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Abraham den Ouden arrived in Canada from the Netherlands on the SS Groote Beer ship in 1956. He met his wife, Cornelia van Herk , in Nova Scotia and they built a life together in Western …
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Cornelia van Herk arrived in Canada from the Netherlands on the SS Waterman ship in 1953 along with the rest of the van Herk family - Abraham and Sietje, Wim, Gerard, Paul, Bram, Nienke. She met her husband, Abraham den Ouden , in Nova Scotia and they built a life together in western Canada. In the …
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“Thank you for your sacrifice. We live in the best country in the world because you fought to keep it this way.” Denis Pilon Remember Their Sacrifice and Contribution Nearly 400,000 military personnel departed from Pier 21 during the Second World War to serve their country. At Pier 21, on the very …
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Country of Origin : England Ship Name : Letitia Port of Departure : Liverpool, England Date of Departure : May 28, 1946 Port of Entry : Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia Date of Arrival : June 4, 1946 Age on Arrival : 23 years Age on Arrival (Daughter) : 10 months Joan Winifred Mitchell (affectionately …
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Joseph Edmond Ulysse Gallant Lieutenant Pilot Officer-Rear Gunner GALLANT, P/O Joseph Ulysse Edmond - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.432 Squadron – Ulysse Gallant, fondly known to his friends and family as ‘Les’, was born in Moncton New Brunswick in 1922. He was the son of Thadée and Eva Gallant …
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December 2025 to December 2027 "Our people have always travelled and traded throughout Turtle Island, and beyond. We wanted to reinforce the idea that cultures evolve and grow and adapt ... and that immigration is part of that story as people continue to weave their identities together and form new …
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May 10, 2025–January 18, 2026 Recipes eat make share Taste Canada Perfect Pairings Canada’s food is as diverse as its people. How and what we eat is shaped by over 400 years of immigration and relationships between newcomers and Indigenous Peoples. Food connects us to the past, to place, and to …
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Rita e Anna e Sabatino Maione …
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Carmine Maione e Luigia Stroffolino …
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To most young people today, the Holocaust is a distant nightmare, something that took place long ago in a place far away. They have heard about the atrocities and the statistics, but Canadian youth, in particular, have largely not been personally affected by this horrific example of humanity at its …