• Karen and Canadian - Bwe Doh Soe
    Life in Canada Time 1:45 Transcript Well, I, right now, I feel like I’m becoming more like a half of Canadian I guess, because I get, because I’ve been here long enough to adopt the culture now, so. But, maybe if you were asking those questions earlier, like two years or three, I would answer …
  • Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker
    … Media Release May 13, 2019 Halifax, NS Forgiveness, Family and Canadian identity: Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker … of a human tragedy to offer a unique perspective on the idea of a Canadian family. Released in 2014 to sweepingly glowing reviews, Forgiveness also won 2018 Canada Reads, as defended by Canadian fashion journalist, icon and …
  • Dorothy Schofield-McIlveen
    … Halifax to Halifax and Points West By Dorothy Schofield McIlveen On the morning of June 20, 1946, I boarded the train in Halifax, Yorkshire, for London, leaving Mum and Dad …
  • Research with Newcomer Children - Monica Valencia
    Life in Canada Time 3:36 Transcript Monica Valencia: And then after that, I did my Master’s because when I was studying journalism—when you’re a journalist, you have to pick a, like, a beat you want to do—I don’t know, crime or you want to do politics. And for me, I was interested in doing …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian As we approach the centenary of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, answering three key historical questions will help us understand and make … immigration? How did the politics of exclusion develop in Canada? What were the consequences? What was the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923? The …
  • Margaret S. Kydd
    … Brazil. I worked in the finishing lab, where the edges of the crystal were sputtered with gold and then tuned in an oscillator until they … 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 …
  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … of Wheatley Hill, Durham and travelled by train to Southampton where we were to board the Aquitania to sail to Halifax, Canada. Seven hours … with babies to go to the head of the queue. We almost had to fight our way down. A stewardess held Keith while Edna and I saw to our travel …
  • Cookbooks, Cultural Connections, And Migration
    … exist now. Woolco was Scotia Square’s last department store. And we bought pots and pans. Since she realized I hadn’t cooked before, we … Cooked Before Cookbook. I still have it…it tells you how to break an egg and separate the yolk from the white, how to tell when an egg’s … 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 …
  • Alexandra Dochmacka and Sofia Bain
    … advance was, the Polish forces fought with skill and bravery at many points checking the German forces in series of fierce battles. During … airplanes and the city surrendered quietly. They had their own brutal way of dealing with their newly acquired populace. Russian became the … their chances to survive and many Jews did this, also because of their higher educations, many were employed in high places, such as the …
  • Do Business With Us
    … Current Opportunities The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is committed to procure goods and services based on best overall value. … of Canada (1990, c.3). Retrieved from the Department of Justice Canada website: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/M-13.4/index.html …