• Monybany Dau
    … names—calling names, talking bad about black people, so I decided to leave the scene, but they won’t let me. They follow me outside the … here, go back home. And it signed it three cross which is KKK. Yeah. When I came to Red Deer I start working at the gas station which … start calling my name there, start calling me United Nation guy, meaning that I’m refugee, I’m not supposed to be here, you know. People …
  • Nomaqhawe Sibanda
    … Misconceptions about Winnipeg and Manitoba Time 0:02:43 Transcript I’m a … I’m immersed in the language.” And you know when you read the web sites for communities it is a marketing piece (laughs). So it was sold to me a …
  • George and Geoffrey B.S. Johnston
    … to Canada. I gave the matter much thought and tried to persuade my best friend to come with me. His parents would not agree to let him go, so it was off to Canada by …
  • Filena Bruno Fiorita and Family
    … My father Silvio Fiorita left Italy by air and arrived in Montreal in the … 1951. He worked for 4 years in order to make enough money to send for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, …
  • Marcello Munaretto
    … MARCELLO MUNARETTO December 27, 1944 to June 1, 2023 Marcello lived his early years in Italy and his adult life in Canada. Marcello was born in the Veneto region of Italy during World War II. He was the youngest of …
  • Tadej, Irene, Oksana
    … THE TALE OF A UKRANIAN IMMIGRANT Irene Turczyniak I was born in Western Ukraine in 1924 in the village in Bohatkiwci. I lived there … school. Then, my parents enrolled me in high school in the picturesque city of Berezhany. There I attended school until 1939. September 1st, … and yellow Ukrainian flags. Ukrainians were hoping that better times has arrived, however this happiness didn't last long. Ukraine was …
  • D.F. van Laren
    … came along for the waving out ceremony. The final goodbyes had to be said in the departure hall just before I went through customs and check in. Dad thought that it would be a final farewell and was a bit down. I had no such thoughts and said some thing like see you in … and musicians among the passengers. The latter was usually the best one of the comics was a returning missionary from Africa on his …
  • Collection Policy
    … Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The … Collection Policy guides collection management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of … to local, national and global publics. The Museum recognizes that we cannot tell the comprehensive story of Canadian immigration history …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … Explore the timeline at timeline.pier21.ca Attention history nerds: Clear your next several hours. There are thousands of … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of … and regulations have had a huge impact on who is encouraged to come to this land and who is allowed to stay. This lens begins with the …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … Explore the timeline at timeline.pier21.ca Attention history nerds: Clear your next several hours. There are thousands of … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of … and regulations have had a huge impact on who is encouraged to come to this land and who is allowed to stay. This lens begins with the …