• Step 2 of 2 (Payment) for Ruth Goldbloom Educational Bursary Fund Donation
    Thank you, your information has been successfully received. There are three ways to complete your donation right now: By Credit Card Clicking on the button below will take you to PayPal, a secure online financial institution. Please note you can pay using your credit card without signing up for a …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The world nearly forgot the existence of No. 2 Construction Battalion, a military unit made up of Black men determined to serve their country during the First World War. Those seeking to enlist at the time faced discrimination …
  • Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
    The Canadian Citizenship Act came into effect on 1 January 1947 under the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The act established Canadian citizenship as a distinct category and allowed residents of Canada to obtain citizenship regardless of their country of origin. [1] Prior …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    Rebecca Teitelbaum's recipe book contains 110 pages of recipes collected in a concentration camp. (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Collection, 99.008.001b)   The special exhibition eat make share: a taste of immigration ends its run at the Museum in January, before travelling to locations …
  • A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War
    Canadian soldier Frank Englehart whittled this for his wife Marjorie in 1944 or 1945. [A2024.9.1 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection]   A heart of glass A one-of-a-kind artifact was added to the Museum's collection last year and is on display in the War Brides section of the Pier …
  • How eating dirt shaped one man's relationship with food
    Prince Churchill is currently the artist-in-residence at the Museum. Courtesy of Prince Churchill.   Prince Churchill was born in poverty in Haiti before being put into an orphanage at age 6. Well, he thought he was six—but more on that later. Prince is currently the artist-in-residence at the …
  • Need a community? Join a rugby club.
    Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team Canada match vs Wales in Halifax, August 27, 2022. Courtesy of Fabiola Forteza.   Santiago Forteza arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was …
  • Looking for Nepalese food and heavy metal? Try “Dartmouth’s Oldest Bar.”
    Sketch of the Woodside Tavern by Mary Louise Doyle. Dartmouth’s Woodside Tavern is a simple building in the parking lot of a shopping plaza— a small island of brick in a sea of asphalt and parked cars. With dartboards, pool tables, and long tables lined with rows of wooden chairs, it claims to be …
  • Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian officials attempted to commemorate immigration milestones. These official commemorations were in response to postwar immigration policies that had opened Canada’s doors to tens of …
  • Perfect Pairings Lobster Dip with Ka’ak Al-Quds
    Perfect Pairings , a program by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, brings together home cooks to create recipes by blending elements of their unique cultural food traditions.  This unique recipe was a collaboration between Comfort Foodies owner Keisha Carter and Ghada Shuli, founder of …