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  • Ennio A. Paola
    … stopped at the following ports: New York, Boston, Halifax-Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Palma De Mallorca, Barcelona, Cannes, Genoa, Palermo, Naples, Patras, Venice … as a passenger ship until 1965. Updated Nov. 25, 2014 : Ennio Paola identified himself as the baby in the photo, at age nine months. Ennio …
  • Quarantine at Pier 21 Made Coming to Canada feel like being put in Jail
    … Apeldoorn to seek out new opportunities for their young family in Canada,” wrote Shelly. “With the escalation of the Cold War, the atmosphere … itself been a trial. Under Nazi occupation, my father, Herman, had become involved in Resistance activities, a risk which was finally … Beer pull away from the dock, my mother cried. She had not chosen to come to Canada to be "put in jail." I think we can all relate to the …
  • Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to Detroit. And … we liked that because we didn’t feel lonely so we feel that we had company. And his mother-in-law, his mo—yeah, his mother-in-law—she had … Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia …
  • Accessibility Plan and Feedback Process
    … 1. Accessible Canada Act – Accessibility Documents 1.1 Accessibility Plan 2026-2028 (PDF) 1.2 Accessibility Plan 2023-2025 (PDF) 1.3 Feedback … using Facebook Messenger @Canadian Museum of Immigration/Musée canadien de l'immigration . Anonymous Feedback Anonymous feedback may be …
  • Alberto, Lucia, Francesco
    … summer to help the family budget. Like many immigrant children, I attended St. Ann's Elementary School and then went on to Cathedral Boys High … from Western's law school in 1974. In May, I started working as a student at the Hamilton law firm of Agro, Cooper, Zaffiro, Parent, Orzel & … were establishing themselves in Canada. Italians certainly have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Canada. My only hope is …
  • What Goes Around, Comes Around
    … Peter Biesheuvel and his son Brian visited the Museum early on a Saturday morning. I told my husband that I would meet them at 9:30 a.m., … a.m. Well, Peter, Brian and I started talking at 9:30 a.m. and didn’t stop until noon! Of Peter’s many wonderful stories about his early years … of Area Manager of the Agriculture Division of the Quaker Oats Company. It was a very desirable job but Peter was only one of several …
  • Sadie T. Fineberg
    Sadie T. Fineberg …
  • Jeanne Beker unpacks her wardrobe… and her past
    … Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne Beker, who from 1985 to 2012 hosted … about her life and the book. The event is part of the Museum’s Canada’s Storytellers Series. In Heart on My Sleeve , Beker uses individual … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second …
  • Jeanne Beker unpacks her wardrobe… and her past
    … Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne Beker, who from 1985 to 2012 hosted … about her life and the book. The event is part of the Museum’s Canada’s Storytellers Series. In Heart on My Sleeve , Beker uses individual … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … immigration interviews and board trains to destinations all over Canada. This picture of European immigrants welcomed into Canada stands in contrast to those who Canada excluded … These include images of ships arriving at Pier 21, images of newcomers to Canada sledding for the first time and images of ribbon …

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