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    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin : Czechoslovakia In December of 1948, fifteen-year-old Magda Sinar and her mother Mary immigrated to Canada from the small village of Petrove in Eastern Slovakia. They arrived by ship and travelled through Pier 21 to reunite with her father George who was …
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  • What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 9, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened a new exhibition on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and the history of immigration to Canada. This is based on research that informs new displays …
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