-
… “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 … like a superscript—an oversight by the painter that had to be squeezed in? The lower part of the door has vertical slats inset into the body …
-
… The Immigration Story of Tullio Idilio Callegari (Italian Immigrant) In 1954, shortly after my 22nd birthday, my father, Gio Batta, passed … leave my home and my country because there was a lack of work. There were other men in my home town who were leaving to go to Canada and …
-
… uncle took the journey to the New World leaving his wife and two sons behind in 1949. He found a job and after a couple of years, he was able … for. With my respect and gratitude, I had a plaque installed on Sobey Wall of Honor at the Museum in Halifax, NS in memory of their … These relatives never returned to Ibla, as many did from my family because the great country, Canada made their souls happy as did their …
-
by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Canada is home to the fourth-largest Irish diaspora in the world . [1] According to the 2021 Canadian Census, 4,413,120 Canadians claimed full or partial Irish ethnicity. Within this population, 3,819,255 Canadians reported multiple origins, while 593,865 …
-
… Time 00:20:51 Words on screen: Annual Public Meeting 2023 Transcript Promotional Video We came from Ecuador with a bag … and why. We used visitor surveys, audience analysis and local perception studies. The results of these studies are already influencing how … Annual Public Meeting 2024 …
-
… Edna Forbes and Franklin Alexander Monroe. Residing at 100 Harmer Avenue, Ottawa, he graduated from Glebe Collegiate in 1939. An … them for the remainder of the war. While in Ajax, he met his wife to be, Jessie Bernice (Bunny) Wight and they were married August 7, 1943. … police officers, rounded up a suitable truck to transport them in, and drove downtown. Working until late at night, the men deposited …
-
by Lindsay Van Dyk, Former Junior Researcher (Updated November 19, 2020) Introduction: The Arrival of Black Refugees Related to the War of 1812 Nova Scotia has been home to people of African descent for over 300 years. Some individuals came as slaves in the service of white masters, but many others …
-
by Western University's MA Public History Program Students Fugitive or Free? Prior to 1850, fugitive slaves who escaped from the southern United States to the northern states were considered to be free. However, after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, the northern states were no longer …
-
… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Over the last several decades, Canada has become … in Canada In early New France, women and men used domestic work as a way to migrate into the colony. Historian Marilyn Barber notes that by … Recruiting Domestic Workers and Live-In Caregivers in Canada …
-
… Canadian officials to broaden immigration for the sake of settling the West, but it is absolutely not about enlarging the idea of desirable … also severe cuts in spending as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as well as the signature of Treaty 8. Sifton’s preoccupation with agricultural settlement in Western Canada is well-known, and his direct authority to create the …