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… relatable challenge is adapting to new and unfamiliar foods. In Canada, one is inevitably exposed to different food from around the … lives in Montreal, and I asked if they have it there since it is a big city and it often has more selection than in Halifax. As it turned out … Pier 21 is a museum of stories of people who came – and continue to come - to make Canada their new home. To give a little of bit a taste …
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… As a federal Crown Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is subject to both the Access … and the Privacy Act (the Acts). The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and anyone present in Canada the right to request records held by the Canadian Museum of …
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… to Knowles Crosby, D.F.M., award won June 16, 1942, Knowles at the time was a 22-year-old Wireless-operator, Air-gunner and won the … a medium two-engined bombing aircraft. With the whole of the underside of their machine ablaze, and the pilot, Flight Sergeant Swanson of … first aid to the badly wounded second pilot. Crosby returned to his shot-up radio and endeavoured to send out an S.O.S. Though his …
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… Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left … to marry me a few months later. We got married in August of 1952 and set sail for Canada a month later, on September 18th. Ann's father was opposed to the marriage and the move and said when we left Holland that he was sending his daughter to her grave …
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Country of Origin : England Ship Name : Letitia Port of Departure : Liverpool, England Date of Departure : May 28, 1946 Port of Entry : Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia Date of Arrival : June 4, 1946 Age on Arrival : 23 years Age on Arrival (Daughter) : 10 months Joan Winifred Mitchell (affectionately …
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… My father, Frank Vermeulen, worked as a veterinarian and farmer in Holland. … to try something to new, and heard that things were much better in Canada. He immigrated to Canada in March of 1927. My parents were … first night, when my mother stood outside and looked at the sky, and said "God, why did we ever leave Holland". In the months that followed, …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:02:24 Transcript: One of the most compelling artifacts in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this desk set that contains a secret message for help. This desk set was given to … years immediately after the Second World War. He was given this desk set, which is a lovely handmade ornamental desk set designed to hold …
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… Colleen gave me a small bundle of 36 numbered envelopes to keep me company. Inside were notes of encouragement and questions to inspire letters home. They were a welcome reminder of someone who cared. What would Dad like where you are? … give you the quick up and down.” In the Ukraine, the alphabet was incomprehensible to me and I had great difficulty finding a place to …
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Growing up in 1930s Saskatchewan with Ukrainian parents, Mary Didur started making perogies when she was five or six years old. She said, “the recipe has gone through so many changes…Each time it has changed hands, it has been improved. My mother probably got her recipe from her mother, in …
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… My story is very similar to many others - in the first few months if there has been a road back I would have walked … farm I worked at he could not pronounce my Dutch name so the farmer said "I will call you Jack" and that is what it has been ever since. …