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  • Heterosexism in Canadian Immigration Policy, 1952-1978
    … community, very advisedly: I am reminded that many of my friends would have experienced that term as abusive before it was reclaimed. I use … a statute as it could “cover persons who a psychiatrist would claim have homosexual tendencies but who may, even, be entirely unaware of it … [16] It is not clear that these offenses of themselves would have placed an immigrant in danger of deportation, but convictions for …
  • F/Lt Knowles E. Crosby
    … spars. They managed to kick the flaming material through the open bomb bay doors and the Crosby administered first aid to the badly wounded … pilot, the crew stepped out unhurt. Crosby attended Port Maitland high school, leaving to enter the lumbering business. In 1940 he was … a twin-engined Luftwaffe night fighter chose that moment to finish off the blazing aircraft and during the engagement, both the second …
  • Hendrik and Iefje Eyk
    … detail their departure, crossing the Atlantic, and eventual arrival in Canada to their first place of residence. These letters have been translated by their son, Willem (Written by Mother to her … Oma. And Aunt Ans, when are you coming to see us? If you still want to come you will have to be quick about it; otherwise the birds will have …
  • Max Margarete Hans Chris Schlechta
    … little traveling. If my father had been more patient, our lives would have been quite different. But he wasn't. He was very pessimistic about … war. Where to go? Australia was accepting immigrants, but it was too far away. It would take four weeks to get there, and would we ever be able to return home? The …
  • Janos Maté
    … Families 1956 From Stalin to Kellogg’s Cornflakes By: Janos Maté Had it not been for Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin my older brother Gabor and I may never have had the opportunity to crunch on Kellogg’s Cornflakes in our … that time. The immediate impetus to leave came from relatives in West Germany who phoned to say, "what are you waiting for?", but the …
  • Jack de Vries
    … million people live together in an area the size of Lake Erie, it is a bit crowded. Why did we choose Canada? We liked the Canadians for … we knew very little about Canada, except that it was a very big, far away, cold wintry country. We did get letters from my brother and … a picture in our minds. Just after the war there was little foreign news, television was in its infant stage. However, many Dutch people …
  • Refugee: a Hero or Zero? by Sharmarke
    Time 0:03:43 Transcript May 2012 was when I heard the news. I had to wrap up my last 10 years in 10 days. I was going moving again, but this time it was different. When I was 8 years old, my mother took me in the moonlight down to the harbour in Kismayo. She put me on a boat, knowing that many …
  • To Canada and Back Again: Immigration from the United States on the Underground Railroad (1840-1860)
    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 …
  • COVID-19: Staying Safe
    … to work with us to keep the Museum a safe space for yourself, for all visitors and for our staff. The Museum is closely following public … under 2 are exempt, as well as children 2 to 4 when their caregiver can't get them to wear a mask. People with a valid medical reason for … your group. Visitors should not enter the Museum if they feel unwell, have symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has symptoms of …
  • Canada’s Oppressed Minority Policy and the Resettlement of Ugandan Asians, 1972-1973
    … Canadian Officials Respond to the Expulsion of the Ugandan Asians The news of the expulsion of the Ugandan Asians was met with considerable … by the time you get anywhere near they say ‘Oh no, it’s closed now. Come tomorrow.’ So people were really, really completely … they start behaving like animals. [8] On 18 August 1972, the British High Commission appealed to Western countries for assistance in getting …

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