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  • Viktor Tretjakewitsch and Family
    … The family under the trees Welly and a friend The family sat the table Four young girls Viktor Man in front of the Museum The family in 2000 …
  • Looking for Identity by Keyvan
    … start a business. So I was born & raised in Kuwait but with an Iranian passport. My family was Bahai, a religious minority in both Iran and … came and in front of all the students told the Bahai’s to stop coming to school from tomorrow. At this moment I felt I lost my … have any choice except start to work hard to establish a comfortable life for my future in Kuwait. which I was succeed to have very …
  • Difficulties Leaving Home - Frank Scarfino
    … Leaving the United States Time 0:02:25 Transcript Because I had all … How could you do this to your family? How could you do this to people who loved you? How could you do this to your country? You're a communist. You're a traitor." So, I had all that in my head and yet I … Difficulties Leaving Home - Frank Scarfino …
  • The Story About Immigration by Mark
    … Transcript My name is Mark, and I am from China. I have just settled in Moncton, New Brunswick. When I lived in China, I had my own … that Canada had many different cultures, we could live freely and a less competitive life without pressure. I decided to go to Canada with my …
  • The Journey Continues by Lina
    … that French is an opportunity for me, Ottawa is moving up on the scale. There are so many things to consider when deciding what university … birthday in Colombia. I didn’t believe her when I was told I had to leave Colombia and my family and move to Canada because the “Guerrilla” … and after celebrating my 6th birthday with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, we began our journey to Canada. In Detroit we were …
  • Take Down Policy
    … cases where the rights are unclear, we archive but do not provide public access to the work. For questions or comments, or to provide … contact the Museum’s Collection Manager collections@pier21.ca or Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road Halifax, NS  B3H 4P7 T: (902) 425-7770 ext. 265 F: (902) 423-4045 With …
  • Self - Acceptance by Roisin
    … other hand, both my parents were immigrants, born and raised on opposite sides of the world, in two very different cultures. One thing that made me feel very different while growing up was my unique name. Roisin is a traditional Irish name … of the self-awareness exercises that our Social Work professors had us complete. I really didn’t see the point. It was not until my placement …
  • First Families of Pier 21
    … ship to arrive at Pier 21 on March 8, 1928. There were only 54 people disembarking at Pier 21 on that day and included passengers from Holland, Lithuania, Germany, Romania, Russia, … please submit a research request to our genealogical team via our website. …
  • Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco
    … Giuseppe Di Falco on October 28, 1939. My husband and I lived in the same town and our families were longtime friends. We worked on one of the local farms. When we married we lived with my mother-in-law who was a widow; her husband having been killed during World … a very small house and we all went in to buy some bread to eat and a jar of jam. I was thirsty and asked for a glass of water, but of …
  • Naturalization Act, 1914
    … moral character but were additionally required to possess adequate knowledge of either French or English. Persons with disabilities, which the … as married women, minors, lunatics and idiots, were not eligible to receive certificates of naturalization. The status of married … nationality as determined by its legislature. Canada was the first commonwealth nation to adopt the imperial nationalization policy as …

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