• The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … itself. Perhaps even more surprising is how successful members of the community have been . Among them are business and community leaders, provincial and federal politicians, and some of the … of Lebanese Canadians- nearly four times the national average. The community in general, including families from Diman and surrounding …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … itself. Perhaps even more surprising is how successful members of the community have been . Among them are business and community leaders, provincial and federal politicians, and some of the … of Lebanese Canadians- nearly four times the national average. The community in general, including families from Diman and surrounding …
  • Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin
    … Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … um but he had seen enough of horrors on both sides that when it was coming time for me to let them know that I was planning to go to Canada … nearby, the grandparents I knew the best. By then my grandfather had died, but my grandmother, she was under the attitude that the president …
  • Private Harry Heinz
    … with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York City and then north to Canada. The two families travelled … siblings who were of age voluntarily joined up and all shipped out - via Pier 21 - to serve in the UK or Europe. The three brothers served … handiwork was then bundled up and sent to Medicine Hat and transported via train across the country to be loaded onto ships – at Pier 21 – and …
  • Private Ella Heinz Rinder
    … with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York City and then north to Canada. The two families travelled … siblings who were of age voluntarily joined up and all shipped out - via Pier 21 - to serve in the UK or Europe. The three brothers served … handiwork was then bundled up and sent to Medicine Hat and transported via train across the country to be loaded onto ships – at Pier 21 – and …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … 15:47 Transcript I go by Charisma Grace, but my official name is Genieve Walker. My full name is Olena Stepanova. My name is Joelle … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, … when we moved here in my mind was, for instance, that my daughter was coming to live with me, and we were again a big family like we were …
  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … 2018 opening of the Refuge Canada exhibition. First movement, Santiago de Cuba On January 1, 1959, Rafael Alcolado was a 12-year-old student … Jesuit-run school, Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel … and other religious orders were expelled. Rafael was moved to a public high school. In the new Cuba, where loyalty to revolutionary ideals was …
  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … 2018 opening of the Refuge Canada exhibition. First movement, Santiago de Cuba On January 1, 1959, Rafael Alcolado was a 12-year-old student … Jesuit-run school, Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel … and other religious orders were expelled. Rafael was moved to a public high school. In the new Cuba, where loyalty to revolutionary ideals was …
  • Mirdza Grikis Dambergs
    … Debbie and Shirley. Madame Dambergs, a Prima Ballerina with the Lativian National Opera, had a long record of achievement. She studied … and to show appreciation for the impact she had on all of our lives as we studied and learned, we, her students are proud to share her story with Pier 21. Any ongoing …
  • Anton, Zofia, Ted and Bill Warelis
    … severe injuries to his back and neck during the war. Zofia Warelis (nee Milcharek) was born on December 25, 1905 to Stephan and Mary …