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  • Who is that giant bear?
    … Fenton poses with a family during the Museum’s Canada Day celebrations. Visitors to Canada Day and other special celebrations at the Museum are likely to see a giant teddy bear … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story …
  • Indigenous artists invite visitors to look at this map of Canada in a new way
    … Welcome to Turtle Island , a new artistic installation by Melinda Robertson and Shannon Monk, has been installed on … the boundaries or the borders .” The pair’s artistic installation, Welcome to Turtle Island , was installed in December. Turtle Island is a …
  • Ordinary People, Extraordinary Things: Holocaust Education Week
    … and the statistics, but Canadian youth, in particular, have largely not been personally affected by this horrific example of humanity at its worst. Books, … odds. Partially, it was his kindly and charismatic presence commanding their attention, but mainly it was his story itself, which …
  • Exploring Pier 21’s Immigration Quarters
    … Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 20, 2021) Introduction: Accommodation and Detention at Pier 21 Pier 21 is best known as Halifax’s … was a problem with their admissibility—perhaps a job arrangement that fell through, or a discrepancy in papers that required a … Halifax Port Authority Barnstead to Fraser, Halifax, 23 November 1926, Department of Immigration, “Immigration Building at Halifax, Nova …
  • Fredrick Mwenengabo
    … Canadian Values Time 0:03:41 Transcript (Translated from French) I really love … respect everyone , where everyone can contribute. Where everyone ishelpful, important, and those are the values I find in Canada. I have … uh, yes , there’s a justice process, influenced by the international community, but he’s already dead. I’ve known many people, colleagues, …
  • Steven (Istvan) Erdos
    … an interpreter. It was in Salzburg at the end of April 1951, that I finally received notice that my papers have arrived, allowing me to … to the authorities that if they wanted me out there, they had better come and CARRY ME OUT! I could not eat – only drink. Luckily on the … papers), then if they wanted to change their names, perhaps to more English sounding ones, also their destination and finally if there …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2016 - Kyle Jackson
    … a project entitled " To Those Still At Sea… ". By creating a large scale silhouette sculptural painting of the Empress of Ireland , Kyle illuminated the 102 nd year anniversary of the lives lost … at Pier 21. One hundred and two years ago, the Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River. At 2:00 a.m., in 6 degree water, …
  • What is Meaningful Life by Theresa
    … I remembered that I gave this a decisive answer, “No way!” I strongly believe that I will never leave my country which I love deeply. Things always change. After years, I got married and had two lovely daughters. … you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …
  • Hopeful Journey by Shiam
    … my father when I was only two. My mother became a young widow and was always sad and unhappy. My childhood was a tale of tears. I was badly … her in my absence. These two tragic deaths shattered my hopes. I was helpless and hopeless. I was forced to live with many relatives who … forced to leave my job. After, few months another Board, hired me as a community relation officer. In this position I had great satisfaction …
  • Bill and Jo Hawkins
    … did I realize what vast changes would take place in my life. Gradually it dawned on me that I would actually be leaving the little town of Chingford Essex, the town where I had been born, to travel across an ocean to a place called Canada. Barely heard of by me at that time of my life. As the …

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