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  • Bannock - Shane M. Chartrand and Jennifer Cockrall-King
    … detailed accounts of who makes the best! I always cringe when Elders come to the restaurant and order it — they are my harshest critics. … However, I’ve tweaked my formula over the years and have finally come up with what I think is the perfect single recipe — at least for … since it’s a food adopted from early European contact, and the ingredients include processed white flour and white sugar. We acknowledge …
  • Lieutenant Walter Melvin White
    … on July 2nd. I was not allowed to see my wife and daughter until four days after her birth. We were on special duty down at the Pier on the … just to get there. My bedding and supplies would be sent the following day. It was the spring of the year and the roads to Canso were … France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, even against Hitler's dreaded "SS" squad. You sometimes had to put your life at risk by coming up …
  • What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 9, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened a new exhibition on … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … a Canadian immigration official and admit, detain or deny entry to passengers. Visitors will choose between two historical case studies: the …
  • Entrenching Refugee Rights in Canada: The 1985 Singh Decision
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Up to the early 1980s, refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative …
  • The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885
    … growth in British Columbia created a demand for labour, and by the 1890s, Chinese immigrants were once again arriving in Canada by the …
  • Board of Trustees
    … Chairperson   Cynthia Price Verreault Montréal, Quebec Vice-Chairperson   Vivek Sood Halifax, …
  • Muriel Caroline Tobutt Robbins
    … was born December 4, 1920 at Hayes, Middlesex England. At age 21 she joined the Royal Signal Corps. She was sent to Leicestershire … taking messages from various calls. After Christmas l943 she moved to St. Leonards-Hastings and Battle Abbey and lived in a previous Convent …
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    … We are available Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can expect our team to get back to you within 2 business days. Museum …
  • Setting The Table: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities
    … Transcript Screen Text SETTING THE TABLE: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities Screen text with audio I was born in the … is lomo saltado, or stir-fried beef. It is a fusion between local ingredients, like the potato, and the method of sautéing beef first used by … places of origin, re-creating them in Canada as they added new ingredients to the mix—as well as new neighbours, new families, and new …
  • Signs of Agency in Refugee Narratives
    … people who experience war, violence or trauma – are also agents who can exert control in situations defined mostly by control being taken … about Czeslaw Tomaszewski’s wartime experiences and his decision to come to Canada; the courage of Lynda Dyck, also during the Second World … Switlo and her mother Lella Umedaly, who left Uganda in the early 1970s. All are based on their oral history interviews, which are held …

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