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… Pier 21 and an historic moment at what would become the gateway to Canada for nearly one million immigrants over the next 43 years. One of … Pier 21: A History , staff carefully transcribed the names, dates, points of departure and other information from the hand-written … Family History Centre is the Museum’s research centre where visitors can have assistance tracing their family history and immigration …
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… According to the new provisions, independent immigrants were assigned points in specific categories relating to their ability to successfully settle in Canada. Criticisms of the 1966 White Paper on Immigration … officials. [1] Based on the recommendations of the task force, a points system was established in which potential immigrants were given …
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… Port of Quebec’s primary function became grain export. However, the site continued to be a major point of entry for immigrants to Canada. On 28 May 1921, Toronto's … examined a second time. Once medically cleared, passengers were visited by a trained corps of inspectors who ascertained the validity of …
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… "The crowd of crazy fools" [1] It was a strange scene in Dawson City in the summer of 1897. Amidst the ramshackle wooden buildings, the … wealthy American ladies, Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, who had come to Dawson City not to make their fortune, but to experience …
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… of British colonialism and was inspired by a desire for colonies to be composed of mostly British settlers. The group of nearly 2,000 … wild onions for which it was named were a welcome addition to their diet in the spring, the land itself was not good for the purposes of … the perpetrator was fired, in the other, the student was sent home. [26] Parents repeatedly refused to send their children to the schools on …
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… down, the “Bahnhofstrasse” was the Catholic Church, housed in a wooden shed, which figured somewhat in my life. On Sundays I had to accompany my grandmother to that faraway church. Her … an affront, a provocation, a frontal attack. The decision to come to Canada was a piece of cake. Luebtheen had a bus service to the …
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… My Story by Pompilio De Francesco I was born in a little town in Italy called Guardiaregia, … townspeople and the rumble of the war planes that filled the sky every day echoed in my head. My grandfathers had travelled to North America … square kilometre around Lombardy and 500 around Naples, but Canada was said to have only 1 person per square kilometre. They told us that …
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… delivered the “sheep-skin coat” quote in 1922, by which time he had become rather more aligned with Conservative politics, and with it, he is … marriage and child birth seems to have had some success, with studies indicating millions of traceable modern descendants, representing … encourage a movement which would involve the separation of a family.” [26] This feigned protection of family integrity is not credible coming …
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… breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which … for the moment when the uncomfortable ocean crossing would finally come to an end. We were taciturn while the sound of the waves striking … anticipation the start of a new beginning from the moment they would set foot on a new land and stepped over the threshold of Pier 21. The …
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… (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to coincide with the Canadian … Museum, and to connect our existing visitors with other aspects of the city’s present and past. The basic theme of the exhibit is that figure … and citizens took up as a suitable use of the storied Commons of the city. (Aside: one of the builders featured in Perfect Landings is Joe …