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  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    … make up one part of " Our Immigrant Stories ". How did the residency come about? I had the privilege of sharing some of my previous art projects at the Museum in 2016 (the Canada's Self-Portrait project ). But even before then, I've always kept an … tell their story (and my story) and to adapt it in some way for an audience that's more like me – that was born in Canada. That’s why I …
  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    … make up one part of " Our Immigrant Stories ". How did the residency come about? I had the privilege of sharing some of my previous art projects at the Museum in 2016 (the Canada's Self-Portrait project ). But even before then, I've always kept an … tell their story (and my story) and to adapt it in some way for an audience that's more like me – that was born in Canada. That’s why I …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    … Roger LeMoyne (left) and Darren Ell (right). Interview with photographer Darren Ell. Darren’s … or marine photography. There's a million ways to use it. I think it comes from personal convictions and curiosity about the world. And I think it comes from a desire to do something useful with my abilities. Do you …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    … the stories of migrants in border regions? There are many things one can do with photography. Shooting sports or marine photography. There's a …
  • Difficulties Leaving Home - Frank Scarfino
    … people who loved you? How could you do this to your country? You're a communist. You're a traitor." So, I had all that in my head and yet I … it wasn't that I can't, you know, it's different than what you hear today about Syrian refugees. So, I can't say that I was thrilled about …
  • Eileen Way
    … left Ireland and headed for Southhampton, in England, stopping in London for a couple of days; arriving at the port we had to go through … and sailed directly to Halifax. Everything went very smoothly, but I do not remember many details, but what I do remember was the food. I had never seen so much food so nicely …
  • Starting Life in Canada: Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown - Madan Kumar Giri
    … from the church were helping us to take us to the different places to do the paperwork. And, they also provided us some kitchen utensils, … days, we simply, I still remember, for eighteen days we didn’t get a chance to cook our Nepalese food. That was the terrible part. That was … We couldn’t cook our food. So, we simply depend upon the bread and the jam for eighteen days. So as soon as we shifted to our apartment, we …
  • Starting Life in Canada: Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown - Madan Kumar Giri
    … Life in Canada Time 4:29 Transcript Madan Kumar Giri (MKG): We were sponsored by … They provided us everything, immigration. Our sponsor group from our community from the church were helping us to take us to the different … just ate our Nepalese food. EB: Were you able to find all of the ingredients, or most of the ingredients that you were used to? MKG: Yes. …
  • Share Your Story Guide
    … This is why we want to learn all about your journey to and life in Canada. Anything that you can share with us about your immigration … shortages? How did this affect your daily activities? How was your community affected by the conflict? Do you remember the conflict coming … your fare? How did you travel? What was your travel route? Did you stop in any locations? Had you travelled in this manner before? How long …
  • History Detectives Program
    … work collaboratively to unravel an immigration case study from Canada’s rich past. Do you have what it takes? Students will learn and …

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