• Ezers Guntis
    … when our families immigrated to Canada, we were interested to learn more. The Tourist Information office directed us to the Immigration … relief organizations. We lived in displaced persons camps and eventually were allowed, if we qualified, to emigrate. Our parents chose …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … Time: 15:47 Transcript I go by Charisma Grace, but my official name is Genieve Walker. My full name is Olena Stepanova. My name is Joelle Buchanan. My name is Kateryna Stepanova. Omaira Eva Ospino … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … register to reserve your place Access to the exhibitions Personalized family research services Workshop Schedule Monday March 11 12 PM … you need to do is laugh and move your body (while working off the tortellini you just ate!) Eat, Cook, Learn From Monday-Friday of March …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … register to reserve your place Access to the exhibitions Personalized family research services Workshop Schedule Monday March 11 12 PM … you need to do is laugh and move your body (while working off the tortellini you just ate!) Eat, Cook, Learn From Monday-Friday of March …
  • Antonio Romanello
    … and Pierina, born the 12th of June 1948. As was the case with almost all of the countries of continental Europe during and after the Second … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for …
  • Elvira Romanello
    … and Pierina, born the 12th of June 1948. As was the case with almost all of the countries of continental Europe during and after the Second … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for …
  • Luigi Antonio Pagano
    … who had immigrated to Canada in 1958. We came from Italy, from a small town called San Pietro Infine, in the Region of Campania. We came … me on the deck of the ship. From Naples we went to Sicily to pick up more passengers and I also remember stopping off in Gibraltar and … cabin alone. Our cabin was below water level and away from the outer hull of the ship, so we had no window to look out of. Being used to …
  • Annette Brunton
    … It must have been a mammoth job for some Department and yet it all came off so very well. Ever since George and I got married in … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to … to be told that it still would be quite some time before my turn would come. So when I received a telegram from that Canadian Wives Bureau on …
  • Basket Weaving and Being Welcomed in Mi’kmaki
    … “I don't consider myself a basket maker” An interview with artist-in-residence Virick … Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When … baskets on my own till I was like 17, 18, living in Maine. There was really limited income, living in Maine. All you had was either work for …
  • Basket Weaving and Being Welcomed in Mi’kmaki
    … “I don't consider myself a basket maker” An interview with artist-in-residence Virick … Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When … baskets on my own till I was like 17, 18, living in Maine. There was really limited income, living in Maine. All you had was either work for …