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  • Enemy Aliens - Internment in Canada 1914–1920
    … February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 867A During the … which lasted until 1920. During this time, Canada interned 8,579 people identified as “enemy aliens”, mainly Ukrainian and German …
  • St. Fidelis Golden Age Club Toronto
    … St. Fidelis Golden Age Club Toronto To remember and honour our members who came to Canada from all … Per ricordare e onorare tutti i nostri membri che provenienti da tutte le regioni d'Italia immigrarano in Canada e riconoscere il loro … St. Fidelis Golden Age Club Toronto …
  • Isaac Israel and Bernard Gotfried
    … bought some and drank it like wine but it tasted like vinegar, so we said that the wine in Canada is sour like vinegar. Our train ride to …
  • Recommended Resources - Netherlands
    … Books/Articles Aberson, Jan L. From the Prairies With Hope . Canadian Plains Research Centre … in America 1609-1974 . Boston: Twayne Publishers. 1974. Delleman, Paul. The Dutch in Canada . Owen Sound, Ontario: Paul and Peter Pub. 2000. … Netherlandish Origin In the Creation of a Homogenous Population in the City of London” MA Thesis. University of Western Ontario. 1964. …
  • Cornelia Maria van Wyk Heystee
    … in the back of a truck owned by my brother-in-law. However my parents said their good-byes at the house because they could not bear the … a ship to a far-off land called Canada. I suspect that they were very sad because they thought they would not see their daughter again for a … a large hall in order to have our immigration papers processed. I sat on a hard bench for about 2 hours while waiting my turn to meet …
  • Why Kids Should Play in the Museum
    … added bits from the Halloween section of the exhibit. Three are in toy helmets. One wears a green army helmet. Another is in a black … game or at least that they’ve made up a game to play with the wooden toy. A great place to learn Kids can find ways to play almost anywhere. …
  • Why Kids Should Play in the Museum
    … added bits from the Halloween section of the exhibit. Three are in toy helmets. One wears a green army helmet. Another is in a black … game or at least that they’ve made up a game to play with the wooden toy. A great place to learn Kids can find ways to play almost anywhere. …
  • The Ellen Colmer Robson Family
    … After, what seemed, a lengthy discussion, my mother decided to flip a coin. Heads - Australia, Tails - Canada. It came up "tails". Canada it … only knew when we would see each other again. Some of my tears were shed because my mother wouldn't allow me to bring my precious Dickie … Valentine phonograph records. The box would be a hindrance, she had said. Being an impressionable 17 year old, they were my most prized …
  • Take Down Policy
    … cases where the rights are unclear, we archive but do not provide public access to the work. For questions or comments, or to provide … contact the Museum’s Collection Manager collections@pier21.ca or Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road Halifax, NS  B3H 4P7 T: (902) 425-7770 ext. 265 F: (902) 423-4045 With …
  • Vito Vescio
    … hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of … parents are still there today, not in the same house but in the same city. I told you earlier that our lives were full of surprises; well I … of November 6, 1940. I tried to get that changed and the ministry said that I would have to produce the original passport that is now 47 …

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