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… mining town of Corbin, B.C. At the young age of eighteen he decided to seek new adventures like many other boys and signed up for active duty in the Canadian Army much to the dislike of his Mother … be going to the front line. James, on some of his furloughs would visit relatives and friends in Scotland and England. During one of …
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… So would you say that Canada feels like home to you now? YG: Uh home for me, yes, definitely. Uh—it is going to sound very bad, but I’m … uh—now this is my place and, and I’m going to Colombia basically to visit my family, my—my close family, my parents and my siblings, and … Biography: Yolanda Garcia was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She completed an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from …
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… a very excited Margot Tarajos. She asked if we would be open for her visit 363 days later. Margot was two and a half on New Year’s Eve in … and gave my mother three rosaries -- one for each of us -- and welcomed us to Canada. The best ambassadors this country could ever have … you today 'I AM CANADIAN.'" I am very much looking forward to Margot's visit on the 31st; to joining her in celebrating her 60 th anniversary …
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… just close to Carberry. When the girls moved to Winnipeg, I would visit them on weekends. Their brother Joseph, would visit the girls too when he was hauling cattle. One time I didn’t have … the frog legs as a delicacy. I worked at the store and a museum there for 30 years. I raised five children. I now have 13 grandchildren, and …
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… all around us. It was a wonderful introduction to our new country, Canada. The next day we eagerly embarked to wait our turn in Pier 21. I … Not knowing I was on my way, my husband Neil had driven his parents to visit his sister in Waterton Park, Alberta. With difficulty, the Red … to meet me in Winnipeg. I lived in Fort Frances with my husband (a fur buyer) until after his death and I retired from the paper mill. In …
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… reconstruction period, the Canadian Government wanted to fulfill its commitments to England by providing a vast quantity of food supplies for troops and civilians. Therefore, from 1942 to 1947, a system that … number of household members. To purchase rationed goods, they would visit a store, present a coupon for butter, and pay the required price. …
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… in helping me do my job, and to ensure you get the most out of your visit. I thought I would take a moment and share the reasons I prize … the scope of what we talk about here at the Museum. The history of Canadian immigration is a vast and immensely complicated thing. It’s a … Your questions may also inspire a question in another visitor or give voice to a question that they were too shy to ask. Have you heard how …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are … aged, with deep-set serious eyes, and in his spare time is a gentleman farmer, chess player and a poet. He showed me a collection of his … “Young Man, You Take Yourself Far Too Seriously”: The Memoirs of Immigration Officer Fenton Crosman …
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… The trip throughout the Atlantic Ocean was not pleasant, I was sea sick all the way. On January 17, 1968 the ship docked in Halifax. When … I was met by my relatives at Union Station. Days later, I went to visit the nearest employment office to register my arrival. In January … work in the spring, I had learned to read and write English within six months of my arrival. I worked in various construction jobs, …
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… it was so much less interesting then the ones I heard about during my visit to the Pier21 Museum. I changed my mind after reading through the … parts of Canada. My story is a little different. Not only did I come a different way, (by train) and from a different direction (from … of this big city, the first major North American city that I had a chance to visit. I stared with awe at the huge buildings, particularly …