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… of Fenton the Teddy Bear as he tells his story of immigrating to Canada with his small owner, Hendrik. Young participants connect with … feels like as Hendrik and Bear go on the adventure of immigrating to Canada through Pier 21. This program is an adaptation of our popular … a classroom. If you would like to book a virtual visit, please contact Saïd Allibou by email or by telephone 902-425-7770 ext. 251. Back to …
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Bekkers Family in a farm in Netherlands Bekkers Family at the dinner table Bekkers Family in the kitchen Bekkers Family at Pier 21 with SOS when they arrived from …
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… Refuge Canada Tent Welcome to the Refuge Canada Tent information page. Below are documents … (330 sq. ft.). Exhibition Questions If you have any questions, please contact: Sara England, Curator, Temporary and Travelling …
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… suddenly on Sept 29, 1963. I was a widow at 42 years old. That was a sad, scary time for me and my two daughters. But, as always, life moves …
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… Halifax my mother and I were given our Immigrant Status Card and we sat in a waiting room for customs and luggage. We were then shown where …
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… stars of our exhibit, Empress of Ireland: Canada’s Titanic, is this set of pyjamas from a survivor. A second class passenger, an Irish … they’re important because John Langley was an Irish immigrant. He’d come to Canada just the year before. The ship Empress of Ireland brought him to Canada to set up a ranch in British Columbia. And then a year later he was taking …
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… in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on January 17, 1954. We had lived in South End on Sea and then Colchester Essex before coming to Canada. The … on to Halifax. The ship would then be proceeding on to New York City. During the voyage, after several days of sailing, we encountered …
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… Julius started working in the mines of Sudbury. Julius had family in Southern Ontario who worked in tobacco so eventually they found their … In the early sixties they were share growing tobacco on a farm south of Simcoe when their second son, Edward was born in 1962. In … hard and demonstrated incredible resiliency to build a life that set their descendants up for success. Magda died in 2016 at the age of …
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… doll here tells a story about two major groups of refugees who came to Canada. This doll is on loan from Dr. Tran-Davies, a medical doctor in … Canada as a five-year-old girl in 1979 as part of the large group of South-East Asian refugees who fled South-East Asia after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Over 60 thousand …
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… us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese … refugee camp with my friends and family together. I enjoyed the noodles at the noodles shop in the camp and eating mangos . it taste sour …