• My Life in Canada by TK
    Time 0:02:22 Transcript My name is Htee Tha kway. When I was three years old my mother and father had a little farm. My mother and father have two dog, an elephant, four chicken and a garden. My grandpa had little house in the forest and big garden. In the garden there is vegies, mango trees, and …
  • Life in the Refugee Camp, Families and Friends with Hope by Duke
    Time 0:02:15 Transcript Two weeks ago, Herv ask me if I want to talk about how I came to Canada.. At home I thought what to say… In my country when the Burmese attack our land we were so worried that we couldn’t even cry because if they heard us they will kill us. The reason why we came to Canada …
  • What's in a Name? by Vi
    … were Gudrun Gudlog Kristjansson and Bjarni Sigurdur Bjarnason. Upon moving from the farm in Saskatchewan in a Icelandic community called … of 1943 at age 8 and in grade 2, my teacher asked for my name. Gudrun Viola Bjarnason. The teacher remarked that this was a very long and … had to have my identity as an Icelander back again. So I became Gudrun Viola Bjarnason Hilton. This is my name as a retiree and a senior …
  • The First Step is Always the Hardest by Kelvin
    Time 0:02:09 Transcript My name is Kelvin Ng, I am an immigrant from Hong Kong which is a famous and well known city of China. When I was a kindergarten student I have been told I would immigrate to Canada after I finish grade 5, in that time I don’t have the basic knowledge of what really happen, …
  • Grandma's House by Lynda
    Time 0:02:42 Transcript A few years ago, I had the chance to go to Port Hope for a few days on my own. The car headed straight for Brown Street. I parked in front of Grandma’s house. I couldn’t believe it. There was a for sale sign in front of the ginkgo tree that I remembered from 1947. I made an …
  • What is Impossible with Man is Possible with God by Jules
    Time 0:04:13 Transcript There is a proverb about war: “Every person for himself and God for us all.” What I want to say is that in war you want to save your own life, and that of others after. I left the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) due to poor politics and war. I saw the bodies of …
  • Childhood Memories by Claude
    Time 0:02:24 Transcript (Translated from French) I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I remember when my mother was sent to Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or money or the hardship of …
  • Blank Page by Paulina
    Time 0:03:34 Transcript I moved in to Halifax just six months ago… To get the worked visa in Chile it was not so hard. There I had documents, papers, experience and language that supported me. I had a history. But when arrived in Canada, I realized that here nobody knew me and I had no past. Here …
  • Accessibility Plan and Feedback Process
    … Progress Report 2023 (PDF) Feedback process description Providing Feedback We invite Canadians to provide feedback on: how the Museum is implementing our accessibility plan, barriers that Museum employees encounter, …
  • John Oscar Moller
    … In Loving Memory of: John Oscar Moller Andersen So now what's left to … of the contributions of immigrants to Canada’s culture, economy and way of life. Today, Oscar and his story shares a rightful place in the … North America, the B.C. Waterfowl Society and the Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society, among others. Many a day would find Oscar bird and animal …