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… on April 14th for the journey to Canada. Upon arrival in Quebec City on April 26th they travelled to Winkler, Manitoba. In 1933 the family moved to …
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… 0:00:53 Transcript: One of the larger objects in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this rigid inflatable boat. It represents some of the most … refugees make when they escape persecution by sea. We invite our visitors to sit down in this boat and contemplate the dangers of those voyages. A … Refuge Canada - The Inflatable Boat …
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… My father, Martin Seagull arrived in Halifax aboard the Baltic American ship Estonia, on March 28th,1926. A duty of the … 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 … Martin, Katherine Seagull …
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February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 867A During the First World War, national security fears and wartime prejudice drove the policy of internment, which lasted until 1920. During this time, Canada interned 8,579 people identified as “enemy aliens”, …
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… 7, 1924, in Keighley, England. She served in England during World War II and met Robert Lionel Gibbs, an officer in the RCAF, on the base … Travel Certificate in London, England. She boarded the Aquitania in South Hampton with her infant son Donald on August 8, 1946 and arrived …
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… and programming every February. In 2020, Stephanie received the city’s Community Development Award and the Sankofa Award for Volunteer … was featured in Chatelaine magazine and is a 2022 recipient of the Accomplished Black Canadian Women Award. Return to Soft Landing Soft … excelled in areas of entrepreneurship, environmentalism, science, and community activism. The project is funded by the Canadian Museum of …
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… and programming every February. In 2020 Stephanie received the city’s Community Development Award. Return to Soft Landing Soft Landing is a … excelled in areas of entrepreneurship, environmentalism, science, and community activism. The project is funded by the Canadian Museum of …
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… Carl Fulford was born on a farm in the Blue Mountain district of Collingwood, Ontario in 1915. At the age of 23, he left the farm to find work in the gold mines of … overseas, and he was stationed at a Canadian Training School in the south of England, where he served until the end of the war. While on …
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… After serving in the 2nd World War, Francesco Orlando immigrated to Canada and landed in … wanted it. Since Canada offered him a great life, he had strong positive feelings about becoming a proud Canadian. Francesco and Rosina …
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… My mother, brothers and I immigrated to Canada in 1955, nine months after my father did. We traveled on the … during the storm, my brothers and I would sneak up on deck. We would sit on the deck chairs and ride the waves up and down. When I think …