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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, …
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… to British North America during and after the American Revolution. Around 1900, Doukhobors fleeing religious persecution in the Russian … legally defined until the mid-twentieth century, by the United Nations (UN) Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. According to the … refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including …
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… Anniversary This year marks the 175 th anniversary of the arrival of one of the biggest groups of migrants in Canadian history . A fungus … for disease, especially typhus. It’s estimated that no less than one in five died either on board or from disease after landing. The … all died during the voyage. He and his sister Catherine were the only ones in their family to survive the voyage. On the open ocean, the …
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… in Ottawa to conduct archival research for the historical context component of our temporary exhibition Position As Desired / Exploring … 1867. This legislation used “he” and “persons” to refer to more than one individual. Women were left out. Under the law, they were not seen … couple lived throughout the United States – never staying too long in one place. When Barnett became afflicted with a mental illness, her …
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… things in the places they landed-people who changed their communities and were changed themselves. Explore the gallery → … in Canada. Discover all five seasons → Digital Storytelling Newcomers from cities across Canada created a two to five-minute video …
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… married my husband, Bill in Aug. 1943. He was in the R.A.F. and had come to Canada to serve in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. … and to me it seemed to say "I'm old and tired." We were aboard her on one of her last voyages across the Atlantic. I was seasick so others … Now we were able to get the train for Montreal, then on to London, O.N., my hometown and our future home. Barbara A. Pryor …
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… I think of my favourites as snapshots, and the first image that comes to mind is of a little girl on a ridge. Dr. Israel Unger Dr. … as the train was passing by and she would have shouted, Israel, you're coming back in 8 years and we're going to be married. And I did. And we … being pushed together by their unlikely matchmakers, once it had become clear that Martin didn’t understand what they were saying. …
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… March 1954 – Waterman My name is Johanna Schel. I left Rotterdam on March 2, 1954 with my husband, Johannes, whom was called Jan, and my … known as Jan Willem. I vividly recall boarding the S.S. Waterman. I can still see my mother standing between many people as I was thinking … York Road with a Dutch family. Our fortunes changed approximately one year after our arrival. Response to an ad in a Toronto newspaper …
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… THIS IS MY STORY (by Antonietta Gallelli) It was July 21, 1955 when the ship Volcanic left … I felt at the prospect of venturing to a new land, all the way on the other side of the ocean, and my desire for adventure, (I was … of the Immigration Officers who mechanically processed us. I had envisioned warm smiles. I guess it was unrealistic to think that these people …
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… [1] As historians research and write history for a public audience, they must remain vigilant about what kind of historical … events and must understand the difference between what they know to be common ethical ground in contemporary society with what constituted … Canadians were viewed as racially inferior in the broader Canadian community, which also feared foreigners and their labour. As historians …