• William James, Betty Stewart
    … Andrea's daughters. Story It was 1944 and WWII was nearing it's end. The times were both dangerous and exciting, fearful and adventurous and … Cdr. William James Magee Veteran Date of Departure: November 1943 Age: 26 Years Name of Ship: S.S. Mauritania After joining the Royal Canadian …
  • Raffaele Chiodo
    Identification photo of Ralph - 1956 Rose's Passport Photo …
  • Edward Walach
    … Edward was born on August 11, 1923 in Poland in the village of Łany Wielkie, Olkusz County, Kielce. His parents were … so they sent him to Poland, giving him a train ticket to any Polish city and 100 złotys. He decided to go to Wrocław to settle on an …
  • Canada’s Self Portrait Contemporary Art Exhibit
    June 28 to July 11, 2016 Winner of the 2016 Applied Arts Conceptual Illustration award, Canada’s Self Portrait is a participatory art project about who we are and what we stand for as Canadians. For three weeks during the summer of 2014, artist Aquil Virani and cofounder Rebecca Jones took a …
  • Empress of Ireland - The Mural
    … job (laughs), so I wouldn’t get tired of it, and I could do it on the side whenever I felt like it. So when I heard that they were looking … for artists, I put my own name forward hoping that I would be considered, because it’s something that I think is really fun that I get … what I’m doing, sort of as a career. I love history and this way I can bring both of my loves, history and art, together. Return to our …
  • Railside Room
    The Railside Room offers a fully accessible space with natural light. Perfect for small meetings, workshops, and conferences up to 40 guests. Inclusions: 6ft rectangular tables and chairs 80 inch display screen for presentations Wifi Facility security services and standard cleaning before and after …
  • Marjorie Sears Abrams
    … As a Lance Corporal in the WAAFs, Marjorie was a driver at Coastal Command, Northwood. There she met Squadron Leader John Werner Abrams, an American from San … the next week crossing Canada, watching some happy and some memorably sad drop-offs of war-brides and children. A pleasant rediscovery on …
  • The Wheel of Conscience
    The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Daniel Libeskind, architect, unveil the Wheel of Conscience on January 20, 2011. © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Commemorating the St. Louis Voyage The Wheel of Conscience is a memorial for 900 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. …
  • If Luggage Could Talk…
    … the image, in the top right-hand corner, I notice a washing machine (complete with an attached hand-operated clothes wringer!). For some of … too much alcohol into the country. To this woman, the action is incomprehensible as, in my mind, she has never travelled much beyond the … owners ever thought for a moment about a possible electrical voltage incompatibility between the old world and the new... What do you notice …
  • Matteo, Carmela,
    Maria (Cetta) Matteo's Travel Document, 1960 The Orlando Family, 1961 The Orlando Family, 1961 Matteo, Carmela and Maria in Italy …