Story Guided 30-minute tours of Pier 21 are offered in English and French. Tours and movie viewing times available throughout the day. An audio guided tour is available via the NaviLens app . Join our professional Heritage Interpreters for a guided tour of Pier 21. If you are curious …
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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … as part of these outreach efforts. Below you will read about various Canadian Museum of Immigration (CMI) approaches to collaboration in … organization staff have always been helpful, and often there is one person who takes a particular interest in our project. Liza R. …