• The Ireland Fund of Canada
    … The Ireland Fund of Canada Supporting peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community …
  • Eva E. Wilson
    … I met my husband when I was serving in the Women's Land Army in the village of Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England. He was stationed …
  • Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada)
    … Μητροπóλεως Τορóντο (Καναδά) To honour the Greek Immigrant, a valuable piece of the Canadian “mosaic,” who transferred to his children all of …
  • Safe Haven: Canada and the 1956 Hungarian Refugees
    … begin new lives in Canada. The exhibit features archival images and a piece of artwork from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21’s …
  • History Detectives Program
    Ideal For: Ages 10 - 15 Maximum number of participants: 30 How do we learn about the past? How do historians unravel history? In this workshop students will take on the role of history detectives, using artefacts and documents as they work collaboratively to unravel an immigration case study from …
  • Hannah Grist and Linda Anne Grist
    Ship Name: Franconia Date of Arrival: April 10, 1945 Age on Arrival: 7 months - Linda …
  • Herman Streuber
    … Herman Streuber (1881-1965) was known as the "Father of German Baptist Immigration." Born in Germany, Streuber … Herman Streuber …
  • Empress of Ireland - The Ship's Bell
    … 600 pounds. It’s also, for its beauty, a very sombre, bronze, dark piece of nautical artwork. And ship’s bells like this were used to keep …
  • The Rene Soontiens Family
    … the "Zuiderkruis". I was told it was a rough voyage and that many were sea sick. We never got sea sick, but my brother Joe developed mumps and we were put in …
  • Colour-Coded Quarantine and a Boy at Play
    British evacuee child, Keith Alan Freeman made the best of his wartime quarantine experience. His story starts with words that I hope children today will echo when they grow up and think about these challenging days. “It must have been tough for my mother and aunt but my memories are of having a …