• How eating dirt shaped one man's relationship with food
    … keep in regular contact because "it just seems like random things come up where I have to edit my identity from the ways that I remember … he has stuck with telling people that he's 24 rather than 26. "It's less confusing," says Prince. Meet Prince Join Prince on …
  • Perfect Landings
    … Immigration and Figure Skating in Canada For a limited time only! Saturday, October 26 to Monday, November 11, 2024 Discover the immigration stories behind some of Canada’s pioneering figure skaters, coaches and builders. Some came to …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … Canada after World War II. A young Dave Campbell, with his mother, welcomes Canadian troops home at Pier 21 in 1945. Credit: Lieut. Richard … which the soldiers had thrown down to the well-wishers who had come to watch their long awaited return to Canada. This photograph … truly captures the energy and rejuvenation of spirit, which accompanied the end of the Second World War. Many emotional arrivals and …
  • eat make share: a taste of immigration
    … May 10, 2025–January 18, 2026 Recipes eat make share Perfect Pairings Canada’s food is as diverse … shaped by over 400 years of immigration and relationships between newcomers and Indigenous Peoples. Food connects us to the past, to place, … histories behind popular Canadian dishes. Learn how individuals and communities express themselves through food and engage in diverse food …
  • 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 , …
  • Wolfgang Paul Loofs
    … years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … another SOS exercise, went well. Clammy, unpleasant weather. Noon: 26oW/49oN. Sun 11 Nov 1951: Nothing Sunday-like: no service, unpleasant … alone on deck and with my thoughts (girlfriend left behind; would she come later? no, as it turned out). Noon: 34oW/48o30N. Mon 12 Nov 1951: …
  • Signalman William J. Campbell
    … an only child, living with different family members in various small communities in southern Ontario. Jean grew up with five siblings and … Bill’s work colleagues were very helpful to Jean and made her feel welcome to Canada. Jean was impressed with the abundance of food in …
  • Canadian Multiculturalism Policy, 1971
    … In a statement to the House of Commons on 8 October 1971, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced … society. The policy of multiculturalism was implemented based on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. The commission was …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1911-1324
    … fare for train travel, rather than the reduced settler rate. [4] The Commissioner of Immigration for Western Canada bribed a medical … in British Guiana who was living in the United States and wished to come to Canada. [6] Racist attitudes about Black settlement in the … government’s desire to prevent Black settlement in Canada. (See a more complete discussion of the context here: The Colour Bar at the Canadian …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … the formation of a segregated battalion as a supporting, and not a combat, unit. Thanks to the efforts of civil rights activist (and … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction …