• Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corp Canadian Army Serving in: Canada, United Kingdom, Central Mediterranean Area, and Continental …
  • The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part I
    … course, there were still some British people throughout the Empire who wished for British settlers to form an even larger percentage of all … There were no mattresses for the berths and no privacy if you wished to undress when going to bed. It was rather embarrassing the …
  • 1973: Canada’s Response to the Chilean Refugees
    … (Updated July 6, 2020) At that time…[there were]…no buses running, it was like a strike, all the transportation. So I remember…we were scared…we didn’t know what was going on, that it’s going to be…more like a coup—in those days I didn’t … was the time of long lineup[s] to buy anything…I remember…I went to visit my mom…it was September 11, 1973. Everything changed. Everything …
  • Recruiting Domestic Workers and Live-In Caregivers in Canada
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Over the last several decades, Canada has become increasingly dependent on foreign workers to meet its … Recruiting Domestic Workers and Live-In Caregivers in Canada …
  • A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Origins of World Refugee Year In the spring of 1958, four young individuals affiliated with the … of the triumph of the UN International Geophysical Year the previous year, the four individuals proposed a year dedicated to a united … A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 2
    … (Updated October 22, 2020) Immigration through the Port of Quebec during the 1920s In the 1920s, the Port of Quebec’s primary function became grain … continued to be a major point of entry for immigrants to Canada. On 28 May 1921, Toronto's Globe newspaper published an article entitled “The …
  • Mennonites and Canadian Accommodation
    … originally granted to the Mennonite settlers, and in that same year, Canada purchased Rupert’s Land and began seeking group settlers …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 1
    … as Kaniatarowanenneh , meaning “big waterway”) and the area later encompassing Quebec City (known in Algonquin as Kébec , meaning “where … $11,649.93. [6] A year later, representatives of the Allan Lines of Royal Mail Steamships complained that railway tracks at the immigration … Five Leading National Ports,” Urban History Review 10.3 (1982): 26. A sizable amount of literature exists on the Port of Quebec, see …
  • Warrant Officer Jack E. Mills
    … the sky looks so huge. That was the first impression I had of Canada, May 25th, 1945. I was 6th of 10 children; my father was a constructor, working for the Admiralty in England. I …
  • LACW Elsie F. Mills
    … Elsie Mills Author: Elsie Mills Category: War Bride Arrival Date: May 25, 1945 Country of Origin: England By Elsie Mills I stood at the … impression I had of Canada, May 25th, 1945. I was 6th of 10 children; my father was a constructor, working for the Admiralty in England. I …