• Finn Sander
    … Soon it was March 11, 1953, a warm and bright spring day and also the day we steamed out of Copenhagen harbour bound for an … smaller, older (built in 1917), and creakier. But it was still a magnificent ship, and it did have character, I maintained, for it had served … city, and we enjoyed playing the part of tourists. The following day, we sailed north until we reached Norway's second largest port, …
  • Janos Maté
    … between Hungary and Austria. We became refugees. This was not an easy decision for our parents. Father was then 46 years old, and mother … the Czechoslovak Republic, whose birthday happened be on the very same day. Following the Munich Pact between British Prime Minister Neville … incidents resulting in fistfights. Being an adolescent is never easy. However, the normal challenges of adolescence are greatly …
  • “The Immigration Act a weapon”: Panama Maru and the Exclusion of Immigrants, 1913
    … passengers were promptly landed, and another seven followed after a day, based on their having established domicile in Canada before. [1] …
  • F/Lt Maurice R. Hennigar
    … is to the airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force and is what "in Flander's Fields" was to the Canadian Military in the First World War." … test of ups-downs and aerobatic maneuvers we were ready for a Service Flying School. A problem arose in that these schools had no space … most interesting, air raids, London theatre, cold, blackouts, food rationing, Brussel sprouts, dance halls, tube stations as …
  • Refugee: a Hero or Zero? by Sharmarke
    … soccer ball from socks and newspapers. I remember that I had to save coins and beg the bigger boys in the camp to take me to the cinema to … busy putting out the fires, the children were searching the ashes for coins. When the bulldozers came to shut down the refugee camp, I was …
  • 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.   …
  • F.C. Crosman
    … F.C. Crosman …
  • Trace Your Roots at the Scotiabank Family History Centre
    … we are currently able to access. We have access to records for all Canadian and most United States ports of arrival, as well as some … requested by the immigrants themselves, or can be requested by someone else provided the person has been deceased at least 20 years. We will … If your ancestor came to Canada between 1865 and 1935, it is best to come prepared with a full name, birth year and approximate period of …