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… so that means that I give tours, in English and French, and we also do all kinds of other little duties. So we sell the tickets and we, … people maps and let them know what’s going on in the museum. As for doing the art, that’s something that I always like to do on my own. I … what I’m doing, sort of as a career. I love history and this way I can bring both of my loves, history and art, together. Return to our …
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… Moffett Studio , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ideal for: Ages 11 - 17+ How do we decide who is important … grapple with these kinds of questions every time they select a topic of research or study. There is no doubt that Canadian history is … widely known or celebrated. Many of these people are immigrants to Canada. This online lesson plan and activity will challenge students to …
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… Life in Canada Time 0:00:51 Transcript Emily Burton (EB): So do you see yourself as … an immigrant. EB: Now why do you think that is? TC: Because it was so comfortable to be here, so easy to be here, I don’t know. I certainly … the college here now, and I watch the college try to help immigrants become part of this society and it’s a real chore: language barriers and …
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… that Pier 21 was open as an immigration facility. Sometimes I even do this on my own. One of my favourite ways to imagine this is by … a glimpse of the point in time when all immigrants’ treasured items (undoubtedly very carefully chosen among many others that were discarded) … to afford. For this reason, I like to imagine that the owner of such a domestic appliance would be travelling in fine style! In the centre of …
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… in many places around the country. My mom tells me it was much too dangerous to live during the civil war that took place. That’s why she … get a job, her brother picked her up and drove to Detroit to apply to come to Canada. I admire the quality of independence in my mother. I feel as though I imitate her when it comes to doing the things I want to do in life. My mother still …
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… have everything that I wanted. All I had to do was be good at my studies. But I wasn’t. And that changed everything. Because of obsessing … a good university in China. My father had learned that his friend’s daughter was just graduated and got a job in Canada. My parents thought … daddy around me. I only had instant noodles as my meals for a month. Comparing to my hometown, life here was boring. I asked myself: Why am …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 2:31 Transcript Yella Zahirovich (YZ): We know about Montreal … was a man who immigrate to Canada in ’60s, and then he would come and we would all go around him to touch and to see what kind of …
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… relatable challenge is adapting to new and unfamiliar foods. In Canada, one is inevitably exposed to different food from around the … of Burundi. I was craving it and most African stores in Halifax don’t have the same kind of Ubugali that we have back home. So I called … Pier 21 is a museum of stories of people who came – and continue to come - to make Canada their new home. To give a little of bit a taste …
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… Karsh soon after his arrival in Canada, photographed in 1929 by his mentor, photographer John Garo. Credit: … does it have to do with Halifax? Yousuf Karsh was Armenian, born in a community targeted by the Ottoman Empire for genocide during and after … Credit: Nova Scotia Archives (1928 - WR MacAskill - 1987-453 No 2625) Barely 15 years old, Karsh arrived at Halifax’s Pier 2 (the …
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… reconstruction period, the Canadian Government wanted to fulfill its commitments to England by providing a vast quantity of food supplies … duty to support the war effort. Credit: Economy Recipes for Canada’s “Housoldiers.” Toronto: Canada Starch Company Ltd. 1943. From Laurier House …