• Om Prakash Sharma
    … Bombay (Mumbai), now known as Bollywood, to try my luck. As in any big city, it was a very hectic lifestyle. I met many resourceful people, … my job as a teacher, still yearning for adventure. As William Feather said, "One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an … I could have imagined. I was filled with such anticipation for what lay ahead of me in the coming months. Travelling by bus to Pier 21 was …
  • Bruno V. Sinosic
    … adventure was about to unfold. Our family consisted of my older brother Dante, his wife Giuseppina, sons Marcello and Walter, my younger … in order to find her fortune in that immense country. Eventually , she married Frank Greenwood and together raised three children; … John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream come true) to visit them and acquaint myself with the rest of the …
  • Who Is Admissible? Immigrant Desirability and Immigration Acts since Confederation
    … opened new exhibitions on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and the history of immigration to Canada. This blog is … / C-009798 Government of Canada (hereafter GOC), Justice Laws Website, “VI. Distribution of Legislative Powers,” accessed 23 April 2014, …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … opened new exhibitions on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and at the end of June will unveil a new exhibition on … new exhibits. Introduction From the eighteenth century onwards, Quebec City’s migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had a …
  • Medical Facilities at Pier 21
    … to conduct a full examination of every passenger arriving in port: the sheer volume would have been overwhelming. [5] This problem pre-dated …
  • Audrey Pratt
    … memoir is based on an interview that was conducted by Elinor Maher and Beverly MacLellan for the Colchester Historical Society Museum … was only 13 when the war started. In 1940, at the age of fifteen, she began to work in the 'outside contracts' office at the General … they were the enemy. It had a different drone of the engine. You could see the soldier's eyes in the cockpit - that was how low they flew. We …
  • From “Gutter Children” to Home Children: child migrants in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Immigration
    … employment. Population growth accompanied this, with London, already a city of one million in 1800, home to 1.4 million as early as 1821. [1] … from 75,000 to 303,000, whilst Glasgow grew from a town of 13,000 to a city of 104,000. [2] By 1870, urban centres of over 10,000 had a … living conditions were severely wanting. Sanitation was extremely poor, facilitating regular outbreaks of diseases like cholera. When the …
  • Railside Room
    … is located conveniently near the front entrance, has lots of natural light and is fully accessible. Other Details: Exclusive on-site catering is provided by our partner, RCR Hospitality Group. 80 … a projector, screen and sound equipment. Other Details: Exclusive on-site catering is provided by our partner, RCR Hospitality Group. Drop …
  • Al and Agnes Kolarik
    … Immigrant Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia Ship Name: T.S.S. Nea Hellas Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Date of … story on January 20, 2011 and barely put his pen down until he finished on February 27, 2011, some 50 pages later. He knew the clock was …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The world nearly forgot the existence of No. 2 Construction Battalion, a military unit made up of Black men determined to serve their country during the First World War. Those seeking to enlist at the time faced discrimination …