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… To most young people today, the Holocaust is a distant nightmare, … no one texted or played games on their phones and tablets. They just sat there, rapt, staring at the 84-year-old man at the podium, … of Broken Glass) by local student Shael Brown, whose eloquent words set the tone for the rest of the event. Andrew David Terris’ harrowing …
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… in Montreal. So it was most likely used in North America. It was set for disposal because it’s quite old and they kindly donated it to us for this exhibit. This tent is a part of Refuge Canada to show what temporary settlement living is like for different … we have an apartment. People who are able to set up in a building they’ll have a little bit more security and four walls, but some people just …
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Our parents, Mary (Maria) Jacobs and Adrian (Adrianus) van Dongen were married in January 1951 in Rijen, Noord Brabant, Holland and came to Canada by boat (the Volendam) arriving at Pier 21, Halifax, on February 24th. Dad wanted to farm. Like many others in Holland, his family didn’t have enough …
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… Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for … Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is located in the national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed … Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for …
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… don’t think I have enough information” to “they arrived through Quebec City so you wouldn’t have anything for me here." However, while it … we are currently able to access. We have access to records for all Canadian and most United States ports of arrival, as well as some … If your ancestor came to Canada between 1865 and 1935, it is best to come prepared with a full name, birth year and approximate period of …
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… to commemorate the life of my parents Anselmo Furlan (1907-1963) and Elena Romagnoli (1914-1996) and of my younger brother Giovanni … and agitated sea. From Halifax, we then travelled by train to Quebec City still very much snowed in at that time of the year. My parents then decided to go South thinking of finding a more serene climate. Our arrival at the …
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… winter fishing. We fished sauger. And this sauger in Icelandic was called svartenpick meaning, black pickerel. One day, I said to my dad, I'm … but when the curling match was over, I was happy to see that dad had come home. He figured that running back was a little much. In open …
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… would include any traffic on the roads. Because of the danger of being shot at on my way to and from school, my parents thought it best at … promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons for choosing Canada as my future …
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… Roger LeMoyne (left) and Darren Ell (right). Interview with photographer … or marine photography. There's a million ways to use it. I think it comes from personal convictions and curiosity about the world. And I … My work can sometimes be more static. I'll take two hours in a dump site with life jackets and come out with a pretty interesting series of …
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… about working in the Scotiabank Family History Centre (SHFC) at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is that every interaction is … But as diverse as our genealogy research can be, one thing that comes up constantly is the regret that people didn’t ask their family members about their lives and stories when they had the chance. Too often we take our loved ones for granted, or forget that …