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  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are … you, they will help you. Canadian society is like this too. [1] Joe Pereira, Portuguese Canadian Introduction Sport has long been a … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …
  • Immigration Act, 1976
    … and impose a mandatory responsibility on the government to plan for the future of immigration. [1] In 1973, Minister of Manpower and Immigration Robert Andras commissioned a major review of existing immigration policy. Although … Canada. An Act Respecting Immigration to Canada, 1976. Ottawa: SC 25-26 Elizabeth II, Chapter 52 Valerie Knowles, Strangers at Our Gates: …
  • Domenico Stagliano
    … arrive to Toronto. There we met my father who was already here having come to Canada in 1951. He hugged me and raised me to his chest and … all new to me. I was afraid of the unknown and wanted to go back home. Four years ago, my wife and I visited pier 21 and I really got a good … is magnificent and I really appreciate how well it is maintained. This latest visit gave me an appreciation of all the hard work Canada's …
  • David E. and Regina Hartman Family
    … am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate … his own business manufacturing slides to extend the leaf on the latest thing in furniture -- chrome tables -- and corner brackets to …
  • History
    … was an important waterway from pre-Roman times. The Magyars, who would come to be known as Hungarians, travelled from the foothills of the … Revolution in 1956. Pier 21 was one of the entry points which welcomed many of these Hungarian immigrants, particularly the large group … Canadian prairies from Pennsylvania and establish a ‘New Hungary’. Newcomers built their communities and sent positive reports to relatives …
  • Alois Wilhelm Escher
    … of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house … the trip to America was: $115.00 for 3rd class passage, $10.00 for his visa, $8.00 U.S. head tax and $30.70 train fare from New York (Ellis … to accept the responsibility. The cousin lived near Chicago. And so, on the day before his ship voyage to America from his homeland was …
  • Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
    … population. [4] The Canadian Citizenship Act established the criteria for obtaining citizenship and outlined the circumstances under which … the legislation would also receive citizenship. Immigrants could apply for citizenship after residing in Canada for five years providing they … In Canada’s first citizenship ceremony on 3 January 1947, 26 individuals were presented with certificates of Canadian …
  • Daphne Barber Jensen
    … of the Plaque commemorating war brides and children on August 26, 2000 at Pier 21, a lovely visit! …
  • "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut
    … Sweden in December 1948, illustrated that admitting and processing newcomers to Canada remained largely influenced by several factors … to be repatriated back to their homeland now occupied by Soviet forces. The Polish veterans arrived at Pier 21 in five successive … (hereafter LAC), Department of Citizenship and Immigration fonds, RG 26, vol. 143, file 3-40-21 “Statistics Ten Years Post-War Immigration,” …
  • Morris Koggel, Ann Meyerink Koggel
    … Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left … would never see her again. I promised him that she would be back to visit him within 3 years. As difficult as times were in Canada in those … all of whom have visited Holland. We're happy about the decision to come to Canada. …

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