• Museum Hits the Right Note for Pier 21 Club Member
    … It may not come as a surprise for many that the head of the National Arts Centre … of music were less than ideal, it helped steer him down a path to become one of this country’s best known champion of the arts. In 1947, with their sons Peter and …
  • My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · My Father’s Music Time 0:03:48 Transcript …
  • Volunteers at the Pier
    … day. This is the story of a connected chain of volunteers who have served at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and its home, Pier … recalls, “[Ruth] said, ‘I’ve got a job for you! As a matter of fact I have two jobs!’ We asked what it was and she said ‘I haven’t figured that out yet!” The friends’ first job would be to …
  • Margaret Van Toen
    … MRS. GOLDBLOOM Now, let's head over to the Resource Centre where you can look up more information about your own family's trip. There are … cups, and a plate of Arrowroot biscuits. The Red Cross Volunteer stops beside a young, smartly dressed English woman who is sitting on the … gloves resting on the bench beside her. RED CROSS VOLUNTEER Since you have to wait so long, and it is quite damp out today, this should help. …
  • Charles and Emily Haigh
    … born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. Charles Haigh departed from … ride to arrive in Regina, Saskatchewan 97 years ago, and in winter, I have a renewed admiration for my grandfather, whom I never knew. I have … Charles and Emily Haigh …
  • Philip, Alice, Sydney, George
    … born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. Charles Haigh departed from … ride to arrive in Regina, Saskatchewan 97 years ago, and in winter, I have a renewed admiration for my grandfather, whom I never knew. I have …
  • Private Wilfred Raymond Webb
    … did, on June 23, 1944. When the happy day came, our parents had only four days leave to get up to Aberdeen, get married, and then back to … to fight in Normandy, Germany, and Holland. You could say this was the best and worst time of his life. He had just gotten married, but then … stuff to this day. It didn't take long after arriving to find out how enormous Canada was, and that she still had another few days on a …
  • Pte E. Elizabeth Knowles Webb
    … did, on June 23, 1944. When the happy day came, our parents had only four days leave to get up to Aberdeen, get married, and then back to … to fight in Normandy, Germany, and Holland. You could say this was the best and worst time of his life. He had just gotten married, but then … stuff to this day. It didn't take long after arriving to find out how enormous Canada was, and that she still had another few days on a …
  • Digital Preservation in the Collection
    … Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … present, while also remaining accessible for future generations. We have all experienced the frustration of a digital file becoming corrupt … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. …
  • Hazel L. West
    … OF A WAR BRIDE – a ‘blind date’ in World War II I was not the least bit interested when a friend I worked with asked me to go on a “blind date” with a Canadian who was in London, England on leave. He had met with another Canadian pilot and did not have a date. I protested because that kind of dating was not only …