• Annual Public Meeting 2024
    … history, we examine the significant contributions made by newcomers to Canada’s culture, economy, and way of life. Our job is to … R. Howard Webster Foundation and RBC extended their support of the Welcome Home to Canada program, which provides first Canadian work … her multigenerational Chinese-Canadian family’s story. This exhibition coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, a …
  • “There was a thriving slave economy on our shores”
    Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, were used on enslaved peoples in Canada. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. An interview with Russell Grosse , Executive Director of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, on the new exhibition A History Exposed: …
  • Newcomer Uncovers Deep Roots in Canada.
    … It’s sometimes difficult—I’ve been verbally attacked for coming here from the United States. Some of the Canadian media’s … Newcomer Uncovers Deep Roots in Canada. …
  • “There was a thriving slave economy on our shores”
    Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, were used on enslaved peoples in Canada. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. An interview with Russell Grosse , Executive Director of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, on the new exhibition A History Exposed: …
  • About the Collection
    … has collected and preserved written memories shared primarily by newcomers to Canada, veterans, Pier 21 staff and volunteers, and their … team . Due to high demand, public inquiries can take 5 to 10 weeks to complete. Answers to the most frequently asked questions. Donate to the … participants are selected based on gaps in the collection and upcoming projects. To learn more about the oral history program, please …
  • UK After 1960
    … History Centre recommends that you contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada to obtain arrival details. Individuals who immigrated to Canada can request their immigration information from Citizenship and …
  • Sgt. Reginald Norman Hillifer
    … and did Commando training. He was in 'blue group' and landed in Caan on 'D' day. He survived two plane crashes during the war and is … a good place to raise children, so my father decided to immigrate to Canada. We left Liverpool on July 3, 1954 on the Franconia and arrived … birthday. He is still in good health and lives in his own house, and I can't wait to show him his brick on the wall. We are very proud of him. …
  • Empress of Ireland - Painting the Mural
    … ready to feel what it was like maybe to have been on the ship. You can experience their last view as they’re sailing away. And then, as you go through the exhibit you can feel what it would have been like to be on the ship and … And then as you leave, you will have met some characters and then you can see again whether, you know they’re fate after you’ve gone through …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, … when we moved here in my mind was, for instance, that my daughter was coming to live with me, and we were again a big family like we were … to go along with this idea," but as I said, I never thought, “I'm not coming back home.” Joelle Buchanan, Jamaica: Yeah, I knew why she came, …
  • Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … and retain French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the Museum’s oral history collection, are from people in these communities. One of the fundamental questions emerging from an initial … Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities …