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… Hein Lies Mia Cisca Willem vd Maden …
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… We had the great pleasure of hosting award winning playwright & dramaturge Santiago Guzmán as our over the winter … to develop his play Long-Distance-Short (working title). On March 26, 2025 a local audience was treated to a participatory … Artist-in-Residence Winter 2024 – Santiago Guzmán …
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… “I know this door”, the thought was almost overwhelming. Somehow I has been mentally catapulted back in time almost 47 years and my brain kept repeating: “I know this door. It belongs here, almost in … somewhat dumbstruck, in the lower level of Pier 21, the site of the Canadian Museum of Immigration and was going through a temporary …
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… In a statement to the House of Commons on 8 October 1971, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy. Multiculturalism was intended to preserve the cultural freedom of all individuals and …
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… For some time I have wanted to document the story of our arrival in Canada. I believe it is important for our children to have a starting point on their roots in Canada. My name is Giovanna D’Agnolo (nee Iannetta) and I was born on December … Rosina, Domenico, Giovanna …
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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my … over 30 years working in Canada and returned home very few years to visit. He retired to Italy just the year before we left. He helped us … Michael Supino …
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… My Journey started 7th July 1952 in West Berlin (US Sector). I left Berlin by Bus with approximately 50 … later to Pier 21 where we all boarded the CNR train at the present time, one of those passenger cars still stands outside Pier 21. The CNR …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction Welcome to my first blog here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21! I’d like to share a bit of our collection with you today. After searching for interesting historical tidbits, I came …
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… HISTORY of a JOURNEY I was actually born on December 31st, 1953, but my birth certificate reads January 1st, 1954, in Mendicino in the … for a better life for his family, my grandfather, Antonio Conte (my mother’s father), worked and travelled to various countries before …
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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my … over 30 years working in Canada and returned home very few years to visit. He retired to Italy just the year before we left. He helped us … The Francesco Supino Family …