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  • Hooks for History: Using a Building Model to Introduce Complex Pasts
    … – even things as tiny and offbeat as the addition of miniature trash cans – that would add opportunities for richer interpretation based on the model. Trash Cans and Baggage Adding waste bins to the model might seem something of …
  • Sapper Melvin E. Clark
    … star Italy Star France Germany Star Defense of Britain Medal CVSM (Can Volunteer Service Medal) Victory Medal … Germany into thinking more troops were stationed there than really were. Scotland to Sicily June 1943 The need for battle experience and the … on Sicily. This was the prelude to the invasion of mainland Europe. The invasion was carried out by the Seventh U.S. Army under …
  • A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Origins of World Refugee Year In the spring of 1958, four young individuals affiliated with the Bow Group, a conservative … A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada …
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  • The Pier Goes To War: Halifax’s Pier 21 and the Second World War
    … the passengers and cargo of large ocean liners, and so could also accommodate the same vessels as troopships. With the outbreak of war in … but to say, "Throw us some money," and they would throw the English coins overboard, or over the ship, which would land on the cement dock … we’d get the most coins by pushing the others out of the way.” [26] The return for many Canadian service personnel was more sombre: the …
  • Children of the Pier: Adolescent Experiences of Arrival and Process
    … Below are impressions of arrival and the immigration process of four adolescents through Pier 21 : Margaret Beal (Britain), Jackie … in Beirut for Naples, Italy with a stop in Port Said, Egypt. After four days, he arrived in Naples, where he transferred to a much larger … litres of oil each. We had six containers of those oil—olive oil, and, four containers of—of olives, uh, that were all home-made stuff, you …
  • Tibetan Immigration to Canada
    … Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated September 29, 2020) Introduction Asian Heritage Month offers all Canadians an opportunity to learn more about … to the growth and prosperity of Canada. [1] In May of each year we celebrate the contributions that Asian Canadians have made to … return to Tibet and continue his missionary work. In September of that year, Carson and Rijnhart were married and soon after they departed for …
  • Catherine MacKinnon Read
    … giving an account of recent bombings and remarking, "now the Germans can swim across the English channel and invade Britain." In July, I … reassuring! My reaction to being evacuated was typical of an eleven year old child who adored the American movie star, Shirley Temple, and … family, as well as the danger of being at sea during the war. Standing beside me, there were five members of one family, the Baines, and I …
  • F.C. Crosman
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  • Pte / Flt Sgt Arthur Wright
    … Arthur Wright was born in London, England on May 19, 1898 the son of Robert Wright and Elizabeth Wright (nee Harfield). Arthur had … for Westminister Publishing Co. Arthur lied about his age (added a year to his true age) and enlisted in the 12th York Rangers and was …

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