• Rita Mitchell and Marion Mitchell
    … Born in 1918, Rita Hilda Mitchell (nee Yeomans) grew up in the Brixton area of London, England with her parents and younger sister Edna. In 1944 her … nearby, and they met at a dance and fell in love. As the war raged on, the couple endured long separations while Reg saw action in Italy … Rita Mitchell and Marion Mitchell …
  • The Suitcase Activity
    Ideal for: Ages 9 - 15 Decorate Your Suitcase Decorate the outside of your suitcase with the things that represent you: the baggage and things you take with you everywhere you go. You may want to include things like hobbies, interests, favourites, or people, places or things that are important to …
  • Learning How to Eat a Banana in Quarantine at Pier 21
    … A brave little boy named Peep Aljas spent his first days in Canada under quarantine. He was born in Estonia in 1941 during the first Soviet occupation. He …
  • Changing Awareness - Peter Seixas
    … was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and … school, some of the rosy picture had begun to change. The larger, historical picture had begun to change, and the way that we thought … that I had grown up with, and that was part of making my life so comfortable, up to that point. Oral History 14.02.27PS with Peter …
  • The Pier 21 Story
    … like to immigrate to Canada through Pier 21. From the ship you sailed on, to customs and immigration in Halifax, to the train you took to your final destination, discover the past housed in the walls of our National Historic …
  • Interpretation Guidelines and Resources for Refuge Canada
    … the exhibition (1500 sq. ft.). Exhibition Questions If you have any questions, please contact: Sara England, Curator, Temporary and …
  • Life in the Refugee Camp, Families and Friends with Hope by Duke
    … if they heard us they will kill us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese … because in the mirror I can see myself and I thought there was a clone of me in the mirror. In the welcome house, I saw all of the toys …
  • Future in Canada by Luke
    … I was so happy that I cried, we all did. On that day when we have to come to Canada I was kind of sad because I won’t be able to play with … After that we got on the airplane and flew all the way to Canada. We come to a place call welcome house in Vancouver. I was so tired I sleep … like a dead person all day. The day after that I woke up and when I finished using the washroom and flushed the toilet I thought there a …
  • Sapper Tony Anton E. Vermeulen
    … My father, Frank Vermeulen, worked as a veterinarian and farmer in Holland. He lost his livestock two years in succession due to Foot and Mouth Disease. He … until the baby was three months old. Four months later, my mother Anna, myself, 4 years old, and my baby sister Marie, immigrated to … Sapper Tony Anton E. Vermeulen …
  • Johan D. Koppernaes
    … JOHAN DEVOLD KOPPERNAES I had the good Fortune to meet Johan on his first day in Canada in the spring … occupation of Nazi Germany. Before the Second World War, his family has operated a fish plant and a number of fishing boats. The family's …