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… His name was Wounter v.d. Kamp, later changed to Walter Vandekamp. He arrived in Halifax in March of 1928 on board the M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, the first ship to dock at Pier 21. He traveled to Vancouver and started working …
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… Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for … include upgrades to provide a more accessible experience for our visitors. During this closure period, administrative offices at 1099 … will continue to offer services online. The public is encouraged to visit www.pier21.ca and follow the Museum on Facebook, Twitter and …
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… siblings. The conditions motivated me to set sail on the Saturnia for Canada, in search of “pane e lavoro” (bread and work). I arrived in … was for worker’s rights. On the side, I was also the host of “Labour News” on Rogers Cable TV and also, on CHHA 1610 AM Radio in Toronto, which spanned 50 years of advocating …
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… How can I share my story? You can share your story in two ways. You can complete the online story form located here . You can also email …
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… works like a charm!). The next item on my list would be sandpaper . It can be used in a pinch as an emery board, to remove fuzzy pills on a … to hold the frame together until the end of the presentation when a visit to the repair shop can be made. When time is of the essence and “the show must go …
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… values. Since we lived in the church area in my childhood, we had many foreign visitors. I asked I can travel with them. I never got to go anywhere … As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and …
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… Domenico Franco came to Canada on the Vulcania in 1957. He was 24 years old at the time. He was coming to … 16 years old at the time, was also sailing on the Vulcania in 1957. She was travelling with her parents and coming to Canada to visit her older sisters and brother who were already here. They met for …
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… I am that they left their homeland to bring their family to Canada so that we could have a better life. This is my story: Together with my … of Vallelonga, Italy in April 1953. My father had immigrated to Canada four years earlier to begin working in order to save money to pay for … four hours, by car, to get to the city of Naples where we boarded the ship "Conte Biancamano". I will never forget the look on my mother's …
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… conference in Halifax. Since both of us had disembarked from ships in Halifax when our families immigrated to Canada, we were … Immigration Exhibition at Pier 21. Here we learned about the Pier 21 Society and their work to preserve the human history of immigrants who … by the ship's crew, in particular the large navel oranges. Our ship, General C H Muir, a Wartime troop transport of 10,000 tons, …
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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and …