• Anyone Could Be a Refugee; No One Chooses To Be a Refugee
    … When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... … challenges. The most important challenge, and certainly one that we can relate to, is fear. Growing up in Burundi during the civil war, …
  • A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … before its opening 25 years ago. Museum staff had noticed something strange in the Pier 21 exhibition - a discrepancy in dates. In a display case, amongst a collection of luggage brought by people immigrating to Canada through the Halifax seaport, was an old suitcase with the name … A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    … Rebecca Teitelbaum's recipe book contains 110 pages of recipes collected in a concentration camp. (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre … eat make share: a taste of immigration ends its run at the Museum in January, before travelling to locations across Canada over the next …
  • Perfectly Delicious
    … ka’ak al-Quds, the first recipe created by the Museum’s Perfect Pairings program. Photo by Lumi Studios. Have you noticed that we at the … food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, we’re cooking up a new exhibition about food called eat make share: a taste of … , which opens May 10. Secondly, food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, …
  • Helle, Tiia ja Jaak Rakfeldt
    … Country of Origin: Sweden Ship Name: Aquitania Date of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our … of different nationalities thus separated from our families and locked in. Some men took it very hard and when the steam started to leak from …
  • Ilmar ja Miralda Rakfeldt
    … Country of Origin: Sweden Ship Name: Aquitania Date of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our … Jaak Rakfeldt began on November 14, 1949 from Stockholm to Goteborg, Sweden from there to London, England where we arrived on November 14, 1949 and departed from Southampton November …
  • Giovanni John Fabiano
    … Age on Arrival: 6 and 12 Emilia Pecchia I was almost 7 years old when we embarked on our journey to our promised land called Canada in 1959. … However, my parents never let trials and tribulations stand in their way, and through hard work, determination and perseverance, gave my …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things to do. And, because the week is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: …
  • Perfectly Delicious
    … ka’ak al-Quds, the first recipe created by the Museum’s Perfect Pairings program. Photo by Lumi Studios. Have you noticed that we at the … food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, we’re cooking up a new exhibition about food called eat make share: a taste of … , which opens May 10. Secondly, food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, …
  • Theodore and Maria Jacobs
    … to Agricultural College for three days a week (a 20 km bike ride one way) – both of which would prove useful in the years to come. After the … public and other emigrants. Theo especially remembers the golden rule: “In Canada, they don’t like to argue much, so don’t talk about politics …