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    Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team Canada match vs Wales in Halifax, August 27, 2022. Courtesy of Fabiola Forteza.   Santiago Forteza arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was …
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    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian As we approach the centenary of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, answering three key historical questions will help us understand and make meaning of the legislation: What was the 1923 Act that closed the door on Chinese immigration? How did the politics of …
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    Reporting has moved: Starting April 2024, all proactive disclosures for travel and hospitality expenses are available on the Government of Canada’s Proactive Disclosures website ( https://open.canada.ca/en/proactive-disclosure ). Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences 2023-2024 …
  • The Forgotten Immigrants: The Journey of the New England Planters to Nova Scotia, 1759-1768
    by Western University's MA Public History Program Students The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In the wake of the deportation of the Acadians in 1755, newly cultivated lands opened up in Nova Scotia, which …
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