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  • Broken Promises
    … and after war ends, and how legacies of dispossession continue to this day. Broken Promises is curated by the Nikkei National Museum and the …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2023 - shalan joudry
    … past the residency period but in the early spring of 2024 a large audience was thrilled by a special sneak-peek into the creative process … explained, “The new movement work, Dancing Kmɨtkinu, explores and embodies the words, images, and important messages of the poem, and …
  • Add Your Story to the Virtual Sobey Wall of Honour
    Guidelines for Stories Word limit: 500 – 750 words Photo limit: 4 (high resolution) Stories cannot include logos, promotion, or links The Museum reserves the right to make small edits, and may redact any personally identifying information before publishing online Stories cannot be changed once …
  • The Netherlands Trunk
    … inconvenience caused Dutch Culture and Traditions Quotes Statistics Recommended Resources …
  • Donor Impact
    … exhibitions to personal commemorations to free admission on Canada Day, your support is crucial. Passages shows why.  The Winter 2026 …
  • The Victor Kvasheninikoff Family
    … While living in Frankfurt, Germany, the Kvasheninikoff family applied to move to Canada. When their application was … Canadian soil. The next leg of their journey involved a two or three day train ride to Hamilton. Each person was given a few dollars for the … The Victor Kvasheninikoff Family …
  • Antonino Masciotra
    … Saturnia, to Palermo, to Genova, to Portugal and finally to Halifax. When we disembarked, we looked like a herd of people. My parents remembered that day, and told me that they will never forget it. They did not know what …
  • John Hugh MacEachern
    … John Hugh Mac Eachern left via Pier 21 as a young man from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and as … of the Royal Canadian Airforce on his way to England during World War II. Flight Sergeant Mac Eachern was eventually stationed at Leeming, … John Hugh MacEachern …
  • Judith Goldberger and Emery Hartman
    … in Halifax from Bramenhafen Germany on February 11, 1948 aboard the ship, General Sturgis. Even though the voyage went well for her, she … Hartman, Martin Markus’ friend had the proper departure documents to come to Canada. Instead of going to Canada, Emery had decided to travel …
  • The Henk Beuker Family
    … The family was sponsored by Dan Blender, a gardener in Craven, Saskatchewan. The trip to Saskatchewan by train took several says- arriving on July 1, … The Henk Beuker Family …

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