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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
  • Maria Gouveia
    … Transcript I loved the airport—it might sound silly, to you. But coming from an island, a very small airport, when you see something … see too many cars and seeing all those cars it’s just—I can never forget. And it was night-time. Those lights and that go on the other … Toronto. She helped organize a trip for older Portuguese immigrants to visit Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and played an important part in …
  • Maria Disipio nee Stenta
    … - on my behalf. I married my husband Frank, before we had even met. He was living in Ottawa, Canada, having arrived here in 1950. He became … to Canada, I left Italy to start my new life. Our passage was on a ship called 'La Roma' of the Lauro flotilla, and I arrived in Halifax …
  • What is Canadian Food, Anyway?
    … is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
  • What is Canadian Food, Anyway?
    … is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
  • Velia Ida Bombino
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: SS Olympia Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: July 21, … family members, and friends. Accompanied by her father Michalle, she departed Grimaldi, Cosenza, Italy and traveled to the port city of …
  • Immigration Story by Dil Darjee
    … Nepal. In the camp, there was an organization who supply basic needs for the refugees. Life in the refugee camp wasn’t good. The environment … are two organizations set up, UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and IOM (International Organization for … Moncton around fifteen days. When I was in Moncton my family came to visit me and it was two years since I saw them and I was really happy …
  • Stronger by Pankaj
    … me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in … to our daughter that what happened to us in Uganda and the reason for immigrating to Canada. After meeting with the principal, nothing … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has …

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