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  • A Welcome Sign?
    … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … above where passengers disembarked, were written the words “Welcome Home to Canada.” The Welcome Home to Canada sign, visible from the deck of a ship as it arrives …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … destinations all over Canada. This picture of European immigrants welcomed into Canada stands in contrast to those who Canada excluded … These include images of ships arriving at Pier 21, images of newcomers to Canada sledding for the first time and images of ribbon … Pier 21 (DI2016.478.1) The sum of these pictures is an immensely rich, complicated and necessarily incomplete portrait of a nation. Incomplete …
  • A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … The family moved around for a few years working on farms in various communities before finally settling in the village of River John, where …
  • From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy
    … help .” After leaving the bank, she was approached by her cousin, Eddie Bullen, a successful jazz musician. He had developed a show that … made-up word,” she says, “How I've labelled myself is inconsequential compared to what I am doing.” “The events offer the musicians financial … to keep growing, while they entertain and educate Canadian audiences.” “I focus on the music that gives me an opportunity to make a …
  • Marjorie Franklyne
    … arrived with her first born, a son who was just shy of his first birthday. He was a toddler and she carried him in her arms as she … one arm, and I was doing the same over the other. It lasted about a day. A couple of girls from Holland, war brides, weren't sick and they … wasn't good. I didn't like what I saw. I thought, what the heck have I come to? I took a train from Halifax to Ottawa with John, nobody met …
  • Ellen M. Nielsen, Birthe and Inge
    … Inge Nielsen Inge came to Canada with her sister Birthe Marie and mother Ellen Margrethe Nielsen. … First Story I was 3 yrs of age when my mother, sister and I came to Canada to join my father, Johannes Nielsen, who had emigrated to Canada … work for my father assuring us of a Christmas that I remember to this day, with a small Christmas tree, home made ornaments, a good dinner …
  • Fleischer, Henny Karin Kaethe Eugen
    … across Germany to Landau. On arrival there I received a royal welcome from the lady of the place where I was to work, who then promptly … born, I was forced to leave my job. As our financial situation had become rather precarious, particularly as I was again pregnant, I … After being advised that I was pregnant, the gentleman advised us to come back to talk with them later with our TWO children. This, in due …
  • Romeo and Maria Zussino Macorig
    … on the ship Saturnia and on December 06, 1958 they were married. The day Mom left Italy (Sanguarzo/Cividale/Udine) her father (Our …
  • Herbert and Ella
    … They built their home on the SE 19-41-24 (where they still reside today). Herb and Bernice have five daughters, four son-in-laws, seven … in Birch River the fall of 1998 and in September 2000 on her 89 birthday she moved to the Benito Health Centre where she resides to this day. …
  • Petronella Van Luxemburg Seiferling
    … in quarantine in Halifax due to illness. Their next step was a four-day train ride to her new home in Saskatchewan – their ride from the … away in 1984 at the young age of 60, and Dad passed in 1988, two days before his 68th birthday. Lovingly remembered through the following photo gallery: Engagement …

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