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  • Empress of Ireland -The Dining Experience
    … my name is Scott Stewart. I am a Heritage Interpreter here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I’m in our Empress of … china, glassware, flatware, and what I like to ask visitors when they come to do the activity with me is where does it all go? Which piece is for …
  • Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931
    … deemed necessary after the onset of the Great Depression in order to combat soaring unemployment and further economic decline. The … employment; agriculturalists with sufficient means to farm in Canada; and the wives and minor children of Canadian residents. Immigrants … additional restrictions whenever it was considered necessary or expedient. For example, order-in-council PC 183 passed on 31 January 1923 …
  • Historical Thinking (7) : Ethical Dimensions
    … [1] As historians research and write history for a public audience, they must remain vigilant about what kind of historical … events and must understand the difference between what they know to be common ethical ground in contemporary society with what constituted … in the Canadian military, during thee Second World War and a postwar awareness of racism and discrimination in the aftermath of the …
  • Heidi L. Grundke
    … 1951 was the first year Germans were allowed to emmigrate to Canada. It was only six years after the war, and the situation in … own to look for shelter and work. On these excursions we met some disappointment!- Halifax is a small city without industry, depending solely … on small companies and administration offices. Because most buildings don't have more than one story, the city spreads over a large area. …
  • John Halani
    … Life in Uganda - Community Involvement Time 0:01:48 Transcript My two sisters went … became the councillor, and became the vice-chair of the finance committee, became the vice-chair of the education committee, ran some …
  • Empress of Britain - Peter Duschinsky
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 6:33 Transcript But we used to walk around the the, the hills … of the last that would get out of Hungary before the controls by the Communists were clamped down and they had managed to come to Canada. …
  • About the Collection
    … 21 volunteers and staff. These interviews were recorded across Canada by the Museum’s oral history team. Written Stories Since the Museum … has collected and preserved written memories shared primarily by newcomers to Canada, veterans, Pier 21 staff and volunteers, and their … team . Due to high demand, public inquiries can take 5 to 10 weeks to complete. Answers to the most frequently asked questions. Donate to the …
  • Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914
    … (Updated January 28, 2022) Introduction: The Immigration Boom to the Canadian West From 1867 to 1914, the Canadian West became home to millions of immigrant settlers seeking a … resulting immigration boom created key industries still important to Canada’s international role – like agriculture, mining, and oil . The …
  • Quarantine Memories of Chicken Wire and an Uncomplaining Mom
    … we were there,” Mike recalled. “The brick walls and the bars on the windows. “My sister actually contracted measles as we crossed over. On the … assume. And by the time we got here, she was full blown measles. And I do remember walking up a hill…to the hospital to see her…And then the … chicken wire and bars. “I have a vivid memory of the, of the window with the chicken wire, you know that sort of diamond shaped chicken …
  • Corporal Walter MacDonald Searle
    … Walter MacDonald Searle met his wife to be, Beulah Cynthia at a dance in … was to become a Pilot, but after taking the required test twice failed due to color blindness.  Instead he became ground crew, a Rader … but reluctant to Canada after the war had ended.  His RCAF records do not show where he landed. It would have been sometime in November …

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