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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other … permission to use photographs and/or video recordings in which they may appear, for archival, documentary or promotional purposes. What is …
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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other … permission to use photographs and/or video recordings in which they may appear, for archival, documentary or promotional purposes. What is …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated July 6, 2020) At that time…[there … was the time of long lineup[s] to buy anything…I remember…I went to visit my mom…it was September 11, 1973. Everything changed. Everything … detained for at least twenty-four hours between September 1973 and January 1974. The most intense violence against the Chilean population …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Origins of World Refugee Year In the spring of 1958, four young individuals affiliated with the Bow … refugee scheme had turn Josef’s condition into a blessing. In January 1960, the Wosik family, including their two children, Barbara … A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada …
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… I look back on how Canada has changed me and my values. I think the hardest part of emigrating was changing the way … Canada has changed me and my values …
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… it was the beginning of a great adventure: this being their first time away from Canada. As they gathered on the decks assigned to them, a … evident, as young minds vividly projected exciting pictures of what lay ahead of them. Now and then, their thoughts traveled back over the … in the memory of all those who were there. It does not matter that it may have been a recording. Someone on the shore was concerned about …
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… At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, we collect and tell the stories of immigrants who came to Canada and continue to come to Canada to make a new home for themselves. Some of these stories … “One thinks deeply, leaving everything behind that I treasure… my brothers and sisters, family and friends. Acquaintances … the ground …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … milestone or prevented such an event from taking place. Canada’s 50,000th Displaced Person (DP) Latvian Displaced Person Ausma Levalds, …
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… opportunity to interact with the public on a daily basis. There are numerous reasons behind coming to Pier 21, but there is something … are immensely important. They are invaluable in helping me do my job, and to ensure you get the most out of your visit. I thought I would take a moment and share the reasons I prize …
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Life in Canada Time 1:45 Transcript Well, I, right now, I feel like I’m becoming more like a half of Canadian I guess, because I get, because I’ve been here long enough to adopt the culture now, so. But, maybe if you were asking those questions earlier, like two years or three, I would answer …