• Michele e Concetta Fusillo
    … September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of Carpino, Foggia, Concetta Faiella immigrated to join her family in Niagara Falls, Canada on September 23, 1951, at the … labour laws. We thank our parents for their courage of love. We want to acknowledge and thank them for taking the risks they did to …
  • New school, new country, new challenges
    … Imagine going to a school in a new country where you don’t speak the language. Where the teaching methods and curriculum are different. Where you don’t know anybody. The Museum’s collection features lots of stories of people starting …
  • New school, new country, new challenges
    … Imagine going to a school in a new country where you don’t speak the language. Where the teaching methods and curriculum are different. Where you don’t know anybody. The Museum’s collection features lots of stories of people starting …
  • The Masecchia Family
    … The Trip It was on the 24th of September 1965, the day I turned 10 years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s … looking out at the water mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents …
  • Salmonberry Crisps
    … The salmonberry plant grows on the Pacific Northwest coast and has nourished and healed Indigenous communities living there for countless generations. This recipe for salmonberry crisps comes from land-based educator and poet 'Cúagilákv (Jess Housty), who …
  • The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885
    … (plus amendments: 1887, 1892, 1900, 1903) Following the recommendations published in the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration in 1885, the federal government passed a bill to restrict Chinese immigration to … The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885 …
  • Helle, Tiia ja Jaak Rakfeldt
    … Aquitania Date of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our journey to Canada, myself ( Arnold ja Heli ), Ilmar, and Miralda Rakfeldt and children, … the outside. The Russian GPU had tried but had been unable to corner me, and yet here I am.We were 20-30 men of different nationalities thus … in a gas chamber. They started to bang on the door and make a great deal of noise. I don't remember that anybody came to calm them. We, two …
  • Ilmar ja Miralda Rakfeldt
    … 14, 1949 from Stockholm to Goteborg, Sweden from there to London, England where we arrived on November 14, 1949 and departed from … that very same night to their new destinations. Our family had overcome and obstacle before we could continue our journey. Our passports did not mention any workplace or …
  • Bargenda Family
    … My name is Ursula Bargenda. I was born in Berlin, Germany in 1927. My … family life and the fact that he had to drive through the then Russian Zone, crossing the border from East to West, was very worrisome. These … of his trade and left Berlin in 1955 arriving in Quebec City on June 20th. He travelled to Toronto and stayed on a temporary basis with …
  • Len, Jane Streng
    … Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng (Len) … (Jane) (born 1911) Children: Len, Tony, Corrie, Mary, Beth, Jane, John, Jack Len and Jane Streng (Dad and Mom) came from Oudewater, … member during the war, Dad had many memories and disappointments to deal with in the years following the war. He felt Holland was still a …