• My Last Ten Years as an Immigrant to Canada and Working at an Immigration Museum
    … At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, we collect and tell the stories of immigrants who came to Canada and continue to come to Canada to make a new home for themselves. Some of these stories … ground where I was born, yes one leaves everything … and will I ever see it again?” Yes, this quote encompasses my same concerns and …
  • Who is that giant bear?
    … Fenton poses with a family during the Museum’s Canada Day celebrations. Visitors to Canada Day and other special celebrations at … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story … part of his memoir, “Recollections of an Immigration Officer.” Researchers today use the memoir to study Canadian immigration history. You …
  • Who is that giant bear?
    … Fenton poses with a family during the Museum’s Canada Day celebrations. Visitors to Canada Day and other special celebrations at … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story … part of his memoir, “Recollections of an Immigration Officer.” Researchers today use the memoir to study Canadian immigration history. You …
  • 我的昨日拾光 In My Yesterday
    … May 13 to July 23, 2023 Chinese Head Tax Certificate issued to Lee Wing, 1916. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection, [R2021.48.6] Artwork, historical objects and documents reflect artist JJ Lee’s Chinese Maritime family’s immigration experience …
  • Stanley Sape Vander Meulen
    … Stanley Vander Meulen was born Sape Vander Muelen on 26 January 1933 in Driesum, a rural village in Friesland, a province of the Netherlands on the North Sea. Sape was the second youngest of ten children born to Jacob and … economic recession in post-war Western Europe produced another ‘push factor’ for him as it did for millions of others who made up the …
  • Fogolar Furlan Association of Halifax
    … et force dans nos mains, nous avons partagé notre culture et nos valeurs pour enrichir le tissu de notre nouveau pays, sans jamais oublier notre patrie, le Frioul. …
  • Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin
    … Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … Gallery Photograph of Bruce Bolin’s father, mother and brother, 1944. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2016.394.7] … Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin …
  • After Almost 60 Years Apart, a Family Finds Each Other
    … We get many research requests here at the Scotiabank Family History Centre and none more challenging … that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … Oliver Lewendon), tragically killed in Northern Greece 2 weeks after peace was declared in the area at the end of the First World War. His …
  • Bannock - Shane M. Chartrand and Jennifer Cockrall-King
    … starts a conversation. It usually involves a critique of other people’s bannock and detailed accounts of who makes the best! I always cringe when Elders come to the restaurant and order it — they are my harshest critics. … for the sugar and baking powder a bit unconventional (mixing tablespoons and teaspoons), but it’s the best way to ensure the correct …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, … the nearly new clothes and footwear donated by his village people. He set off by horse and wagon to the nearest train station. A few days …