• Karen and Canadian - Bwe Doh Soe
    … all those thing, you know. Oral History 13.11.23BDS with Bwe Doh Soe Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Return to Refugee … Karen and Canadian - Bwe Doh Soe …
  • David E. and Regina Hartman Family
    … am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate Russia and although she also had peasant Germans come, she also requested professional …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … World War. This image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop ship carrying soldiers back to Canada after World War II. A young Dave … it wasn’t long before his father’s love and knowledge of trains and ships was passed down to Dave. Between 1959 and 1972, Dave returned to the Pier to work for Newfoundland-Canada Steamships Limited, which later merged with F.K. Warren Limited. When Dave …
  • eat make share: a taste of immigration
    … May 10, 2025–January 18, 2026 Recipes eat make share Perfect Pairings Canada’s food is as diverse … shaped by over 400 years of immigration and relationships between newcomers and Indigenous Peoples. Food connects us to the past, to place, … histories behind popular Canadian dishes. Learn how individuals and communities express themselves through food and engage in diverse food …
  • A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada
    … Introduction: Origins of World Refugee Year In the spring of 1958, four young individuals affiliated with the Bow Group, a conservative … of the UN International Geophysical Year the previous year, the four individuals proposed a year dedicated to a united endeavour to … no. 15, Canadian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (Fourteenth Session), “Statement by Mrs. Alene Holt, Canadian …
  • 1999: Canada’s Resettlement and Repatriation of Kosovar Refugees
    … was then posted across the camp. Heads of families were requested to visit the Canadian tent with their documents to confirm whether they … had a warm feeling and happiness, I felt like a child again.” [21] On 26 May, the last evacuation flight arrived in Canada. Over 90 percent … Canadian Forces Logistics Association , 2019, https://www.cfla-alfc.org/stories/op-parasol/; Canadian Armed Forces and Kelsey Berg, …
  • Ariella Milanese
    … of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast Italy. She is the second child of four of Romolo Milanese and Anna Pasqualini. A month after Ariella was …
  • Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … Samaria . [2] That morning Levalds received a large reception in which she was greeted by Canadian officials in the immigration shed, while … “Canada’s 50,000th DP Starts New Life in New Home,” Globe and Mail , 26 February 1949, 17. Oral History with Ausma Levalds Rowberry, …
  • Research with Newcomer Children - Monica Valencia
    Life in Canada Time 3:36 Transcript Monica Valencia: And then after that, I did my Master’s because when I was studying journalism—when you’re a journalist, you have to pick a, like, a beat you want to do—I don’t know, crime or you want to do politics. And for me, I was interested in doing …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 2
    … the Port of Quebec. On the second floor of the hall, travellers were sorted into sections: first, returning Canadians, British arrivals or … of the Salvation Army, Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Association (YMCA and YWCA), and the Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, … chaplain station in the hall. Meanwhile, the Jewish Immigration Aid Society (JIAS) looked after the numerous Jewish immigrants. The ground …