• Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914
    … Former Collections Researcher (Updated January 28, 2022) Introduction: The Immigration Boom to the Canadian West From 1867 to 1914, the Canadian West became home to … economic immigrants , and established the minister responsible as “…the Superintendent General of Indian affairs, and… have the control … Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914 …
  • Sid B. Kelley
    … Sid B. Kelley …
  • Historical Thinking (1) : Practicing History in the Museum
    … Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes . Rather than being a detailed tour of the exhibition in itself, the tour used parts of the … firms, provincial and federal departments or for museums and historic sites. However, as historians, our process of approaching the past is … Museum’s Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes exhibition. Credit: © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Credit: © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca …
  • “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story
    … Bill One day, a letter simply addressed to “Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia,” arrived on my desk. The first line read, “I don’t know if anyone is ever going to … Choir, for the ship’s concert and we were taught the songs of the day, war songs and hits from Pinocchio, a film which had just been … “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story …
  • Cookbooks, Cultural Connections, And Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Introduction They took me to Woolco—which doesn’t exist now. Woolco was Scotia Square’s last … the oven. And it wasn’t very tasty. When she found out, she says, “You can’t afford to buy that stuff. It’s too expensive. You’re going to …
  • Kathaleen Lines Caldwell, Patricia, John
    … Coming to Canada This is not only my tale of coming to Canada, but also that of my sister-in-law, Joyce, … away ten years ago. I was living in Bayswater, London in 1939 and met my husband the year following. We were married in April, 1941. My …
  • The Year Nearly 100,000 Irish Sailed to Canada
    … was 1847. Famine , a sculpture by Rowan Gillespie located in Dublin’s City Centre, depicts people walking towards the harbour, to be carried … not all remained there, this would temporarily have nearly doubled the city’s population of 20,000. Tension and hostility Many immigrants were …
  • The Year Nearly 100,000 Irish Sailed to Canada
    … was 1847. Famine , a sculpture by Rowan Gillespie located in Dublin’s City Centre, depicts people walking towards the harbour, to be carried … not all remained there, this would temporarily have nearly doubled the city’s population of 20,000. Tension and hostility Many immigrants were …
  • Szigetvari
    … poor - escaped Fascist Communism. Here's the humble story of my family's escape that ended in Canada - and life that started anew in … At the time of our escape, my family was: Father: Janos Szigetvari 26; Mother: Ilona Barath-Szigetvari 25; Brother: Elemer 5; and myself, … Imagine! Escaping with no language, no money, no idea of what lay ahead -- a toddler, and a babe-in-arms with nothing, not even …