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  • Martin, Katherine Seagull
    … Martin was destined for Winnipeg, Manitoba as a farm labourer, but while travelling by train to Montreal, he struck up a conversation with a gentleman, who told him how very cold Manitoba was and that the winters were brutal. On hearing this, he hopped a train for Southern Ontario and rode it as far south as possible, ending up in …
  • Empress of Ireland - Voice Tubes
    … form of communication within the steamships that brought immigrants to Canada were voice tubes, or voice pipes, as this example seen display … to avoid a collision with the approaching coal ship Storstad. We can only imagine some of the words that passed through them in those … Using prop brass cones salvaged from an old tug and conduit pipes, you can experience for yourself the clarity of the voice tube as your voice …
  • Canada’s Titanic – The Empress of Ireland
    November 23, 2015 to November 13, 2016 Original painting by Ken Marschall © 1996. Canada’s Titanic – The Empress of Ireland is a dramatic exhibition that takes visitors to the heart of the one of the greatest maritime disasters in Canada’s history. Artifacts from this once-splendid ocean liner, …
  • The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens • Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին
    … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens … Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին From 1923 to 1930, over 150 orphans of the Genocide of Armenians, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923, … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens • …
  • 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 …
  • League of Ukrainian Canadian Women • Ліґа Українок Канади • La ligue des Femmes Ukrainiennes-Canadiennes
    … League of Ukrainian Canadian Women Ліґа Українок Канади La Ligue des Femmes Ukrainiennes-Canadiennes League of Ukrainian Canadians Ліґа Українок Канади La ligue des … land, identity and freedom throughout history.   Through the Shores of Freedom, Canada became their home and multi-generations of … League of Ukrainian Canadian Women • Ліґа Українок Канади • La ligue des …
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    … policies. Procurement must support the Museum’s mandate as set out in the Museums Act . To find out more about doing business with the Museum, please contact: Ashley MacPherson , …
  • Leo Nupolu Johnson
    … Animated by HP Black Music by Sigmund Washington Leo Johnson spent eight years in refugee camps after fleeing war-torn Liberia … in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World … Learning Center, a state-of-the-art multipurpose facility which will house the country’s first public library since 1989. He’s also …
  • Leo Nupolu Johnson, Described Video
    … Animated by HP Black Music by Sigmund Washington Leo Johnson spent eight years in refugee camps after fleeing war-torn Liberia … in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World … Learning Center, a state-of-the-art multipurpose facility which will house the country’s first public library since 1989. He’s also …
  • Peace – The Exhibition
    … the rich diversity of Canadians’ choices and actions for peace, and how these actions have helped shape Canada’s history. Visitors will … may be unfamiliar. They’ll learn about major historical events, as well as the stories of individuals and families caught up in them. And … central to the history of immigration to Canada. Many immigrants have come to Canada to escape violence caused by war and conflict or to …

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