• A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … at the Museum at the 2018 opening of the Refuge Canada exhibition. First movement, Santiago de Cuba On January 1, 1959, Rafael Alcolado was a 12-year-old student at a … school, Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel Castro …
  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … at the Museum at the 2018 opening of the Refuge Canada exhibition. First movement, Santiago de Cuba On January 1, 1959, Rafael Alcolado was a 12-year-old student at a … school, Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel Castro …
  • Location and Parking
    … Road Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4P7 Tel: (902) 425-7770 Toll Free: 1-855-526-4721 Email: info@pier21.ca   Parking There is a large …
  • Cathy Bos
    … fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new … she was to join us the following year with her new boyfriend). One of the first things we were required to do was to have physical and … of English. When the time came near for our departure, we had movers come to pack our furniture into a large crate. We slept on the floor …
  • Quotes - Arrival in Canada
    … "I was just a toddler of about 2 years of age when we landed in Halifax. My parents long ago told me the story that … ship sounded a foghorn and all went out on deck to see Canada. Everyone was so excited, they forgot I was alone and sleeping. With all the …
  • First Taste of White Bread
    … "Canadian sliced white bread", which was something new for us, which he made extra special by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on … we arrived in Orillia on April 1, 1953 on a lovely sunny day. Orillia has been home for the past 60 years. I married my wonderful husband … to be found..." - Christine Gerth ...Periodically, my father would come back and it was on one of these occasions that I told him that we …
  • Stanislaw and Barbara Sokol
    … Pier 21 June 1, 1948 Stanislaw Sokol was a young forester working in the Bialowieza Forest of Poland. He enjoyed his life but that all changed on March 20, 1939 when he was called up …
  • Accessibility Plan and Feedback Process
    1. Accessible Canada Act – Accessibility Documents 1.1 Accessibility Plan 2026-2028 (PDF) 1.2 Accessibility Plan 2023-2025 (PDF) 1.3 Feedback process description 1.4 Accessibility Progress Report 2025 (PDF) 1.5 Accessibility Progress Report 2024 (PDF) 1.6 Accessibility Progress Report 2023 (PDF) …
  • Mario Pecile
    … Pecile was born in September of 1927, in Fagagna, a small town in the Friuli- Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast Italy. He is the second … being paid with whatever these families could afford. He started this at a very young age. When Mario was 19 years old, he completed his …
  • Jack de Vries
    … I knew I would not always stay in my home country. That was about one year after a 5-year occupation of ‘Holland" by Germans. They had left the country severely crippled and damaged. The idea to … In the early 1940′s, six weeks before the war began we moved again. This time because of a recession, and Dad could find work in a factory …