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  • A Reflection on Curating Perfect Landings
    … the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Halifax, to draw some of the guests interested in the event to the Museum, and to … on ice in the Public Gardens. More recently, I think it is fair to say that the city has both surprised and delighted itself with the … the city. (Aside: one of the builders featured in Perfect Landings is Joe Geisler, a German immigrant who arrived in 1927. He received the …
  • Behind the Story by Kathy
    … me about being in bed in the middle of the night and hearing bombs go off, and how they had to flee their homes, and how they barely escaped … to life. And walking through the streets, I thought about how it was so cool that I was really there. In my last week of high school, I was … mind wondering what it could be about. I wasn’t sure if the call was good or bad. When I answered the phone I found out that I would be the …
  • Operation Parasol: Urgent need, swift action
    … marks the 25th anniversary of the resettlement and repatriation of Kosovar refugees. Approximately 7,000 Kosovar refugees fled the former … into Canadian society. It will also include a set up of a military cot used at the bases to quickly settle the refugees. “We came here … the airplane. Here is so nice. The people is really nice. It’s very good people, very good place. But home is home.” Nita quoted in …
  • George and Geoffrey B.S. Johnston
    … I gave the matter much thought and tried to persuade my best friend to come with me. His parents would not agree to let him go, so it was off to Canada by myself. I left my home town of Kirkcaldy, Fife on … George and Geoffrey B.S. Johnston …
  • Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags
    … winter and found it hard to breath the cold air. I had to teach myself how to inhale short breaths to be able to take in the cold! Share Your … Canada about a year ago and our first impression of the Canadians was how friendly and welcoming they treated us! Canada is such a great …
  • Cristoforo Colombo by Bruno
    … below. She holds her hankie to her face. We are too far apart to talk. So we just look at each other from behind crying eyes. Nonna is not coming with us … I feel sad … but in two weeks … I’ll see papà again … … Now I understand why Cristoforo Colombo kissed the ground when he got off the Santa Maria, in 1492. He was seasick too! It’s been 50 years …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … Time: 15:47 Transcript I go by Charisma Grace, but my official name is Genieve Walker. My full name is Olena Stepanova. My … My name is Kateryna Stepanova. Omaira Eva Ospino Cárdenas. Yuminary Bryson. I normally go by Yumi. I was born in U.S.S.R., so Soviet Union. I … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, …
  • A Look Back by Jenny
    … It was 2:00 a.m. Our family was rudely awakened by two Russian soldiers armed with rifles and were told to pack a few things, and we … were deplorable. If someone died, the soldiers would throw the bodies off the train. I had a choice-- school or prison. Of course, I chose … My uncle was in the Soo since after WWI. He made the papers for us to come to Canada. We said our good-byes and sailed to Canada in the hopes …
  • Odi, Maria, Eliana, Fiorenza
    … Canada and our new life. We were coming to join my father, Odi, who had arrived 2 years earlier to start a new life here. The Italy of the … and the rest of the family couldn’t face seeing us leave and opted to say good bye at their house. We all knew that it was very likely that we wouldn’t see some of our family members ever again. I never did see my beloved grandfather after our departure. He …
  • New Year, Canadian Beer
    … us to Canada. The best ambassadors this country could ever have had. Mother still has those rosaries. Mother does not recall all that much about Pier 21 itself. Too much excitement for one day. Next we boarded … stamped 'Canadian National Railways' January 1, 1956. New Year's Eve had come and gone. It was very, very, cold and my father thought that …

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