• Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … Samaria . [2] That morning Levalds received a large reception in which she was greeted by Canadian officials in the immigration shed, while … “Canada’s 50,000th DP Starts New Life in New Home,” Globe and Mail , 26 February 1949, 17. Oral History with Ausma Levalds Rowberry, …
  • David E. and Regina Hartman Family
    … am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate Russia and although she also had peasant Germans come, she also requested professional …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 2
    … the Port of Quebec. On the second floor of the hall, travellers were sorted into sections: first, returning Canadians, British arrivals or … of the Salvation Army, Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Association (YMCA and YWCA), and the Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, … chaplain station in the hall. Meanwhile, the Jewish Immigration Aid Society (JIAS) looked after the numerous Jewish immigrants. The ground …
  • Recruiting Domestic Workers and Live-In Caregivers in Canada
    … Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Over the last several decades, Canada has become increasingly dependent on foreign workers to meet its … evident in the agricultural, service, and homecare industries. [1] The Canadian government regulates all temporary foreign worker programs. … after completing 24 months of paid employment within a period of four years. Brief History of Labour Migration in Canada In early New …
  • Ariella Milanese
    … of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast Italy. She is the second child of four of Romolo Milanese and Anna Pasqualini. A month after Ariella was …
  • The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part II
    … by Daniel Meister, PhD Introduction The first part of this article traced the origins of the Barr Colony and its leaders. It demonstrated that the colony was … The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part II …
  • Movement of War Brides and Their Children through Pier 21
    … to Canada of bona fide agriculturalists who had sufficient means to commence farming in Canada. However, immigration remained prohibitive … them to Pier 21 in Halifax where they were processed as immigrants. [26] Mrs. J.W. Perry, a war bride, and her daughter Sheila aboard SS … Appeal Decisions: Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Taylor [2007 FCA 349],” Federal Court of Appeal , …
  • Margaret Chase Huxford
    … the top of the clock. I should have been overwhelmed with dread at the news and perhaps taken the next train home. But this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I … felt the British could get on without me for another three weeks, and so I stayed. What I do remember with warmth was the fact that everybody …
  • Daphne Barber Jensen
    … of the Plaque commemorating war brides and children on August 26, 2000 at Pier 21, a lovely visit! …
  • Morris Koggel, Ann Meyerink Koggel
    … Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left for Indonesia in 1947 to … Holland that he was sending his daughter to her grave and would never see her again. I promised him that she would be back to visit him …