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  • Kinship, Inclusion, and Exclusion in Canadian Immigration History
    … have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half-dozen children, is good quality.” [1] This quote from Sir Clifford … he might find one escaped murderer, three or four wasters and ne’er-do-wells, some very poor shop-keepers, artisans or laborers and there … great openness or welcome for those who sought to come to Canada. Why does Sifton later expand this description to include the wife and …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … came from. But instead, they went right to the dock. On the following day, June 16, 1942, Jack departed from Pier 21 in Halifax to Glasgow on … the Straits of Messina, landing at Reggio Calabria, the most southern point on the mainland of Italy. It was “very slow fighting,” as they …
  • Workers from the Philippines in Western PEI
    … year, she transferred to the food handling division of the plant. Her day shifts were usually from 6am until 4:30pm. She worked brining, … to obtain permanent employment in a mussel plant —35 hours a week, Monday to Friday. The employer also provided an apartment close to the plant. Ruby …
  • Windsor Foundation Classroom
    … The Windsor Foundation Classroom features a projector, sound equipment, and natural … Podium and microphone Natural light Facility security services and standard cleaning before and after event Capacity: Theatre style (up to 80 … Windsor Foundation Classroom …
  • Do Everything in Love 1 Corinthians 16:14 by Fred
    … sickness it was, I experienced so much pain, I was confused what to do because we had no one to look after us. Getting medication, finding … with my family. We continued with music, singing in different events, doing many different performances and concerts. It also helped me to improve my English a lot. But in doing music, many times I felt still it was not enough for me. When I …
  • Veke,Toini,Raili
    … THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re … let me bring Vurre, my lamb’s wool dog, because it’s so old that it’s worn shiny in places. She said "I can get a new one in Canada. So I … to go to Canada by himself and that his family was supposed to come later, after he had got himself established. But Isi and Äiti told …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 2
    … became grain export. However, the site continued to be a major point of entry for immigrants to Canada. On 28 May 1921, Toronto's … formed, and travellers passed single-file before medical doctors appointed by the federal Medical Health Department. It was at this point that travellers were medically examined a second time. Once …
  • We Never Talk About Hope - Bwe Doh Soe
    … routine that you never, uh, yeah. Oral History 13.11.23BDS with Bwe Doh Soe Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Return to Refugee … We Never Talk About Hope - Bwe Doh Soe …
  • The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon
    … wealthy American ladies, Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, who had come to Dawson City not to make their fortune, but to experience … of hopeful adventurers rushed to these remote corners of the Empire. Due to the close proximity of the United States, many of these people … their impact on Aboriginal peoples all shaped the region for years to come. The excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush attracted a wide variety …
  • From “Gutter Children” to Home Children: child migrants in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Immigration
    … workers from rural areas in search of employment. Population growth accompanied this, with London, already a city of one million in 1800, … recalled that ‘I stood up, I was impulsive and always pushing ahead,’ [26] whilst Robert Clapham and his peers, ‘when we got the chance to go … in Britain, 1861-1971: patterns and hypotheses,’ Population Studies , 45:1 (1991), 57. ↩ The Times , 27 April 1874. ↩ Peter Kirby, ‘A …

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