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  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things to do. And, because the week is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops (space limited, register to reserve your place Access …
  • Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … when my grandmother died, I received her collection of letters; every one my father had written from the time he had enlisted in 1941 to his … Africa, and Dishforth in England, or for someone who might have had any contact with him during the time he served with Pathfinder Force as … ‘My baby, my baby, someone took my baby' and then I heard a soft voice which I later learned to love, ‘it's all right my dear, you're …
  • Flying Officer Daniel D. Platana
    … when my grandmother died, I received her collection of letters; every one my father had written from the time he had enlisted in 1941 to his … Africa, and Dishforth in England, or for someone who might have had any contact with him during the time he served with Pathfinder Force as … ‘My baby, my baby, someone took my baby' and then I heard a soft voice which I later learned to love, ‘it's all right my dear, you're …
  • LACW Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … when my grandmother died, I received her collection of letters; every one my father had written from the time he had enlisted in 1941 to his … Africa, and Dishforth in England, or for someone who might have had any contact with him during the time he served with Pathfinder Force as … ‘My baby, my baby, someone took my baby' and then I heard a soft voice which I later learned to love, ‘it's all right my dear, you're …
  • Share Your Story Guide
    … shortages? How did this affect your daily activities? How was your community affected by the conflict? Do you remember the conflict coming to an end? What was that like? The decision to leave and the … in Canada? Has it made a difference for you? Have you gone back to visit your country of origin? If so, what was this like? Reflection …
  • Peggy, Dorothy, Dick, Don
    … Kent. Our group traveled by train from Eltham to Liverpool, staying one night in a school gymnasium, where conditions were decidedly … fast 15-knot convoy, commanded and controlled from the Battle Cruiser HMS "Revenge" and screened by six destroyers. It was learned after the …
  • Giovanni Falvo
    … I came to Canada in June 1962 to join my two brothers Gabriele and Vittorio who … from the fishing boats nearby using baskets with a long cord. No one could leave the ship to make purchases as it was stopped in the … of the water. Our next stop was in Lisbon, Portugal for five hours, visiting the city. On our way again, no one became ill as it was …
  • Aamir Mirza
    … brother they were all well established and they had no intention to come and start from scratch. But I told them my assessment is that it … there is less chance that I’ll move back to Pakistan. If you want to come to Canada, it’s good for your children, for you children’s future, … my brother and sister they’re here, my parents are here, they came to visit me because, once my—they never wanted to come, and travel that …
  • History
    … “Netherlands-Canada Settlement Scheme”. The experiences of Dutch newcomers ranged from being housed in a chicken coop by an abusive farmer … get to Canada. Van Helvert family photograph album, detail of a family visit to the Museum. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 … items. One family did indeed bring the kitchen sink and another visitor told us that his mother brought the rock that they used to hold …
  • Josephine Keyzer
    … family of eight children, two boys and six girls, ranging in age from one month to eleven years. I was eight and the third oldest. My … us who were old enough to learn English. The lessons did not produce any English but lots of laughter. We left from Amsterdam pier in mid … in a type of day-care, a large playroom from which we were not free to come and go as someone stood on guard at the door. I believe we talked …

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