• The Wheel of Conscience
    … Wheel of Conscience on January 20, 2011. © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Commemorating the St. Louis Voyage The Wheel of Conscience is a memorial for 900 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis who were denied entry … reminder of the dangers of racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism. For more context on this event, see “Canada and MS St. Louis ” by Steve …
  • Filming and Photography at the Museum
    … What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and …
  • Terms and Conditions
    … What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and …
  • Filming and Photography
    … What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and …
  • Karpowich Frank Pauline
    … In the spring of 1913, 26-year-old Frank Karpowich bid farewell to his family in Mlyniska, … farm in Grindrod, BC. The union of Frank and Pauline also produce four Canadian-born children: Elizabeth Theresa (Shafirka); Mary Frances …
  • Pte. Lawrence J. Hebert
    … 2000 My father enlisted on June 16, 1941 and was discharged on January 26, 1946. He was in the first wave at Juno Beach on D-Day. That is all he would ever say. He wouldn't talk about his experiences. But, inevitably, every …
  • Douwe and Hinke Neef and Family
    … Neef, age 38, Hinke (Helen) (van der Duim) Neef, age 37 and their four children Hans (Hank), age 12, Maria Hinke, age 11, Aaltje (Alice), … 60 to 80 hours per week (except Sundays), every week of every year for 26 years. Since the sponsors for the family were situated in both … the St. Thomas, Ontario area. Douwe worked as a farmer for the first four years. He then became involved in construction. Here he learned …
  • Private Arthur Fisher
    … well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in …
  • Vittorio and Antonia Ciampini
    … On November 2, 1954, we arrived at Halifax Pier 21. I was four years old so I don't remember anything except for the long train ride from … father Vittorio Ciampini (28 years old), my mother Antonia D'Alesio (26 years old), my sister Domenica (6 years old) and my brother …
  • Artist-in-Residence Winter 2024 – Santiago Guzmán
    … to develop his play Long-Distance-Short (working title). On March 26, 2025 a local audience was treated to a participatory …