• Margaret Chase Huxford
    … the next train home. But this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I felt the British could get on without me for another three …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … I was born in Caracas, in Venezuela. Screen Text My Mother and I: Our Journey An oral history research collaboration between The … So that's, that's scary and exciting. So. Screen Text My Mother and I: Our Journey Thank you to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier … My Mother and I: Our Journey …
  • Annual Public Meeting 2023
    … Canadian a day. In 2005, I gave birth to my son. My parents were so disappointed. They thought that I failed and I told myself I’m going to … stands for. Tolerance, respect for other cultures. When I applied to come to this country, it was like a light inside of the darkness.My … few years, the Museum has been producing two podcasts, one in each official language. The English podcast is called Countless Journeys and …
  • How do YOU like our Museum?
    … thought.” Comment Card 246 “I enjoy how interactive the experience has been.” Comment Card 159 In redesigning the new exhibit, we knew … be a “look and read” type of museum. In the Pier 21 exhibition and Canadian Immigration Hall, there are places for people to touch, sit, smell, put stuff together, and take stuff apart. Visitors can pack …
  • Kucha Family
    … Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for Steven F 8 years for Margaret S (left Hungary on her birthday) January 26, 1934 Steven F. Kucha, Jr. (Istvan Kucsa, Jr.) left from his homeland of Fot, Hungary, with his mother (Mary), and sailed from …
  • Digital Preservation in the Collection
    … Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … which still requires good old-fashioned human intervention. This has allowed us to take a deep dive into the digital collection. Here … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. …
  • Customs and the Seizure of Goods at Pier 21
    … October 15, 2020) Introduction: Canadian Customs before and after the Second World War In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at … opened new exhibitions on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and the history of immigration to Canada. This blog is … 1938, Gerda Kiel notes that her father “bought a farm 2 ½ miles south of Falun, [Alberta] with money he brought from Europe (Poland). …
  • By Sea or Land: Refugees or Displaced Persons - Van-Nha Tran
    … Becoming a Refugee Time 3:23 Transcript (This video is only available in French; the transcript has been … we? I left Vietnam on January 21st 1988. Yes, it's true, so January 26 is the anniversary of my marriage. I? I got to Thailand by boat, but … By Sea or Land: Refugees or Displaced Persons - Van-Nha Tran …
  • The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885
    … to temporarily leave the country to register with an immigration official prior to their departure. The implementation of the duty only …
  • William Hutcheson McArthur
    … Age on Arrival: 21 My Immigration Voyage from Scotland to Canada At the age of 21, I made the decision to leave Scotland to get away from … Rosevale Street Primary School, ranking 3rd in my class. As a young boy I played soccer in the streets of Partick. I completed a 6 year … married my step-father, to give me a better life. He was my father’s best friend and promised to care for us and together they had my …