• Humanitarian Gesture: Canada and the Tibetan Resettlement Program, 1971–5
    … an experimental group of 228 Tibetan refugees in an effort to meet their international humanitarian obligations and to find a …
  • Mary Adlington
    … no convoy when they arrived at Halifax. Her husband came on board to meet her because he had found out through the grape vine that a …
  • Private Clarence Melville Wright
    … received notice to sail to Canada on the Queen Mary in June 1946. We met in Moncton and I introduced her to my family. We had to live with them until we found a place of our own. …
  • Cornelia van Herk
    … Herk family - Abraham and Sietje, Wim, Gerard, Paul, Bram, Nienke. She met her husband, Abraham den Ouden , in Nova Scotia and they built a …
  • Bill Shaw, wife Kaye and Family
    … arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952 on Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April … for a couple of days, He must have missed the roll of the ship. We met many nice people form other parts of England, Germany and Holland …
  • Isaac Israel and Bernard Gotfried
    … cabinets, then I changed jobs and became a woodcarver. In 1950 I met a nice young lady, we got married, had four daughters and seven …
  • K. Shaw Family
    … arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952; Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April … land for a couple days. He must have missed the role of the ship. We met many nice people from other parts of England and Germany and …
  • Stan and Chris Flynn
    … arriving in Quebec City, from thence to Kemptville, Ontario, his hometown. While in Scotland, he met and married Chris Ross who served in the British NAAFI from January …
  • Immigration from the United States to Canada During the Vietnam War
    … in the Vietnam War divided the country, and some individuals chose to come to Canada. Men who were drafted and did not want to participate in a war … as well as the Civil Rights Movement. In this online gallery, you will meet ten people who came to Canada from the United States. They will … Immigration from the United States to Canada During the Vietnam War …
  • Antonio Paolo Cappuccitti
    … Age on Arrival: 3 Arrived in Canada as a 3 year old. Travelled with my mother Antonia di Poce Cappuccitti and my older sister Santina Tersigni, she was 9 at the time. We were going to Toronto to meet my father Serafino Cappuccitti. He had preceded us and was …