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  • Ordinary People, Extraordinary Things: Holocaust Education Week
    … odds. Partially, it was his kindly and charismatic presence commanding their attention, but mainly it was his story itself, which … in a Nazi concentration camp in Estonia less than two years after composing the verse. Following the film, soprano Janice Jackson … those long days in the darkness. When remembering the Holocaust, it is easy to see only the sorrow, the death, and the suffering. And that is …
  • Thank You Canada
    … For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and … they call the Volendam In nineteen hundred fifty one, a Canadian to become. A call came out from St. Laurent to European shores Come to our … Thank You Canada …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, Skalot, Poland (now Ukraine). Sponsored by Wasyl … hospital and a personal care home in Dauphin. He passed away on March 26, 1983 at the age of 79 years. His wife Katherine passed away on … at Pier 21 in the summer of 1929. Their names appear in column 50, row 26 (Anton, Zofia, Ted and Bill Warelis) and (Wincenty and Ewa Warelis) …
  • Kris Jensen
    … to Canada 1951: left Plymouth May 19, 1951, arrived at Pier 21 on May 26, on the S.S. Europe . By train to Vancouver, BC, was taken to … Started working June 3, 1951, and retired from the saw mill November 26, 1985. First two years pulling lumber on the big green chain, next … join them as inspector, still being at the same mill, worked the next 26 years as inspector. I married in 1961 and have four kids, two boys …
  • LACW Grace Shewan
    … sworn to an oath of secrecy which was not fully lifted for 50 years. Can you imagine in this day and age, something involving so many people being kept a secret at … Museum in our London, ON has a great deal to show. There was quite a Canadian connection since 5000 Canadian Airmen trained, at the request …
  • A Reflection on Curating Perfect Landings
    … (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to coincide with the Canadian … Commons , linking back to the late 1800s, when people waltzed on ice in the Public Gardens. More recently, I think it is fair to say … a sensibility and aesthetic she sometimes termed “theatre on ice” to the performance of her skaters, a style developed out of her …
  • Journey of Wawel Treasures to Canada
    … for safekeeping. Travelling by peasant’s carts, by trucks and by commandeered barge through the war-torn countryside of Poland, the … staff elected to remove the treasures to France. Szczerbiec, the medieval Polish coronation sword. Credit: Consulate of the Republic of … been conveyed to Canada, Zaleski and Polkowski had moved all but the smallest part of the collection out of the Records Storage Building and …
  • Edmondo and Nella Le Donne
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Nea Hellas Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: April 28, 1951 Age on … 23 Edmondo and Nella Le Donne arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax on the Nea Hellas to start their new life in Canada after 9 days at sea. Little …
  • Candida Franca Iaccino
    … RACCONTO DI VITA: CANDIDA FRANCA IACCINO (dedico questa mia storia ai miei … avevo un ricordo vago e triste. Così il primo di luglio (Canada Day) 2003 ho visitato Pier 21, è stata una grandissima emozione. Sono … Candida Franca Iaccino …

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