• The Beginning of a Story Museum
    … by Carrie-Ann Smith, Vice President, Audience Engagement The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a story museum. We … goes back to long before Pier 21 was declared a National Historic Site or anyone dreamed of its evolution into a national museum. … immigration by penning an official report on the history of the site. It was called The Pier 21 Story and writing it was a labour of …
  • Wolfgang Paul Loofs
    … years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … in drab clothes, many women and children. I end up at the stern and side of the lowest deck (D6B), yuk! We get underway about 3PM, in … is upbeat: a new life beckons! Tue 6 Nov 1951: Rough night, dozens seasick already, making stairways slippery, etc! Volunteers are offered …
  • Vincenzo Caccioppoli
    … of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: August 24, 1951 Age on Arrival: 30 The following is a story written by Vincenzo and Rita’s daughter … which was published in a local book about immigrants "In Search Of A Better Life..." What was he thinking of that day in the … of feeling, longing for their country, "Italia Mia" and longing for "la bella vita"? Maybe he was thinking about the trees in America, the …
  • Koster
    … The following is the story of the Koster family. Why and how they came … to acquire one. Kees had heard from the relative of a farmer where he worked in Zeeland, the SW province of Holland, who was visiting … emigrated to a faraway country, you never knew if you would ever see them again, so because of that our mother [our parents were …
  • Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian … an ethnocultural preference or bias for Baltic refugees over other more sizable European nationalities from which large groups of … Samaria . [2] That morning Levalds received a large reception in which she was greeted by Canadian officials in the immigration shed, while …
  • Atlantic Jewish Council, Canadian Jewish Congress and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada
    … land. En l’honneur des milliers d’immigrants juifs entrés au Canada par ce port et en reconnaissance de leur grande contribution à leur pays d’adoption. Dedicated by the Atlantic Jewish Council, Canadian … Jewish Congress and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. Dédié par le Conseil Juif de l' Atlantique, le Congrès Juifs canadien et les …
  • Museum’s Podcasts Unearth Unforgettable Stories
    … Pictured, left to right, back row: Leya Evelyn, Paolo Pietropaolo, Ida … Armenian genocide, detained upon arrival in Canada, who went on to become one of Canada’s first naturalized citizens and one of the world’s … Countless Journeys Release Schedule May 24 - S3:E1 Visionaries Past & Present – Yousuf Karsh & Dinuk Wijeratne June 7 - S3:E2 The …
  • Movement of War Brides and Their Children through Pier 21
    … in postwar immigration by claiming that there was a lack of “suitable” passenger vessels to transport individuals from Europe to Canada. [2] … en route to Canada. Maple Leaf Club, London, England, 4 December 1944. Credit: Lieut. Charles H. Richer / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / … Appeal Decisions: Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Taylor [2007 FCA 349],” Federal Court of Appeal , …
  • Hold your next event at this award winning national historic site
    … Hold your next event at this award winning national historic site …