• Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972
    … became a widely-used metaphor for cultural pluralism in modern Canada, the use of such terms to describe Canadian diversity can be traced back to the early interwar period. Against the backdrop … Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972 …
  • Anna Runca and Domenico Franco
    … for a better life to join his older brothers who were already here. Anna Runca, 16 years old at the time, was also sailing on the Vulcania … in 1957. She was travelling with her parents and coming to Canada to visit her older sisters and brother who were already here. They met for … each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 …
  • Ina van Teunenbroek
    … 5, 1968 Port of Entry: Queenston, ON Age on Arrival: 32 Pier 21 - Ina Vrugtman Ina's story (updated 4 Nov. 2021) Ina Vrugtman was born Ina van … graduate student from Canada. They married August 1964. On graduation (M.S.) Freek had competed for and won the 1966 Frederick Dreer Award … Ina van Teunenbroek …
  • The David Gordon Pettifer Family
    … his wife Sheila Doreen (Bradwell) and three children: Jane (5), Anna (4) and Bob (3) took the train from Quebec City to Peterborough, …
  • Kucha Family
    … Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for … left the port of Bremen, Germany and sailed to New York, New York, U.S.A. They arrived through Ellis Island, New York and then went on to … the Caribbean, and Europe, all through the United States and from one coast of Canada to the other. They love to travel and experience …
  • Aino Basata Tirri
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  • Aino Piesanen Soininen
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  • Aina Kibermanis Bowman
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  • Ron Baylis
    … Type: Immigrant Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 26, 1964 I arrived at pier21 on March 26 1964 and took the train to … had been living in the leaside district of Toronto and had bought a house there for $14,000! I stayed with her for 2 months until I moved … during the next 10 years and joined tennis and badminton clubs. One day I was invited to go on a moonlight hike on the Bruce Trail …
  • Alfreds, Zelma and Aina Balodis
    … Alfreds, Zelma and Aina Balodis …