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… the train made numerous stops and had long waits in nowhere. Every chance we had when the train stopped at a station, my travel … wife and I will be traveling across Canada some day, our plans are to visit Pier 21 in Halifax, NS. Surely it will bring back many memories …
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… I visited Halifax Nova Scotia on July 15, 2003 where I spent an interesting morning touring and researching my arrival to Canada on the ship - Vulcania. We docked in Halifax on an overcast day … the time by playing with his sister and other children, by regularly visiting the bar for an orange drink, with money he had found, probably …
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… men. The women and children were given the staterooms. Tullio would visit his father to get some relief from seasickness. The ship sailed …
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… end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … through Pier 21, often with their children and grandchildren, have visited and continue to visit. They come to retrace their steps as they …
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… When people ask me about my immigration story, the first picture that comes into my mind is the snowstorm. It was January 2010, my first trip … needed to get to Moncton to fly back to China. Frustrated, I paid $200 for the cab. When I arrived in Moncton, it was dark outside. The lights … I do appreciate all the things I learn from life in Canada. When I visit my parents in China, they can see I have changed, they never knew …
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… had arrived in Formosa. The following weekend Cor and Nico went to visit the Remkes family. The family soon moved to Carlsruhe and then to …
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… end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … through Pier 21, often with their children and grandchildren, have visited and continue to visit. They come to retrace their steps as they …
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… and friends. Re-imagining the Pier 21 exhibit has given us a chance to bring some of the chapters in the site’s history to life by … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [2013.1912.24] Ausma Levalds …
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… At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, we collect and tell the stories of immigrants who came to Canada and continue to come to Canada to make a new home for themselves. Some of these stories … Since coming to Canada, I returned home only once in December 2012 to visit my family. Things had changed after 5 years. I was afraid to take …
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… multilayered than many individuals realize. The discipline of history can be viewed as a complex interplay between continuity and change. … when continuity is present. In our 2012 temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes , the case study of the … between continuity and change. In researching Lebanese immigration to Canada, and in particular Halifax, previously published scholarly …