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January 22 to March 30, 2013 Dawit L. Petros, Sign, 2001, Digital print. Credit: Dawit L. Petros and Dr Kenneth Montague / The Wedge Collection What does it mean to be African Canadian? Explore the topic of Black identity in Canada in the context of immigration and multiculturalism through Position …
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… Stan Flynn volunteered for the Canadian Army in 1940 in Ottawa. In February 1941, he left from Halifax at Pier 21 with his regiment on board the ship "Orontes" bound for Europe. They …
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… Darlene, who died of cancer a few years ago. Christine is married and has two boys named Shawn and Todd, and a girl name Amy. Kathy has two girls, one is named Krista and the other is named Evelyn. …
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Basilio's Italian ID Photo Basilio's Passport Photo Portrait of Basilio …
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… History Centre recommends that you contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada to obtain arrival details. Individuals who immigrated to Canada can request their immigration information from Citizenship and …
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… Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2013.1807.1a]. English Translation : NICOLOSI, ANDREA Born on February 28, 1936 in Castellamare del Golfo (Trapani) Port of departure : PALERMO Ship : SATURNIA Port of arrival: HALIFAX Destination in Canada : TORONTO Arrival in Canada on June 22, 1955 …
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… Lynda was two months old when we arrived, courtesy of the Canadian Government on the ship called Empire Brent; this ship had … is now married with three boys: Cameron, Alan and Andrew. Cameron has one child, a daughter Elizabeth. I live in Sidney, on Vancouver …
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… Alfred and Liselotte Kraus were a couple of newlyweds when they decided to leave their hometown of Kirchheim/Teck, Germany. … Their final destination was Calgary, Alberta where they stayed with his parents, Eduard and Elisabeth Krueger and three other siblings who …
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… is the first thing that visitors to our exhibit, Empress of Ireland: Canada’s Titanic, see as they come through the door. It’s a shattered porthole from the actual ship, … This was a high-tech porthole for 1914 when the disaster happened. It has an automatic sort of flotation shut device on it, made by the …
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… During the Second World War, many young adults in rural Canada didn’t hesitate … country. In small town Cape Breton, Earl Martell was too young to join his older brother in the war effort. Instead, he finished school and then headed to Halifax to build his future. In 1950, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as a …