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  • The Otto Froese Family
    … and their son Justin flew to Halifax and were able to spend the day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in … name, Otto Froese, on the Wall of Honour. It was a most memorable day. The displays, the film, the train, everything was very, very … 39, my stepsister Ruth 20 , I was 7, my brothers Peter (turned 5 that day) and Dirk 2, and my little sister Ute was 10 months old. Our nanny …
  • Newcomers face the impossible choice: Who to root for in the World Cup
    … Nathaline (Mother from Colombia) Nathaline is the Social Media and Communications Coordinator at the Museum. She was born in Toronto. … city. Of course, Margaret Thatcher was the opposite. When Thatcher died, there were parties in Liverpool. That's how strong the feeling … known as the beautiful game, can bring people together, connect newcomers to their country of origin, and deepen ties to a new home. Will …
  • Audrey Pratt
    … Editor's Note: The following memoir is based on an interview that was conducted by … underground in the back of the garden, covering the top with earth and sod for further protection. There were steps down so they could enter … but a direct hit. The Smith's shelter was later converted to be a coal shed. The Smiths watched the bombing of Portsmouth and Southampton. …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in Council PC 1967-1616, 1967
    … According to the new provisions, independent immigrants were assigned points in specific categories relating to their ability to successfully settle in Canada. Criticisms of the 1966 White Paper on Immigration … Act, Immigration Regulations, Part 1, Amended” RG2-A-1-a, volume 2380, PC1967-1616, August 16 1967 Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, “Dismantling …
  • Margaret S. Kydd
    … War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, … hours leave but he couldn’t confirm his being there for our wedding as D-Day had taken place and he was in a banned area, unable to make … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure …
  • Cookbooks, Cultural Connections, And Migration
    … white, how to tell when an egg’s hard boiled or soft boiled. It’s very good. Anyway, so, I bought an umbrella because I didn’t have an … the oven. And it wasn’t very tasty. When she found out, she says, “You can’t afford to buy that stuff. It’s too expensive. You’re going to … or shepherd’s pie. [1] Ugandan Asian refugee Mario DeMello came to Canada in 1972, leaving his home after the exclusion edict of dictator …
  • Dorothy Schofield-McIlveen
    … Halifax to Halifax and Points West By Dorothy Schofield McIlveen On the morning of June 20, … see Bonnie Scotland again!" Each of us had our own thoughts, some sad, some quiet. Later, this all changed when we found where we had to sleep. I, along with the wives without children, were taken below and there …
  • Shed 21 immigration quarters as reopened in 1946
    … Shed 21 immigration quarters as reopened in 1946 …
  • Max Margarete Hans Chris Schlechta
    … My parents, both born in 1907, had experienced two world wars and the turmoil, destruction, and hunger that followed. But my father had an … oil. What did Germany have to do with the Korean War on the other side of the globe? Hans' and my educational future was unsatisfactory …
  • Janos Maté
    … Maté Had it not been for Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin my older brother Gabor and I may never have had the opportunity to crunch on … anti-Semitic slogans that began to appear on the walls throughout the city, and an acquaintance saying to father that "while he was a good Jew, other Jews could go to hell." Leaving Hungary was a constant …

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