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  • Kinship, Inclusion, and Exclusion in Canadian Immigration History
    … in Canadian immigration history that one hesitates to use it. For all its overuse, this quote—and more particularly, a better understanding of its context—has a few … that this quote, which I think is rightly (although often uncritically) posited as a significant marker in Canadian discourse around …
  • Tadej, Irene, Oksana
    … by Hitler. During the second week of German occupation they arrested all of the Ukrainian leaders and politicians. Ukraine was occupied by … high school. After graduation I enrolled at the University of Lviv. My major was chemistry. By January 1944 I had finished two semesters and …
  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are restrictions, they can be challenged, like in a soccer match. Like Canada, soccer can make … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …
  • Anyone Could Be a Refugee; No One Chooses To Be a Refugee
    … When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... People lose their … their homes. Each of these categories of people experience different challenges. The most important challenge, and certainly one that we can … taking others prisoner and a family around a coffin). This played a major role in having visitors learn about the experiences of refugees. …
  • Food Wars! Immigration and Food Confiscation at Pier 21
    … exhibition sheds light on an interesting yet underexplored aspect of Canadian immigration history: food confiscation. Food can be a … have taken note that food and culinary traditions also played a major role in individual and family identities—often times becoming a … an often contested item at Pier 21. This begs the question: what really happened when the immigration shed was still active? How did …
  • History
    … between 1920 and 1930 before the Great Depression stopped almost all immigration to Canada. Between 1950 and the early 1970s, the third … encourage Italian immigration because Italians were considered ill-suited to the pioneering lifestyle. Official immigration policy was … finding jobs for a fee. Some agents were dishonest and brought over more men than there were jobs available, leaving many Italian labourers …
  • Reflections on Oral History Interviews from Prague Spring Refugees
    … July 19, 2021) Introduction As the Research Intern here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, as well as a History and … plenty of opportunities to engage with historical information. Additionally, as the granddaughter of Dutch immigrants who came to Canada after the Second World War, there’s nothing I love more than hearing people’s personal histories! However, oral histories …
  • Francesco and Rosaria
    … was born in Sicily and my mother Rosaria Capobianco was born in a small town in southern Italy. They met during the war in Naples where he … one Doting privileges and honour solely to sons. United in marriage come thick or thin Till death do you part and ne'er to sin. To keep you … the end of the world I knew And the beginning of a new life with major changes and uncertainties. Nonno waved us goodbye with brave …
  • Herman Streuber
    … years in Winnipeg where he was in the insurance business. He played a major role in founding the North American Baptist Immigration and … World War, immigration reached high volumes and immigrants were placed all over Western Canada. Streuber was one of the organizers of the …
  • Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker
    … Media Release May 13, 2019 Halifax, NS Forgiveness, Family and Canadian identity: Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker … of a human tragedy to offer a unique perspective on the idea of a Canadian family. Released in 2014 to sweepingly glowing reviews, Forgiveness also won 2018 Canada Reads, as defended by Canadian fashion journalist, icon and …

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