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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 1, 2020) Introduction … multilayered than many individuals realize. The discipline of history can be viewed as a complex interplay between continuity and change. … when continuity is present. In our 2012 temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes , the case study of the …
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… Abandoned well, Lawlor's Island, September 2011. Credit: Photo by Steven Schwinghamer … for the other islands, and no joy for this one? Well, Lawlor’s has a complex history. It was the quarantine facility for Halifax in the … the mid-1930s . It was also a venereal disease hospital during the Second World War. Perhaps a kind of stigma attached to the place based on …
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… Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … Hague for check ups and shots. Our last week in Holland was spent at my parent's house with all the kids sleeping on the floor. On the … incidents a daycare was finally opened. Of course there was illness to deal with also. One of our daughters had to be put in the ship's …
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… Families September 26, 1956 – Skaubryn Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … Hague for check ups and shots. Our last week in Holland was spent at my parent’s house with all the kids sleeping on the floor. On the …
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… from motion sickness, Stephen was befriended by a cook who helped him deal with his nausea by feeding him citrus fruit. Arriving in Halifax … and health status were verified, Stephen was given $12.00 cash and wished well in his new country. He boarded a train for Montreal, and …
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… It's a warm summer's night at the Cottage, and as we sit by the fire, Giovanni Maieron shares with us his story of how he came to live in Canada. He relates his tale with pride and an unexpected softness from … and building tunnels and bridges. Subsequently another team would lay down the train tracks which apparently were used for the purpose of …
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… with little or no formal education and little experience with cities. My students would take turns introducing me to their favourite … I explored ethnic neighbourhoods, and discovered the kinds of barriers my students were facing, including discrimination in employment and … and advocate for fair treatment for immigrants. I knew I had found my new life. I’ve stayed involved in immigrant support work ever since. …
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… "Kay: A Story 85 Years in the Making" I always wondered what would be the one word to best describe my mother. It was a challenge to put it mildly, but the only one that … about her personality, cooking and even her golf game was her own. (The sentiment is sincere. I'm seriously not bucking for a "daughter of …
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… Time 0:02:50 Transcript After finishing my thesis and the last exams to … I lost interest in things that would normally never fail to make me happy. I needed out. I chose Iceland for its remoteness, for a … to you, like a mirror of your soul. Their behaviour would always tell me where I was standing emotional-wise, if I was moving the right way. …
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… Leaving Uganda: “My Whole Life in 1972” - Umeeda Switlo …