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… things I recall, I guess because…there are certain freedoms that you can’t describe that…worries were taken off your shoulder.” And was Vita … one person’s quarantine sheet room divider is another person’s fort. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (02.10.20VS) …
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… hundred and forty thousand miles in England alone. I was in the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and I was on what they … you spent half and hour or so looking at it different things would come such as convoys, the train stations and so on. You would mark that … Arthur Wilson worked for Municipal Contractors for over 30 years. You can read his story in Dear Reader, page 25. He was one of the first …
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… Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for Renovations The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, will be … will allow for renovations to one of our permanent exhibitions – the Canadian Immigration Story. In April 2021, the Museum plans to re-open …
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… known as Jan Willem. I vividly recall boarding the S.S. Waterman. I can still see my mother standing between many people as I was thinking … of not knowing if we were doing the right thing in immigrating to Canada. My husband was a blacksmith by trade and had been working in … generation. Would this lost future opportunity to Jan Willem be significant? These things go through your mind at the time. On March 10,1954, …
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… the age of 29, Antonio left Wales in May, 1954. It was his hope that Canada would offer him the opportunity of re-uniting his family. He … long hours, yet he perservered. He was able to bring my mom & I to Canada by the fall of 1955. On November 11, 1955, my mother, … 24, 1955. My parents were blessed with 3 more children, all born in Canada. Sam, my brother, was born in 1956, Frances, my eldest sister, …
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… with my mother, brothers and sisters, always hoping to some day come to a free country. Coming out of war ravaged Europe, Canada was … our hunger. But my mother said, When we get to Canada (pronounced Kahn-aud-ah) we will be able to eat all we want. I owned a pair of …
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… get a job, her brother picked her up and drove to Detroit to apply to come to Canada. I admire the quality of independence in my mother. I feel as though I imitate her when it comes to doing the things I want to do in life. My mother still … my family live in the same city as I do. We’ve all worked together to come close and be there for each other. I think that there is a …
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Tell us about your customs and traditions: In the Canadian Immigration Hall at our Museum, the exhibition is divided into four important themes: journey, arrival, belonging and impact. My favorite place to take visitors is the impact section. Here, we tell the amazing story of the contributions …
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… was continuing to grow back home in Kampala, Uganda. Shortly after completing their education and returning home, they gathered their … open immigration offered by the Canadian government was like a warm welcoming mother’s embrace reassuring these refugees – “everything will be alright now” . Uganda has become a place that we don’t talk about; it’s a place that represents …