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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction “If one thing caused scenes at Pier 21, it was sausages.” This statement located on a panel in the Museum’s (pre-2015) core exhibition sheds light on an interesting yet underexplored aspect of Canadian immigration history: food …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction From 1928 to 1971, Pier 21 was an active Canadian ocean immigration facility. Nearly one million individuals including immigrants, refugees, war brides, and evacuee children came through its halls before setting out across the …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction Welcome to my first blog here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21! I’d like to share a bit of our collection with you today. After searching for interesting historical tidbits, I came across a few children’s ship and …
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Pier Perspectives Blog …
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(Gurpreet, put video on Vimeo and embed here. Like you did for Digital StoryTelling) Time 0:01:49 Transcript: So, it 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 resources to do well at school, to have …
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Introduction In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States witnessed profound social and political change. Involvement in the Vietnam War divided the country, and some individuals chose to come to Canada. Men who were drafted and did not want to participate in a war they did not believe in came to …
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Bringing His Family to Canada Time 0:04:05 Transcript I told all my family members that there is a lot of instability, political and places not secure in Pakistan right now because the whole region is, in under fire, war, and because of Afghanistan and Pakistan all those, troubles some time. It’s …
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Adjusting Well to Life in Canada Time 0:01:44 Transcript TA: —it was—it was—exciting. I mean, after we got over the—the—the uncertainty it was, like, you know what, resolve yourself that this is (claps) where you’re going to be for the next little while, right. There’s no turning back so might as …
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Swastika Painted on Her House Time 0:02:31 Transcript I had incidents, that’s again us being a newcomer in Prince Albert, that’s later when we had the two children my daughter was two so it was in ’76, we bought our first little house and we moved, and my husband and I at home we speak …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated September 29, 2020) Introduction Asian Heritage Month offers all Canadians an opportunity to learn more about the history of Asian Canadians and to celebrate their contributions to the growth and prosperity of Canada. [1] In May of each year we celebrate the …