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  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    … it quite open. Once people submitted their work (in whatever format) my goal was to present the submissions as they are, and then integrate … turned into visual art. Sometimes photography turned into animation. My role was to find a way to amplify the stories of others in a …
  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    … it quite open. Once people submitted their work (in whatever format) my goal was to present the submissions as they are, and then integrate … turned into visual art. Sometimes photography turned into animation. My role was to find a way to amplify the stories of others in a …
  • Conciliation and peaceful futures through art
    … shalan joudry (pictured onstage) is the author of the the poem Kmɨtkinu, … we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can … in peaceful futures. When did you write it? After the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada Report came out in 2017, i was getting more …
  • Conciliation and peaceful futures through art
    … shalan joudry (pictured onstage) is the author of the the poem Kmɨtkinu, … we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can … in peaceful futures. When did you write it? After the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada Report came out in 2017, i was getting more …
  • Michele Nicola Carbone
    … Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: Wednesday, February 27, 1963 Age on Arrival: 32 years … energy, his enthusiasm, and his joy, until he was called to Heaven to join the love his life, our Mother Vitina. How lucky his children, … your Bisnonno features his signature signoff - “A te un ricordo, e a me, la felecita di essera ricordato.” For you a memory, for me the …
  • What does PEACE look like to you?
    … Peace – The Exhibition is the Museum’s summer 2014 exhibit, brought to us by the Canadian War Museum. It is a glowing success, attracting about 6,000 visitors in just six weeks. One of the elements that make it so successful is the activities that encourage …
  • Lunshof, Geert and Geesje
    … FAMILY April 2022 On February 23, 1951 Geert and Geesje Lunshof and their 6 children arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax Nova Scotia. They had … departure as our grandparents were very upset that we were leaving. My mother came from a tight family that found immigration an alien … he brought back a couple of loaves of bread and an enormous jar of jam. It was the first time we had ever seen or tasted white bread. We …
  • What is Meaningful Life by Theresa
    … of people immigrated to Canada because the golden rush and railroad construction around nineteenth century. When I grew up, people around … and a lot of expectation, we started out on our journey to Canada. We landed in Canada on June 21, 2010. Yet that moment as if just happened … you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …
  • Marjorie Franklyne
    … her arms as she disembarked from the Queen Mary. The date was August 8th, 1946 and she and young Johnnie, were stepping into a world as … to Canada. This new land held its arms wide open as the stilled ship lay in the harbour's quiet waters. As the ship slipped smoothly into … on what to them was vast and perhaps somewhat on the barren side. My mother's mind slips back in time as memories of so long ago flood …
  • Gerald, Irene and Doreen
    … It was 1942 and a lovely Sunday afternoon when I met my handsome soldier. My plans that day were to go with my cousin Muriel … She did not get on. I stood hanging out of the door yelling for her to come on till the bus reached the top of the street. I was furious with …

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