-
The Immigration Act of 1906 introduced a more restrictive immigration policy, expanding the categories of prohibited immigrants, formalizing a deportation process and assigning the government enhanced powers to make arbitrary judgements on admission. The new immigration act was developed under the …
-
… Media Release June 17, 2019 Halifax, NS Katarina Marinic Named as Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Artist-in-Residence The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is delighted … Katarina Marinic - 2019 Artist-in-Residence …
-
… Private Norman Peter Kelly Born: June 5, 1919 in Windsor, Ontario Died: September 1, 2004 in Walkerton, Ontario at the … May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 in Nova Scotia on his way to Greenock, Scotland and then to Three Bridges, between London and …
-
… Leaving Home by Sheila Laird I was an English War Bride. My husband was … found an apartment and I was to report to a hostel in London, England. We were not allowed to communicate with anyone. Sailing orders came and …
-
… 1, 1999. July 1 of this year marked a special anniversary : 25 years since our building first re-opened its doors as a museum. Pier 21 served as a gateway … from 1928 to 1971. Nearly a million people arrived through the building, disembarking from passenger ships on their way to new lives all … New perspectives: 25 years after our grand opening …
-
… Wall of Service: CSM Donald Thomas Whitfield Service: Canadian Army, Lincoln & Welland Regiment Years of Service: 1941-1946 Medals Received: … MM, 1939-1945 Star, CVSM & Clasp, Defence Medal, France & Germany Star In 1941 Don enlisted in the Royal Canadian Signal Core in Toronto. While in England, he was …
-
March 12 to October 16, 2022 Witness the famed photographer’s iconic work and learn about his origins as an Armenian refugee to Canada in 1924. This special exhibition features over 100 portraits of major figures of the 20th century. Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) was one of the …
-
… Every refugee's experience is alike, and yet unique. When the Russians invaded Budapest in October 1956, thousands of Hungarians - most … have been told about brave soldiers and 'the things they carried'. Well, my parents carried my brother and I across the border from … more fortuitously than they could have imagined. As they made their way to the town closest to the Austrian border, my parents were …
-
… The Immigration Act of 1976 represented a significant shift in Canadian immigration legislation. It was the first immigration act to clearly outline the fundamental objectives of Canadian immigration policy, define refugees as a distinct class of immigrants and impose a mandatory …
-
… in Halifax on April 21, 1957, with the SS Ryndam, HAL. During the trip we had one day, rough stormy weather in the North Atlantic and the … meals were high priced but we managed to pick what we needed on the way. The landscape changed as the days passed on, when we entered those …