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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 4, 2020) Origins: From a … became a widely-used metaphor for cultural pluralism in modern Canada, the use of such terms to describe Canadian diversity can be traced back … Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972 …
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… In 2024, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (CMIP) collaborated with Qissa , a Toronto-based non-profit organization that … project participants, talked about seeing the early rumblings of an economic recession, experienced by a drop in the number of passengers , … I believe they are not even issuing licenses.” [2] In many ways, this comment by Yalgar, captures the essence of what inspired Qissa to …
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… for Canada. CANADA? The name Canada meant absolutely nothing to me; it might as well have been Mars or Jupiter. I had no knowledge of … A true adventure was about to unfold. Our family consisted of my older brother Dante, his wife Giuseppina, sons Marcello and Walter, … married Frank Greenwood and together raised three children; Loretta, John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream …
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… had chosen this day to do their first big grocery shopping trip. They planned a dive into the Canadian food experience and were on the hunt … It began with an eight-minute walk through a park, along the Dartmouth Commons, to the bus terminal. Both Saïd and Ghita had seen snow before, … I look at her and say, ‘What happened?’ And she was shocked and very concerned. I said, ‘What? What?!’ And she told me, ‘I do not feel my …
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… had chosen this day to do their first big grocery shopping trip. They planned a dive into the Canadian food experience and were on the hunt … It began with an eight-minute walk through a park, along the Dartmouth Commons, to the bus terminal. Both Saïd and Ghita had seen snow before, … I look at her and say, ‘What happened?’ And she was shocked and very concerned. I said, ‘What? What?!’ And she told me, ‘I do not feel my …
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… was the second youngest in a family of three brothers and one sister. My oldest brother, David, went to New York in 1914, my second brother … By 1924 my father had died of tuberculosis leaving only my mother, Leah Bogen Brill, and me in Russia. The only family we had left in …
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… Naples where we were to start a new voyage and adventure to our new home somewhere over the big sea. Zio Mimi would have been the most … in the distance because it was New Year's Eve. With tears in her eyes, my mother took my sister and I on the ship and someone led us to our … How could my mother do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since 1956. For 10 days this …
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… Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The Museum’s Collection Policy … management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of this Collection, the Museum holds this …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 16, 2020) Introduction After the Second World War, a growing population and an economy devastated by … individuals, or 37 percent of the movement, chose to resettle in Canada. [1] The Netherlands experienced a surplus of farmers after the …
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… As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and malaria, made me want to help. In 2000, I started an organization called … in schools, communities and universities to address issues are concerning the youth. This project lead me to become a youth activist. …