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… 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 … the new exhibition A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada. The exhibition was created with guest curator by Dr. Afua …
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… 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 … the new exhibition A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada. The exhibition was created with guest curator by Dr. Afua …
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… Mills Category: War Bride Arrival Date: May 25, 1945 Country of Origin: England By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s …
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… After thirteen days at sea, we finally arrived in Halifax, Canada; myself, my mother, my … my 13th birthday and to me 13 is always and remains my favourite number. It's been a good luck number for me and always will be. When we …
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Filippo was born in central Italy in 1933 in a little village about 120 km from Rome. His parents are Luigi and Adelina. There were 10 children in his family. Filippo says that life was not that great and there was a lot of poverty. A lot of people left to go to other places that looked promising. …
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… Animated by Grace An Music by Sigmund Washington Thy Anne Chu Quang is from Vietnam and now lives in Montreal. She's a project coordinator for the Naskapi Nation of … Thy Anne Chu Quang …
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… “Thank you for your sacrifice. We live in the best country in the world because you fought to keep it this way.” Denis Pilon Remember Their Sacrifice and Contribution Nearly …
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November 12, 2022 - January 22, 2023 Credit: Dawn Livera & Adrienne Neufeld (textile artists), Doaa Jamal (graphic artist), Find What You Need, woven cotton warp and Canadian wool weft with supplemental yarn from around the world. Weaving Cultural Identities uses traditional weaving as a …
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… shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two years in several refugee camps in Yugoslavia and … it sailed out of Napoli harbour. The voyage was very rough most of the way and we were glad when we finally reached Halifax. The weather was …
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… by Michele Gervais, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Time 0:01:13 … communication within the steamships that brought immigrants to Canada were voice tubes, or voice pipes, as this example seen display salvaged … to connect the Bridge (located here) to the Engine Room (located way over there). The voice tubes would have been used crucially during …