• Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … we were served turkey, vegetables, sweet and ice cream. The next day we had soup, Pork and stuffing, apple sauce, a sweet and ice cream … of sweets every four weeks. This was quite a treat after nine years of food rationing for Edna and five and a half of those years of Air Force … would have liked more but after paying 40 pounds each boat fare and 26 pounds each train fare, we had very little money to spare for …
  • 1968: Pier 21 and the Prague Spring Refugees
    … Czechoslovak leaders that if their reforms continued, they would come with grave consequences. Moscow demanded that the Communist Party … the 1960s Many of the Prague Spring refugees, who had applied to come to Canada at Canadian embassies across Europe, arrived by … horizon. There were ramblings in Moscow that the Soviets are ready to come to ‘help’ us to make sure that we follow the ‘right way’ of …
  • Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje
    … camps. With his team all captured or killed, Arie, with a broken foot, was able to crawl under the fence after 4 days inside, where he … Arie could have been well on his way to a lucrative law career. A bona fide war hero with a top flight degree in International Law could have made a killing …
  • Lina Douwsma
    … what seemed to me to be a huge ship, the Zuiderkruis. The first few days on board were a lot of fun! We ran up and down the stairs, played … We were amazed to see the tables laden with all kinds of delicious foods, especially fruit like oranges and bananas. In the years after … see a movie in the theatre on the ship and on Sunday, we had a church service there as well. However, as we processed further into the …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … hall which was covered by sparred boards covering years of filth. The food given to the detainees was also deplorable, where one of the men … that each detainee was entitled to a clean bed and properly cooked food, many immigrants found that their surroundings were not congenial. As a result, the department noted its need “to call in some independent witnesses” in light of the public …
  • Douwe and Hinke Neef and Family
    … who was seasick most of the trip was Maria. The three girls spent most days in the children's play room and Hans spent his days roaming the ship or in the kitchen. The kitchen was full of excellent food and delicacies they had not seen in the Netherlands - oranges, ice … 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 …
  • Ron Baylis
    … Type: Immigrant Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 26, 1964 I arrived at pier21 on March 26 1964 and took the train to Toronto where I was met by my aunt who … during the next 10 years and joined tennis and badminton clubs. One day I was invited to go on a moonlight hike on the Bruce Trail which is …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    … a camp where everyone had been pulled out of their homes and thousands died of starvation, collecting familiar recipes conjured and preserved memories of the past and nourished hope for the future . The recipes are written two to a page and cover 110 pages. The … what eat make share has to offer. The exhibition closes January 18, 2026.   …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    … a camp where everyone had been pulled out of their homes and thousands died of starvation, collecting familiar recipes conjured and preserved memories of the past and nourished hope for the future . The recipes are written two to a page and cover 110 pages. The … what eat make share has to offer. The exhibition closes January 18, 2026.   …