• Looking for Nepalese food and heavy metal? Try “Dartmouth’s Oldest Bar.”
    … and working in Newfoundland, the bar has undergone big changes and somehow also remained much the same. “The colours were different. There … serves – is quite different. Now, the tavern serves lunch and dinner, offers a family-friendly atmosphere , and attracts customers by … to start offering dishes from home. And yet, when asked who tends to order the Nepalese food off the menu, Hari says, “ Most of them are …
  • Looking for Nepalese food and heavy metal? Try “Dartmouth’s Oldest Bar.”
    … and working in Newfoundland, the bar has undergone big changes and somehow also remained much the same. “The colours were different. There … serves – is quite different. Now, the tavern serves lunch and dinner, offers a family-friendly atmosphere , and attracts customers by … to start offering dishes from home. And yet, when asked who tends to order the Nepalese food off the menu, Hari says, “ Most of them are …
  • Why Do I Move to Canada? by Bill
    … day when my father came back from Canada, he said: “Oh~ Canada is a good place, I love there. Maybe we can think about to immigrant to there?” My mom knew nothing about Canada, so at first my mom was disagree with it, so then they talk about this … the other hand: I came to Canada in order to realize my dream. I was become closer to my dream: to be a singer. When I was grade 6, I take …
  • The Ilgvaris Vilumsons Family
    … Maruta, was born. These camps were in the English sector and we were well treated, even schooling was provided. The food was sparse and the … our diet by scrounging from the local farmers. Sometimes it was without the consent of the farmers, but hunger is a powerful incentive. My aunt had immigrated to Canada and was living in Red Lake, Ontario and she …
  • Fortunato Rao
    … 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 Canada in 1952 and settled in Toronto, where I worked three jobs in order to provide for my family in Italy and my new family in Canada. I … rights. In 2002, I published a book “The Lucky Immigrant” which is online. I am grateful for the opportunities this country has given me …
  • My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · My Father’s Music Time 0:03:48 Transcript …
  • Thomas J. Duiverman
    … in Halifax at Pier 21, we were sorted like cattle at a market and had to stand in long lines to pass different officials. I had a big disagreement with one of them when I asked if I could go to my cousins in Woodstock, Ontario as they were expecting me. He got mad as hell, banging his fist on the desk and insisted that I go to …
  • Call Your Grandparents
    … about working in the Scotiabank Family History Centre (SHFC) at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is that every interaction is … ask their family members about their lives and stories when they had the chance. Too often we take our loved ones for granted, or forget that …
  • D.F. van Laren
    … Groote Beer Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of her father’s car for the trip to Rotterdam and Dad, Mother and my sister came along for the waving out ceremony. The final goodbyes had to be said in the departure hall … was really not possible. At 4:00pm the ms Groote Beer cast off and we were underway. First stop was Le Havre where we arrived the …
  • Leonard K. Read
    … bright, handsome it didn't hurt either. The four young men who stepped off the Scythia on March 29, 1953 were all of these things and more. … David and Michael, came from the same village in England. They set out together looking for adventure and the opportunities that Canada … the Scythia they met a kindred spirit in Leonard Read. All four men had completed their National Service and were ready for the next stage …