• Windsor Foundation Classroom
    … Classroom features a projector, sound equipment, and natural light. This fully accessible room is perfect for your next meeting or conference. Inclusions: 6ft … and chairs Drop down screen and projector Wifi Podium and microphone Natural light Facility security services and standard cleaning …
  • Starting Points: Researching Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 8, 2020) Introduction So you’re interested … in researching a topic that deals with Canadian immigration and ethnic history? This short post will give you an overview of the field and … Bilingualism, the introduction of the points system in 1967, and an official multiculturalism policy in 1971, Canadian researchers became …
  • FilomenaeSaveriaMandato
    … war, and the Americas opening the gates to all for a better life, everyone emigrated. All my uncles immigrated first to Venezuela and later to … to Montreal in 1952, Uncle Anthony Mandato said to Uncle Giuseppe “come to live in Windsor, so it will be easier for me to visit you”. One … seen for over 35 years and her son Uncle Anthony she hadn’t seen for 26 years with the wife Sarah and children all from Cleveland, Ohio. Of …
  • 1968: Pier 21 and the Prague Spring Refugees
    … Czechoslovak leaders that if their reforms continued, they would come with grave consequences. Moscow demanded that the Communist Party … the 1960s Many of the Prague Spring refugees, who had applied to come to Canada at Canadian embassies across Europe, arrived by … horizon. There were ramblings in Moscow that the Soviets are ready to come to ‘help’ us to make sure that we follow the ‘right way’ of …
  • Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … Story Aldo Cescato My life as an immigrant began a few years after the second world war when I was 23 years old. I had been born and raised … region of Italy, a region found in the Northern part of Italy that has always been an agricultural region up until the 1960's. After that time there was an industrial development and many farmers abandoned the land to work in factories and offices. From 1945 to 1948 there …
  • Karen and Canadian - Bwe Doh Soe
    Life in Canada Time 1:45 Transcript Well, I, right now, I feel like I’m becoming more like a half of Canadian I guess, because I get, because I’ve been here long enough to adopt the culture now, so. But, maybe if you were asking those questions earlier, like two years or three, I would answer …
  • Luncheon with a Fascinating Canadian - Mirko Bibic
    … Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Time: 11:30am Location: Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St. W. Toronto, ON Cost: Tables $2,500 / tickets $250 / sponsorship … Luncheon with a Fascinating Canadian - Mirko Bibic …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … departed from Pier 21 to serve overseas during the Second World War. This image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop ship carrying soldiers back to … bring his wife Marlene down to the Pier for an evening onboard one of the liners, where he insists the food was excellent and a rum … Who is the Little Boy in this Picture? …
  • Railside Room
    … The Railside Room offers space for small meetings, workshops and conferences for up to 40 guests. The intimate space is located conveniently near the front entrance, has lots of natural light and is fully accessible. Other Details: …
  • The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part I
    by Daniel Meister, PhD Introduction: The Context of Colonialism “Let us take possession of Canada. Let our cry be CANADA FOR THE BRITISH.” - Isaac Barr [1] At the turn of the twentieth century, the two largest groups of immigrants to Canada by nationality were Americans and British. British …