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  • Postwar Immigration through Pier 21
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945, marked not only the beginning of the return home from …
  • 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 …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2021 - Aquil Virani
    … The creative work integrates the real details of stories from various communities as told by them. The use of voice is crucial for Virani. … when she married my father. My Mum was smart, caring and fearless. She died in 2020 and I miss her every day. ( Translated from French: ) So, … fearless. She took on life with a smile and her contagious laugh. She died in 2020 and I miss her every day. (Translated from French) That’s …
  • Carmela Citro
    … the Sobey Wall with her maiden name, Citro, because that is who she was when she arrived to this new land. Although she did not travel … sibling, remained in Italy with her husband, where she resides to this day. When you ask her about it, Carmela shows tempered disappointment …
  • William Henry Heystee
    … while crossing the North Atlantic on the old rickety troop ship, S.S. Volendam. Then traveled by train to Barry's Bay via Montreal and … as our liberators in the spring of 1945 also influenced my decision to come to Canada. There were also many reports from Canada that it was a … part of a huge wave of Dutch people emigrating to Canada in the early 1950s and that in 1951 alone over 18,000 Dutch people came to Canada. I …
  • Carmela Citro and Family
    … the Sobey Wall with her maiden name, Citro, because that is who she was when she arrived to this new land. Although she did not travel … sibling, remained in Italy with her husband, where she resides to this day. When you ask her about it, Carmela shows tempered disappointment …
  • Dorothy Schofield-McIlveen
    … By Dorothy Schofield McIlveen On the morning of June 20, 1946, I boarded the train in Halifax, Yorkshire, for London, leaving Mum and Dad … fresh after our drab wartime clothes. The following morning we were ushered onto Pier 21. It was big and noisy and I must say I was happy … The temperature was in the mid eighties; the windows stayed open day and night. There was no air conditioning and we were covered in …
  • Mario DeMello
    … So, the club that we belonged to, you could go and play a multitude of sports. They’re very affordable. So, in that hometown, the way … they were electing a new executive and I ran for the executive… I made it on board. And I been on the board since 1973. I’ve been the president for many, many years and worked in different roles. …
  • Countless Journeys Podcast
    … Journeys is presented by Air Canada , Canada's airline for welcoming newcomers home. OuiCanSki: Helping Newcomers Love Winter - Sandy Wolofsky and Joanna Barnowski How Gode …

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