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  • Jean Allison Bock
    … Diary Entries Friday, April 26 I left Sheffield at 9 am and was met in London by the Canadian Army … including Margaret from Scotland. We three became great friends. We also made friends with six Dutch girls and on Friday afternoon we all … until bedtime. Monday, April 29 Monday morning we were awakened by a voice at the microphone saying,"6:30: time to rise and shine, come on …
  • Entrenching Refugee Rights in Canada: The 1985 Singh Decision
    … refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination … the Canadian government rather than the claimant. The latter was not afforded the right to state their case before federal officials and to … Estey and Justice William McIntyre, based their ruling on Section 26 of the Charter and Section 2(e) of the Act for the Recognition and …
  • Annual Public Meeting 2025
    … Time 00:17:02 Transcript Promotional Video ... Cynthia Price Verreault, Chairperson Bonjour, hello, I'm Cynthia Price … July 1, 2024 marked 25 years since we opened our doors,  welcoming visitors to the National Historic site that would become today’s … concluded its run here at the Museum in January, and in April of 2026, travels to the Joseph Brandt Museum in Burlington, Ontario, the …
  • Starting Points: Researching Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 8, 2020) Introduction So you’re interested in researching a topic that deals with Canadian immigration and ethnic history? This short post will give you an overview of the field and suggest some starting points to help get your research underway. Early …
  • Concetta DeGasperis
    … brothers, Antonio & Carlo, boarded the ‘Conte Biancamano' and headed for Halifax, Nova Scotia to eventually join her father Attilio and two … life would again change dramatically when she met the man who would become her dance partner for life, Giovanni Guglietti . They married on August 26th, 1961 and in the years that followed brought four sons in to this …
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  • COVID-19: Staying Safe
    … to work with us to keep the Museum a safe space for yourself, for all visitors and for our staff. The Museum is closely following public … under 2 are exempt, as well as children 2 to 4 when their caregiver can't get them to wear a mask. People with a valid medical reason for … with their family members and caretakers. The Library and Archives Canada (LAC) service desk is open Tuesday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … it was full of water as we slept in slit trenches. I took a pole and fished out my blankets and spent the rest of the night in the cab of … Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson …

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