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… The Robson Family at Pier 21 England has a tradition that, on New Year's Eve, the man of the house goes outside with a piece of coal in his pocket, awaits the stroke of midnight then re-enters his abode. It … The Ellen Colmer Robson Family …
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… 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, Michelina, Joseph … thousands had done before him. Three years prior to our departure, he set out for Canada with his strong faith in God and a relentless drive to succeed. Our father's …
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… destination was Montreal, where I have lived ever since and still can recall our docking on a hot day in May at Halifax. I was astounded at the small size of the city, as I was a native of Rome. During our processing, my little … of an interpreter we were able to locate my little lost brother. We said our good-byes to Halifax and were "loaded" on board a rickety, …
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… they face forces beyond their control. But they also make choices. In this blog, I share insights on individual agency , or the power “to … people who experience war, violence or trauma – are also agents who can exert control in situations defined mostly by control being taken … about Czeslaw Tomaszewski’s wartime experiences and his decision to come to Canada; the courage of Lynda Dyck, also during the Second World …
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… most obviously reflected this theme. The people interviewed came to Canada from countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the … offer any generalizations about children, dislocation, and war. They can, however, give us insights into how individual people experience … over, and spent time in the household. Her parents did not always see eye-to-eye with the girls’ Canadian “auntie” and “uncle,” for example, …
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… The trauma of a long quarantine stripped a young Michael Frederiksen of … by water and is made up of over 500 islands,” Michael wrote. “I believe that is why Mor and Far loved the west coast of Canada so …
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… Christina McKay Liness Murchison didn’t let a little scarlet fever get her down. Her family’s home was quarantined due to her illness in the … I remember…the time my second brother arrived…I had scarlet fever. I can remember a crib in the kitchen and my brother was in it…our whole … the neighbourhood. “We had one little house down the street that had a hedge all around it, and we thought that was a haunted house…we used to …
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… Being quarantined while travelling to Halifax with her baby was frightening for British war bride Audrey (Hawes) Doyle Ash. Audrey was onboard the Queen Mary when she and Patrick were put … we made it work.” If the war brides as a group had a catch phrase I can’t think of anything better than “making it work”. “When we arrived …
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… Gunther Sparkuhl was born in 1924 in Zarrentin in northern Germany. … to be a distinct possibility. It seemed a good time to be elsewhere. I can recall my parents listening unhappily to news broadcasts on a large … and relief as the passengers gathered to watch the coast of Canada come into view. We landed in Halifax and cleared immigration at Pier …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:52 Transcript: This little 1970s doll here tells a story about two major groups of refugees who came to Canada. This doll is on loan from Dr. Tran-Davies, a medical doctor in … Canada as a five-year-old girl in 1979 as part of the large group of South-East Asian refugees who fled South-East Asia after the fall of …