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… and friends. Re-imagining the Pier 21 exhibit has given us a chance to bring some of the chapters in the site’s history to life by … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [2013.1912.24] Ausma Levalds …
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… it is. Who’s going to be there to pick you up, like no idea. Or if somebody going to pick you up. (laughs) So, yeah. IN: I mean were you—I … that, so this is going to be our new home. But have no idea what’s to come and where are we going. So those things we don’t know. So we—And … flew to Saskatoon. IN: Right, Right. Sorry, to go back to the flight again—I’m just wondering, do you remember the types of food that was …
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… people, and we wanted to find a way to share that with our visitors. So, we created a space in the new Canadian Immigration Hall to connect … test. When a hopeful-citizen actually does the real test, they have 30 minutes to answer 20 questions. The purpose of the test is to … are precious in museums. It is in this moment that they realise that becoming a citizen is not easy. That would-be-citizens are expected to …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … for Canada. John Vandenberg, Netherlands, arrived 1951. (DI2016.260.1) “I did not like attending school in Montreal and learning two … thing happened again in Canada. I was fourteen years old and I started off in the school… And myself and my brother and my sister, we all …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … for Canada. John Vandenberg, Netherlands, arrived 1951. (DI2016.260.1) “I did not like attending school in Montreal and learning two … thing happened again in Canada. I was fourteen years old and I started off in the school… And myself and my brother and my sister, we all …
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… When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... People lose their … Or, they might simply stay put and instead move around the country while waiting to return to their homes. Each of these categories of … the civil war, where there was violence every day, my family faced so many difficulties but… we managed to stay. Growing up, it was …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945, marked … a new period in immigration to Canada. During the war, immigration had slowed almost to a standstill. The postwar situation completely … barriers to sweep me up in the most wonderful hug there ever was. My hat flew off; I dropped my purse, which promptly spilled its contents …
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… May 1, 1958 Age on Arrival: 23 The story of Jan J.H. Schoo and Joan J.A. Greenfield My father, Jan Schoo, (photo 1) was born on November … in Warmond, a small village on the Kagerplassen. From an early age he had to contribute to the family income. He worked as a luggage boy, … to his cart and then walk to the Hotel. In the end, his legs turned out well, so much so that he became 2nd several times in the 100 and …
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… Ile de France, a troop ship. I sailed from Liverpool. The day after I got on the train to go to the ship the railroad went on strike in … father who was a Canadian soldier in the European campaign. His mother had abandoned him. It was a traumatic crossing because I was a stranger …
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… after 1918 there was tremendous advertising to immigrate to Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Various government sponsored … work in Canada. My father agreed to let my brother, Sidney, and me come to Canada with the hope that after a few years we would be able to … never did come, but instead remained in England. I never saw my father again. Sidney and I came to Canada in 1929. The ship we came on, the …