• Reborn by Sergio
    Time 0:04:19 Transcript January 10th, 2010, almost midnight, a family of 5 people arriving to Moncton, New Brunswick, and after the airport main door open… a lot of snow, … a dark and windy day, and maybe because of the stress of the trip I felt that night was the coldest night in my whole life… my …
  • Fishing Lake Winnipeg Longterm by Harvey
    Time 0:04:46 Transcript When I was 17 years old I went with my father 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 in the bonspiel but I'll just run home, curl the game and then run back. My dad didn't …
  • It's a Small World by Carmela
    Time 0:03:50 Transcript My life was simple. I was happy with my role of young bride and mom in Carpinone, a small Italian village of the Molise Region. And then we decided to emigrate to Canada. My husband came few months earlier, so that he could prepare for us, and on November 10, 1966, my son …
  • Ivan Szalai
    Ivan Szalai arrived at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 23rd, 1967 on the T.S.S. Olympia, which he boarded in Haifa, Israel. He was a single man, 29 years old with two suitcases and $200 in his pocket. Ivan spoke neither English nor French and knew nobody in his chosen new country. From …
  • Resilience on the Move: Roma People in Canada
    March 4 to June 24, 2026 A Community Presents exhibition created with the Canadian Romani Alliance. This landmark exhibition shares the longstanding presence and contributions of Roma in Canada . It is the first national exhibition about Roma , a distinct and diverse peoples and the largest ethnic …
  • Digital Storytelling
    … that shares their immigration experience in a personal and creative way. Charlottetown Gimli Guelph Halifax Langley Lethbridge London … The Digital Storytelling Project As a museum of stories, we have always collected and shared written memoirs and oral histories to help … that shares their immigration experience in a personal and creative way. We give our profound thanks to Jennifer Lafontaine and Emmy Pantin …
  • More than a Building
    Pier 21 today, as it was in years past, is a building. For visitors past and present, some find this site unmoving. They give little thought to what the walls and their surroundings have seen. For others, the site is precious and represents a new beginning in a country that they love. These …
  • Stanley, Martha, Gloria, Janet Jones
    … and arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on January 17, 1954. We had lived in South End on Sea and then Colchester Essex before coming to Canada. The ship that we traveled on was the RMS Scythia of the Cunard Line. During our …
  • Antoon and Dora Janssen
    … the kitchen and bakery. In 1963, the family moved to 233 Brock Street West, also in Uxbridge, a home that many of the grandchildren will … Dad passed away peacefully on January 29, 1994 in his 87th year. We, the children, are all very thankful that Dad and Mom made the … decision to bring the family to Canada, in search of a better life. We are sure that their ultimate goal would have been to know that their …
  • Dmitri and Anastasia Tarasuk Family
    … their lives motivated them to start a new life in Canada. Life in the Western Ukraine occupied by Poland was dangerous. The Russian Bolsheviks were on the march. Dimitri, respected farmer, war hero (St. George …