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  • Artist in Residence
    … of LULLABY. Workshops should be appropriate for grades 5 to 9 and meet one or more curriculum outcomes . The workshops should be educational … of your proposed project Brief project plan with a timeline and milestones Curriculum vitae Work samples (3 to 5 work samples, articles or … graduate who has been working as a studio potter since 2012. She is one of a handful of ceramic artists working with Nova Scotia red …
  • A Taste of Something New: Adapting to Food in a New Country
    … countless other adjustments we may discuss relating to immigration, one important and certainly relatable challenge is adapting to new and unfamiliar foods. In Canada, one is inevitably exposed to different food from around the … 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 …
  • A Reflection on Curating Perfect Landings
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to coincide with the Canadian … took up as a suitable use of the storied Commons of the city. (Aside: one of the builders featured in Perfect Landings is Joe Geisler, a …
  • Pino, Ilse Pleschberger Palisca
    … We had only one room to live in, in Villach Austria. Our two houses were destroyed … 1951 we went on an immigration train to Lesum, Bremerhaven Germany (refugee camp). My husband boarded the Fairsea right away and … put me in a room with many people and I saw only hammocks to sleep on. A young sailor (Italian crew) said to one of his superiors. This …
  • Heidi L. Grundke
    … was the first year Germans were allowed to emmigrate to Canada. It was only six years after the war, and the situation in Germany was still … administration offices. Because most buildings don't have more than one story, the city spreads over a large area. Situated on a peninsula, … We earn our living mainly by cleaning and heating the house (an office building), a job that requires about six hours work daily; …
  • Stanley Sape Vander Meulen
    … Stanley Vander Meulen was born Sape Vander Muelen on 26 January 1933 in Driesum, a rural village in Friesland, a province … the name may refer to a sawmill rather than a windmill. Sape’s father, one of a long, centuries-old-line of skilled carpenters, specialized in …
  • Volunteer
    … Foundation and Scotiabank. Volunteers from all backgrounds are welcome at the Museum—including you! Share cross-cultural experiences with … immigration history. Meet new people in a vibrant atmosphere and become actively involved in your community. Gain marketable skills and share Canada’s immigration story …
  • Prokopowich
    … They raised nine children: Walter, Natalia, Minnie, Stella, Eugene, Anna, Olga, Nick and Andrew. John and Maria farmed until 1947. In … Yaroslaviv, Ukraine. Walter and Anna had a large family. Two sons and one daughter passed away at a very young age. They raised twelve …
  • Refuge Canada Tent
    … Refuge Canada Tent raises awareness of the complex issues surrounding the history of refugees in Canada. Drawing … faced by refugees in Canada. Supported by the Birks Family Foundation. Components 6 fabric covered walls; 2 pop-up banners, 8 interactive … Schedule All exhibitions are presented in both languages. Venue Date Primary Language Mississippi Textile Museum Almonte, ON November 2026 – …
  • Historical Thinking (6) : Take Historical Perspectives
    … but it’s important to always remember that people in the past lived complex cultural, emotional, spiritual and economic worlds no less so … and economic pressure, or might simply vanish as their interest in Acadie/Nova Scotia waned. After about seventy years of this variable … too. The New Englanders who raided, traded, married and settled in Acadie had a different view of life in the region—no less significant or …

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