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… hold copies of all documentation pertaining to immigrant arrival, it has access to a large number of passenger lists, ship manifests, … lists of immigrant arrivals to Canada before 1865. Evolution of Official Records of Immigration Over Time From 1865 until the First …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction “If one … exhibition sheds light on an interesting yet underexplored aspect of Canadian immigration history: food confiscation. Food can be a persistent feature of cultural traditions . It is uniquely …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:02:24 Transcript: One of the most compelling artifacts in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this … message for help. This desk set was given to a Canadian Immigration Official by a family in Germany about 1946. The official, Traugott Otto Francis Herzer, was in charge of immigration …
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… He was dressed in his best slacks and blazer with a crisp, white shirt … Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He …
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… What is oral history? The term ‘oral history’ has two general meanings: Oral history is a collaborative method of … course of an interview. The recorded document is a primary source that can be archived and made available to the public. Why does the Museum … interviews? The human experience of immigration is not defined by official timelines and benchmarks. Rather, it is fluid, dynamic, …
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… My mother and I left Ireland to join my father who had worked on the Great Lakes for a year and was living in a … She had only $10 and was asked to pay a disembarkation fee. When the official realized that was all the money she had, he waived the fee. We …
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… What do immigration rules tell us about Canada? Since 1869, Canada has had laws and regulations governing the admission of immigrants. Immigration legislation has evolved and changed over time, shaped by the shifting social, … still in place. Since Canada’s adoption of multiculturalism as an official policy in 1971, the cultural diversity of Canadian immigrants …
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… Families 1956 My father and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was … they had in the waiting area, then we were ushered in to talk to some official looking people. It was all strange to me and I still remember … happen, particularly when I was left alone while my father attended to his papers. A man in a uniform came over and said something but I …
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… Leaving a loving family in Surrey, England, to join my Canadian serviceman husband in February 1946 was in one instance great … young brides like myself on their way to a new home and life in Canada. I was extremely seasick and did not enjoy the ocean crossing … and I am delighted to say that my husband I will be travelling for the official opening of this wonderful millennium project. Thank you for …
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… Maas) born February 20, 1923 in Oosterhout, Noord Brabant, Holland. Theresia Maria Helena Mass (Trees Maas) need Holdrinet, born November … in separate quarters and were advised by the Canadian Immigration officials to move onto Flin Flon Manitoba for employment. At this point Toon, with a railway ticket issued by the Canadian Embassy in …