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  • “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story
    … “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story …
  • “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story
    … Bill One day, a letter simply addressed to “Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia,” arrived on my desk. The first line read, “I don’t know if anyone is ever going to read this.” In his letter, Bill Pineo described … “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story …
  • Customs and Traditions: Holiday Edition!
    … In the Canadian Immigration Hall, we have a great interactive element where we ask visitors to share with … this activity is to get people to think about where these traditions come from and the intangible culture that immigrants bring with them …
  • We Never Talk About Hope - Bwe Doh Soe
    … Becoming a Refugee Time 1:00 Transcript To me, like, because we are living such —I think we have—we don’t even understand what is hope, you know. What is, like, hoping … We Never Talk About Hope - Bwe Doh Soe …
  • Middlemore Shillings
    … and find myself writing in the hopes that someone out there can help us with a question. Patricia wrote to me back in 2011 while … During our correspondence I mentioned that a visitor had let me scan what they called “a Middlemore shilling”. When Patricia learned … visitor to follow up with a story about her father and made a quick scan of the shilling but I didn’t ever get her name or have her sign a …
  • The Beginning of a Story Museum
    … by Carrie-Ann Smith, Vice President, Audience Engagement The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a story museum. We collect and share the personal narratives of immigrants to Canada. …
  • Vincenzo Caccioppoli
    … which was published in a local book about immigrants "In Search Of A Better Life..." What was he thinking of that day in the summer of 1951 as he stood motionless looking out over the … Gulf of Naples? With the warm and passionate rays of "O Sole Mio" guiding him up the ramp and onto the deck of the great ship," The …
  • How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter
    … It began with an eight-minute walk through a park, along the Dartmouth Commons, to the bus terminal. Both Saïd and Ghita had seen snow before, … And the tears dropped from her eyes. ” The Canadian Government’s website records that winds that day were northerly and gusted to 89 … for an essential piece of cold weather gear when he says, “Put a beanie on your head to not let the warmth of your body go from your head …
  • How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter
    … It began with an eight-minute walk through a park, along the Dartmouth Commons, to the bus terminal. Both Saïd and Ghita had seen snow before, … And the tears dropped from her eyes. ” The Canadian Government’s website records that winds that day were northerly and gusted to 89 … for an essential piece of cold weather gear when he says, “Put a beanie on your head to not let the warmth of your body go from your head …
  • “We Wanted to Come to Canada”: Pier 21 and the Arrival of Polish Orphans
    … 21, 2020) Forcible Displacement of Polish Nationals to Labour Camps in the Soviet Union In August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union … before reaching Iran. While ‘Anders’ Army’ eventually made its way to Palestine where it became the bulk of the Polish 2nd Corps, some … “We Wanted to Come to Canada”: Pier 21 and the Arrival of Polish Orphans …

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