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… And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
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… about working in the Scotiabank Family History Centre (SHFC) at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is that every interaction is … But as diverse as our genealogy research can be, one thing that comes up constantly is the regret that people didn’t ask their family members about their lives and stories when they had the chance. Too often we take our loved ones for granted, or forget that …
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… Exhibition is the Museum’s summer 2014 exhibit, brought to us by the Canadian War Museum. It is a glowing success, attracting about 6,000 … people have contributed so far, and the number continues to grow every day. The folks at the Canadian War Museum really knew what they were doing when they designed …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are … One of these individuals is Fenton Crosman, whose career with the Canadian immigration department spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, at …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … “Canada’s 50,000th DP Starts New Life in New Home,” Globe and Mail , 26 February 1949, 17. Oral History with Ausma Levalds Rowberry, … and Mail , 12 January 1954, 15. “Missing Millionth,” Globe and Mail , 26 May 1954, 6. “Missing Millionth.” Badgley, “As Long as He is an …
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… of Canada, and to ensure that persons seeking admission do not become public charges…” [1] This connection between public health and … department. [4] They ensured that arriving passengers were in compliance with the regulations and requirements of public health law, … led to tragedy: for example, a Polish girl, Stefania Piasta, aged 5, died of measles in the immigration hospital on 23 March 1937. [29] She …
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… refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination … system . As part of the re-evaluation process, the federal government commissioned three successive reports concluding that Canada’s refugee … (EIC) abided by the decision, but was not prepared for the ruling’s future impact: shortly after the decision, one senior immigration …
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… research. I use “queer” occasionally as shorthand for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, very advisedly: I am reminded that many of my friends would … Fortier entitled “A Review of Immigration from the British West Indies.” The memo states that “it has long been the policy of this … trigger ostracization, and end a career . In 1964, a civil servant died of a heart attack during RCMP interrogation about his sexuality, …