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  • Chef Trudy Metcalfe Coe’s Arctic Char Ceviche
    … making a variation of the popular dish with Arctic char and local ingredients. Chef Trudy Metcalfe Coe’s Arctic Char Ceviche. Courtesy of Chef … marinade to the mix. Drain the Arctic char and add to the other ingredients.  Step 5: Add chopped cilantro just before serving. Serve with … a few hours of making it to retain the clean fresh flavours. Ingredients 4 oz Arctic Char (boneless and skinless) – diced into about …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … the formation of a segregated battalion as a supporting, and not a combat, unit. Thanks to the efforts of civil rights activist (and … where the rich history of Canada’s oldest and long-standing Black communities can be discovered and explored.” What does No. 2 …
  • Indigenous Glass Art Experience with Tribal Fusion Art
    … + HST per person Experience must be booked in advance. Workshops can accommodate up to 30 participants. Groups may also book additional … through a unique experience offered in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. This special package …
  • Pasquale Ruscio
    … Pasquale 'Pat' Ruscio is the type of person the Sobey Wall of Honour at the Canadian Museum of … had to get him to Rome. Pat met his wife Annunziata (Nancy) in 1967 by chance while making a delivery to her family home in Genova, Italy. The …
  • Self - Acceptance by Roisin
    … of the self-awareness exercises that our Social Work professors had us complete. I really didn’t see the point. It was not until my placement … that I began to appreciate all of the self-reflection essays I had completed during my courses. I thought about my parents and how they … couple living in England in the 1970’s. My father was studying to become a doctor and my mother was training to be a nurse. They were …
  • Refugee: a Hero or Zero? by Sharmarke
    Time 0:03:43 Transcript May 2012 was when I heard the news. I had to wrap up my last 10 years in 10 days. I was going moving again, but this time it was different. When I was 8 years old, my mother took me in the moonlight down to the harbour in Kismayo. She put me on a boat, knowing that many …
  • John Squarok and Edna Squarok
    … 23 John Squarok born of Ukrainian parents William & Margaret. They farmed in the Minburn area near Manville, Alberta. John joined the … 1940. In June of that year, they sailed for England. World War II was well under way and the British needed all the military help they … group of Warbrides and their children. In May 1946, they bought a farm south of Minburn, Alberta where they lived until 1959. They had four …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … the formation of a segregated battalion as a supporting, and not a combat, unit. Thanks to the efforts of civil rights activist (and … where the rich history of Canada’s oldest and long-standing Black communities can be discovered and explored.” What does No. 2 …
  • Maksymchuk Andrew Anna
    … struggles and enormous challenges faced Andrew and Anna Maksymchuk as they struggled to scrounge a living and raise a family under the … a massive publicity campaign by the Canadian government, thousands of settlers were flocking to Canada's prairies to establish themselves as … and Victor, 3, were amongst the second group of Ukrainian settlers to come to Canada. The first had arrived in 1891. On June 6, 1930, the …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, … the nearly new clothes and footwear donated by his village people. He set off by horse and wagon to the nearest train station. A few days …

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