• White Paper on Immigration, 1966
    … alignment of immigration policy and long-term economic interests. [3] Due to the rapid technological changes in the economy, it argued that …
  • Indigenous artists invite visitors to look at this map of Canada in a new way
    … Welcome to Turtle Island , a new artistic installation by Melinda Robertson and Shannon Monk, has been installed on the glass map of … myself an academic,” says Shannon. Regarding Melinda, “she's a top-notch glass artist… she's really helped me to refine my skills.” … Indigenous artists invite visitors to look at this map of Canada in a new way …
  • Albert Samuel Davis
    … the empire to seek a new life. Albert Davis was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's home on 1 July 1902 with his brother Fred Davis . He and his brother were found wandering in the streets of the East End of London by the police, who contacted the National Society for the … Methodist Mission Church; Albert went to Leopold House, and Fred to Shepherd House. Albert was born on the 10 March 1890 at Ponders End, …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962
    … orphaned nieces and nephews under the age of 21. This clause was added due to fears of an influx of unskilled sponsored relatives from Asian …
  • A Good Life by Metta
    … lonely. There was no hydro in the country and I had to use a coal oil lamp. I used to throw my lunch in the ditch because I didn’t want the …
  • Frederick Thomas Davis
    … of the empire to seek a new life. Fred Davis was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's home on 1 July 1902 with his brother Albert . He and his brother were found wandering in the streets of the East End of London by the police, who contacted the National Society for the … Causeway, almost opposite the Methodist Mission Church; Fred went to Shepherd House, and Albert to Leopold House. Fred was born on the 24 …
  • Historical Thinking (1) : Practicing History in the Museum
    by Steven Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) In summer 2012, we offered an “historian’s tour” of our temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes . Rather than being a detailed tour of the exhibition in itself, the tour used parts of the exhibit as …
  • Philippe and Barbara Grignon
    … our granddaughter Jennifer who encouraged me to write and to her Osmondo whose gift pen I used to write the original draft. My name is … missed us but killed an elderly couple sitting in their garden next door. In the same period the hotel where our Officers were billeted was … to the war! My first "operational" flying with a Canadian crew was doing Air-Sea Rescue over the North Sea in Anson aircraft. One …
  • Perfectly Delicious
    … noticed that we at the Museum are a little obsessed with food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, we’re cooking up a new … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create …
  • Historical Thinking (4) : Continuity and Change
    … multilayered than many individuals realize. The discipline of history can be viewed as a complex interplay between continuity and change. … and change . [1] In researching a particular project, historians do not simply note when continuity or change occurred, but rather they … when continuity is present. In our 2012 temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes , the case study of the …