• Immigrant Voices: Diverse Reactions to the Transatlantic Voyage from Europe to Canada’s Shores
    … This collection includes first-hand accounts of what it was like to come to Canada including: travelling by ship, first impressions of Pier 21 and Halifax, and train travel across … caused by five years of war in Europe, Lieberman remembered that “for those of us who had experienced so much during the war, going …
  • A Taste of Something New: Adapting to Food in a New Country
    … relatable challenge is adapting to new and unfamiliar foods. In Canada, one is inevitably exposed to different food from around the … immigrants, getting used to different food in their new country can also be difficult and confusing. Sometimes immigrants settle in an area … city and it often has more selection than in Halifax. As it turned out she was able to buy it and send it to me, but it was very expensive and …
  • A Welcome Sign?
    Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the 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 …
  • Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … I began these reflections on November 11, 1997, Remembrance Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried along with four of his crew of Lancaster PA984 in the communal cemetery in the …
  • Flying Officer Daniel D. Platana
    … I began these reflections on November 11, 1997, Remembrance Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried along with four of his crew of Lancaster PA984 in the communal cemetery in the …
  • LACW Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … I began these reflections on November 11, 1997, Remembrance Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried along with four of his crew of Lancaster PA984 in the communal cemetery in the …
  • Frederick Stubbs
    … work in Canada. My father agreed to let my brother, Sidney, and me come to Canada with the hope that after a few years we would be able to buy a farm and the rest … I never saw my father again. Sidney and I came to Canada in 1929. The ship we came on, the Regina, White Star Dominion, left from Liverpool, …
  • Cesidio Mariani
    … on June 12, 1955 on the Queen Frederica. I followed my father, who had come to Canada in 1952 because of the poor economic conditions at home. The trip for me was very dramatic. The day that I boarded the ship on June 4, 1955, was a very sad one. My mother and one of my aunts … off the ship until departure time. However, when we tried to leave the ship, the officer on the ship would not let us go off, while the one on …
  • Nicolangelo Romano
    … obtained his American citizenship making Mary an American citizen when she was born in Italy. She had to arrive in the States before she turned 18 years of age or she would lose her citizenship, so she left her family as a teenager, travelling on the Cristoforo …
  • 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 … Pyjamas are welcome any day at the Museum but they are encouraged for that particular day. Visit the exhibitions, admission is free. There are two main …