• Artist-in-Residence 2021 - Aquil Virani
    … The creative work integrates the real details of stories from various communities as told by them. The use of voice is crucial for Virani. … when she married my father. My Mum was smart, caring and fearless. She died in 2020 and I miss her every day. ( Translated from French: ) So, … fearless. She took on life with a smile and her contagious laugh. She died in 2020 and I miss her every day. (Translated from French) That’s …
  • Memories of Home by Pawknyaw
    … camp, because Piobolu was burned. I remember the day I found out I was coming to Canada. I didn’t know what to think. My dad thought coming to Canada would be a better life for our family because we were … us off. After a long trip we finally got to Canada. When we got to Welcome House we were all so tired and had a lot to go through. I couldn’t …
  • Points of Departure: Indigenous military service, Trooper Jesse Moses, and Pier 21
    … Territory near Brantford, Ontario, and as a Six Nations veteran and community knowledge holder myself, I have been fortunate to become heir … shores. Historical evidence records five troopships with Canadian soldiers aboard departing Halifax's Pier 21 on June 21, 1941. Trooper … reserve near Brantford, Ontario, when the war began and was being readied to succeed his father in running the farm when the time came. …
  • Alois Wilhelm Escher
    … An Exciting Adventure in a New Land This is the story of a stubborn, … of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house … his meager salary, to buy gum and cigarettes for the prisoners in a WWI - POW camp he passed each day when mined at the collier. Al told …
  • LACW Grace Shewan
    … I did during World War 2. When I was 19 years old, I was notified, as were all others my age in England, to attend an interview to decide … sworn to an oath of secrecy which was not fully lifted for 50 years. Can you imagine in this day and age, something involving so many people being kept a secret at …
  • Who is that giant bear?
    … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story … about herself in the third person: She cuddled Teddy, her constant companion and whispered in his ear, ”we are really going to sail to … continuity, in a time of change. Fenton is here to make people feel welcome. Left: Pat & Teddy Toronto, summer 1954 [DI2019.177.2]. Right: …
  • Who is that giant bear?
    … immigrating to Canada from their home country often bring toys for comfort and a sense of safety . In fact, our Canadian Immigration Story … about herself in the third person: She cuddled Teddy, her constant companion and whispered in his ear, ”we are really going to sail to … continuity, in a time of change. Fenton is here to make people feel welcome. Left: Pat & Teddy Toronto, summer 1954 [DI2019.177.2]. Right: …
  • Brazil Community, Toronto, ON • Comunidade Brasileira, Toronto, ON
    … Brazil Community, Toronto, ON Comunidade Brasileira, Toronto, ON Viemos em busca de sonhose e a vontade de vencer.   Nesta terra, encontramos apoio e amor. Hoje, agradecemos a … amados e o chamamos verdadeiramente de nosso lar. Obrigado Canadá! We arrived with so many dreams and a strong desire to succeed. On this …
  • Mario DeMello
    … So, the club that we belonged to, you could go and play a multitude of sports. They’re very affordable. So, in that hometown, the way … they were electing a new executive and I ran for the executive… I made it on board. And I been on the board since 1973. I’ve been the president for many, many years and worked in different roles. …
  • Dennis Teitsma
    … Families Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get … in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war with little or no harm. My parents had done …