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  • What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 9, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened a new exhibition on … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast …
  • Lt. James William Hartley
    … meet his daughter, who was born while he was overseas. He left Canada via Pier 21 on June 10, 1943.For the next year in England, he, with the … landed on Juno Beach with the 9th Infantry Brigade, part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He was a member of one of the first …
  • Gunner Clayton William Voutier
    … France and Germany Star Clayton William Voutier of North Sydney, Nova Scotia volunteered for the Canadian Army in August 1943. He was … Empress of Scotland in April 1944. Landing in Normandy two days after D-Day, Clayton was subsequently assigned to the 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, …
  • BMO Story Gallery
    … collection allows you to relate to and empathize with the people coming to Canada to start a new life. Setting The Table: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities → Long Journeys: The First Tibetans in Canada → Ugandan …
  • Refuge Canada - The Life Jackets
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:22 Transcript: In our section Escape by Sea in Refuge Canada we have these two life jackets that were worn by children who were … Refuge Canada - The Life Jackets …
  • Francesco and Rosina Orlando
    … Ravaged by the 2nd World War, Italy had little to offer him in the way of employment. Canada offered him hope and dreams for the future. … Both Francesco and Rosina became proud Canadian citizens. It was the way Francesco wanted it. Since Canada offered him a great life, he had … decided to take that very big step of emigrating to Canada. I will always be grateful for their positive decision. Antonio Orlando, 2002 …
  • Prokopowich
    … John Prokopowich was born in Skala, Borscziw, Ukraine in 1865. He married Maria Beyko in 1893. … 1910 the Skala school was built, where he attended until the age of twelve. In 1919 he married Anna Schurko, born in 1901 to Stefan and …
  • A Taste of Our Home: The Flavours of Migration & Diversity in Canada Activity Book
    … of Migration & Diversity in Canada is an activity book created to accompany the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21’s travelling … you’ll see how food traditions from Indigenous Peoples to newcomers have been shared, adapted, and celebrated across generations. … cultural diversity Learn how food connects us to identity, family, and community Whether you’re visiting the exhibition, working in the …
  • Michael and David Tinker
    Robert Hutchings and David Tinker playing shuffleboard en route to Canada, 1953. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (DI2013.1143.2). Robert Hutchings in Southampton with the Tinker Brothers, c. 1950. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 …
  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the … did. He said, “If you decide that you want to stay there, we’ll just come and visit you instead of you having to come and visit us,” which …

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