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… My name is Fortunato Rao. I was born in 1931 San Giorgio Morgeto, Reggio … siblings. The conditions motivated me to set sail on the Saturnia for Canada, in search of “pane e lavoro” (bread and work). I arrived in …
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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. …
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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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… Emigrating To Canada September 1956 The photograph below was taken in front of our doorway at 473 … to shortest, we are Ben, Rina, Fred, Nettie (Jeannette) and Joop (John) Lindeijer. I personally had no idea where we were going. I had … knew we'd be leaving for Canada for good. I knew nothing about Canada. My Dad was the only one who knew how to speak English. He could speak …
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… I don’t know what to do. I have no projects, no deadlines, no place to go. I need to do something with mindfulness, but my mind feels … I had to hide my feelings, my heart felt frozen. Just a few months later, I retired. Now there was too much time to reflect. I go back and … had gone, my parents joined me in Canada. Because we lived in the same condo our doors were open to each other all the time. I was privileged …
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… Angela Bianchini nee Toneguzzo On June 23, 1958, my mother, Angela (Toneguzzo) Bianchini boarded the Queen Frederica in Genoa, Italy to join her husband in Canada. Not knowing when she would see them again, …
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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 … to do this by building five trunks based on the experiences of some of my favourite people. These trunks are for and about children, and will … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of …
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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! … over their competitors. Passengers making a transatlantic crossing in May 1945 aboard SS Duchess of Bedford (operated by Canadian Pacific …
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… The Museum makes every effort to ensure that it has appropriate rights … cases where the rights are unclear, we archive but do not provide public access to the work. For questions or comments, or to provide … contact the Museum’s Collection Manager collections@pier21.ca or Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road Halifax, …