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  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
  • Thank You Canada
    … For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and … in their adopted home. In time for our country’s 150 th birthday, we have selected a small sampling of unsolicited expressions of … Thank You Canada …
  • Nicola and Mario Covelli Families
    … through Pier 21 in 1956. On October 21, 2000, 49 years to the very day that our first kinsfolk, Nicola Covelli, arrived at Pier 21 to celebrate his arrival. We were deeply moved by this re-creation and the wonderfully, moving … degrees and become an admired teacher - and his wife would be a native Nova Scotian. On my side: My grandparents and great grandparents came …
  • Frank Franz Danner
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Seven Seas , Europe-Canada-line, Bremerhaven to … Here is my short biography of where I immigrated from and how and why I am here. I was born towards the end of 1938 in a small village in … pulled the wagons, the plow and provided us milk at the end of the day. We lived outside the war zone and when food got scarce in 1945 my …
  • van Dongen
    … Our parents, Mary (Maria) Jacobs and Adrian (Adrianus) van Dongen were married in January 1951 in Rijen, Noord Brabant, Holland and came … war so they had a great respect for them. Canada required only a ten-day boat trip. As it was, Dad was seasick for the entire ten days and … shifts at a factory in Chatham. Talking about it later Mom recalled, “We didn’t have much money but we were happy.” The land on that farm …
  • New school, new country, new challenges
    … are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … me . At that time, I was not aware of the atrocities the Germans had committed. The Second World War was never discussed either at school in …
  • New school, new country, new challenges
    … are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … me . At that time, I was not aware of the atrocities the Germans had committed. The Second World War was never discussed either at school in …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … crepes, cookies, and chair yoga with Fenton the Bear. Pyjamas are welcome any day at the Museum but they are encouraged for that particular … history of the building the Museum occupies, and the years when it welcomed nearly a million immigrants arriving to Canada by sea. The …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … crepes, cookies, and chair yoga with Fenton the Bear. Pyjamas are welcome any day at the Museum but they are encouraged for that particular … history of the building the Museum occupies, and the years when it welcomed nearly a million immigrants arriving to Canada by sea. The …

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