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… you know, or worry anything about that, or ice, or anything like that. So that one thing struck, you know—that is cold and snow and no leaves … worked in the new Michelin tire plant. Daxa attended the Nova Scotia Community College for book-keeping and secretarial administration. She … the Lung Association, the Heart & Stroke Foundation, and the Keshen Goodman Library in Halifax. Return to Main Gallery …
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… Time 0:02:31 Transcript It was never my dream to come to Canada. But I wanted to live in a country with democratic … The opposition party wasn't allowed to march or hold meetings. Me and some members of my party had been holding meetings at different places, … there: Indians, Chinese, Blacks and whites working at the immigration office, I says wow ! My kids will have a future in this country, my …
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… that define Canada. Donate Legacy Giving Adding the Museum to your will is a simple process with a lasting impact. Pier 21 Club Donate $2100+ annually and join our leadership giving circle. Sobey Wall of Honour Commemorate the arrival of your family to Canada with a plaque on the …
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… Living in a multinational country we are used to live in a diverse society. I started learning Farsi, official language of the country and my second language, since the … the planet is one big nation, just divided by borders which I hope will disappear one day as it is happening among European Union. … One World, No Borders by Saeid …
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… Time 0:03:07 Transcript My name is Elva Simundsson. Traditional Icelandic names tend to have meaning so my name means … guest. The next day, he came back and said to Thora: “You may as well come home with me.” She needed a place and he needed a wife. They were … still farms. The neighbours were all of Icelandic ancestry and the common language in our community was Icelandic. Afi Johann lived with …
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The Thiessen family wearing luggage tags, September 1950, DI2013.848.2. Hundreds of old-fashioned luggage tags adorn two walls in the Museum. They are left by visitors and covered with drawings and handwritten messages in different languages. During Pier 21’s years as an immigration shed, …
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The Thiessen family wearing luggage tags, September 1950, DI2013.848.2. Hundreds of old-fashioned luggage tags adorn two walls in the Museum. They are left by visitors and covered with drawings and handwritten messages in different languages. During Pier 21’s years as an immigration shed, …
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… (Fred) Micallef was 18 years old, could hardly speak any English and had no money to his name. Born into a family of 13 children to Paul and Lucia Micallef, he like many young Maltese, chose to go abroad to create a new life after the devastation Malta experienced … one. At one point, traveling across the Bay of Bisque, the waves were so rough and high, Fred remembers hearing the propeller out of the …
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… eat make share recipes Explore recipes → Soft Landing Seven bite-sized stories of ordinary people doing … 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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… does it have to do with Halifax? Yousuf Karsh was Armenian, born in a community targeted by the Ottoman Empire for genocide during and after … Iraq. Canada admitted just 1,250 Armenian refugees between 1919 and 1930, including 148 Armenian orphans. Generally, Canadian immigration … Credit: Nova Scotia Archives (1928 - WR MacAskill - 1987-453 No 2625) Barely 15 years old, Karsh arrived at Halifax’s Pier 2 (the …