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  • Eleftherios and Garifalia Pantieras
    Eleftherios and Garifalia Pantieras …
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  • Michelangelo Guzzardi
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Cristoforo Colombo Port of Entry: Pier 21 - Halifax Date of Arrival: January 27, 1968 Age on Arrival: 21 Immigration is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from Catania, Sicily, came after a brief period in …
  • Digital Storytelling
    Newcomers from cities across Canada created a two to five-minute video that shares their immigration experience in a personal and creative way. Charlottetown Gimli Guelph Halifax Langley Lethbridge London Markham Moncton Sault Ste. Marie St. John's Toronto Victoria Whitehorse Winnipeg The Digital …
  • Hans Escher
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Anna Salén Port of Entry: Pier 21 Date of Arrival: November 16, 1951 Age on Arrival: 20 May it be known that I, Hans Escher, was born on Sept. 3, 1931 to Adolf Escher and Paula von der Stein, in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, the eldest of …
  • Donate in Recognition of the Scotiabank Family History Centre
    Donate in Recognition of the Scotiabank Family History Centre …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2021 - Aquil Virani
    Award-winning visual artist, graphic designer and filmmaker Aquil Virani was selected for the Museum’s first virtual residency. Inspired by the Museum’s "Contributions" playing in the Canadian Immigration Hall, Aquil invited participants across Canada to digitally submit stories of the immigrant …
  • The Smell of War in the Air - Yella and Mooshie Zahirovich
    Becoming a Refugee Time 3:12 Transcript: Mooshie Zahirovich (MZ) : So Yugoslavia was falling apart and, and some, parts of it already declared as, as independent states, and, and I could hear guns closer and closer coming to my place. And, and you could feel this uneasiness all around us. And, and …

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