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  • Who is that giant bear?
    Fenton poses with a family during the Museum’s Canada Day celebrations. Visitors to Canada Day and other special celebrations at the Museum are likely to see a giant teddy bear wearing a black hat that says “Immigration.” Kids (and kids at heart) always seem to want to give the big bear a hug, pose …
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    Filming and Photography What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or work. The Museum reserves the right, at its sole …
  • Filming and Photography
    What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or work. The Museum reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to withhold …
  • “The existing Immigration regulations will not offer any solution”: MS St. Louis in Canadian Context
    by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated December 21, 2023) Anti-Semitic Exclusion and Canada’s Immigration Policies From the inception of Canada’s federal immigration structure at Confederation until the massive resettlement programs following the Second World War, Canadian immigration policy and …
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    Browse by topic Refugees 14 War 8 Immigration Facilities 7 Religious Persecution 4 Museums and Heritage Institutions 3 Browse most recent …
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  • Aquitania (RMS)
    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
  • Lina Douwsma
    Children January 22, 1952 - Zuiderkruis After a tearful good-bye to friends and neighbors in our little hometown of Ens in the Netherlands, our family, consisting of Dad and Mom and four children, ranging in age from three to ten years old, on the morning of January 22,1952, piled into a rented car …

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