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A grade 3 class is enjoying one of the Museum’s temporary exhibitions called Kids Celebrate! They are in their school uniforms. The exhibition focuses on 12 special times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. …
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A grade 3 class is enjoying one of the Museum’s temporary exhibitions called Kids Celebrate! They are in their school uniforms. The exhibition focuses on 12 special times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. …
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Ivan Szalai arrived at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 23rd, 1967 on the T.S.S. Olympia, which he boarded in Haifa, Israel. He was a single man, 29 years old with two suitcases and $200 in his pocket. Ivan spoke neither English nor French and knew nobody in his chosen new country. From …
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… Newcomers from cities across Canada created a two to five-minute video … was added: digital stories. Working with facilitators from Community Story Strategies, we offered digital storytelling workshops across Canada. Newcomers from ten cities in six provinces and one territory participated …
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… Pier 21 today, as it was in years past, is a building. For visitors past and … I have seen. Heather was one of our summer students. It was a quiet day in the exhibition and she saw a man sitting alone on one of the …
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… for Montreal leaving Tiny and the two girls in Holland. Within ten days of arriving in Calgary, Arie had three job offers. He was … Following the immigration process, they boarded a train for a 3-4 day journey to Edmonton. Arie and Tiny Bor have lived in a variety of …
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… the Red Cross and other organizations) as far as Truro by car -- next day up through New Glasgow, Antigonish, and the ferry crossing at …
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… be proceeding on to New York City. During the voyage, after several days of sailing, we encountered a terrible hurricane, which caused it to arrive in Halifax one day later than scheduled. My father, a British Naval Officer from WWII, … away almost 20 years ago, my mother will celebrate her 80th birthday this month in Victoria, BC. In recognition of this special occasion …
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… change their lives, and the lives of their children, forever. This 10 day voyage began aboard the immigration ship Zuiderkruis on which they …
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… day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know where he went. Then me …