• Collaboration in Oral History Research
    … collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … country over the past decade as part of these outreach efforts. Below you will read about various Canadian Museum of Immigration (CMI) … as the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre-Museum of Migration. Each of my three trips to B.C. has helped build these relationships and …
  • Borders, Groups, Statistics: Researching Immigrant Arrival at Pier 21
    … How do I find a passenger list? Is there a ledger? What if my ancestor came from a country that no longer exists? While the Scotiabank Family History Centre at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not hold copies of all … For the latter, individuals can consult Statistics Canada’s Canada Year Book Historical Collection , Canadian Censuses , and Citizenship …
  • Fokke, Homiena van der Veen Family
    … My parents, Fokke (Frank) and Homiena van der Veen, arrived in Canada … 13, Jan 11, nearly 12, Hans 7 and the twins Arnold and Ina nearly 2 years of age. Unlike many immigrants my parents decide to come to Canada not from economic need, but because my father wanted to …
  • Blank Page by Paulina
    … Time 0:03:34 Transcript I moved in to Halifax just six months ago… To get the worked visa in Chile it was not so hard. There I had documents, papers, experience and language that supported me. I had a … a place where to live or give you a job. My life in Chile was safe, comfortable. It was an academic life. I worked in a publishing house, …
  • Philippe and Barbara Grignon
    … true story is dedicated to our granddaughter Jennifer who encouraged me to write and to her Osmondo whose gift pen I used to write the original draft. My name is Philippe Paul Grignon. I was born on January 20, 1920 in the …
  • Gabriele Damiani and Family
    … The Damiani Family by son Sam Damiani I still remember that early morning around the end of April 1966 when the whole family, my dad Giulio, my mom Vilde , my younger brother Fred and me together … by ship. The name of the ship was Olympia and at that time to a 14 year old it looked massive but thinking back and having cruised with …
  • Vice-Admiral Douglas S. Boyle
    … Story Our father, Douglas Seaman Boyle, was born November 29, 1923 in the landlocked Rocky Mountain town of Revelstoke, British Columbia. His middle name, prophetic as it turned out to be, was his mother’s family name. Susan Ann Dorothy and Allan Douglas Boyle, his parents, had immigrated to …
  • Alonzi Beniamino, Liberata e Family
    … Frosinone, Italy in 1940. I have one brother and two sisters. My parents were the most honest, lovable and hard working people ever. … but her main trade was running our grocery store, and my fondest memories was myself, at a very young age working by her side and … Alonzi Beniamino, Liberata e Family …
  • H.F. Leuteritz
    … account that goes with the Immigration Story (as well as other documents, audio recording, and photos) of the Leuteritz (1951) and Huber … Wally Dusswald and the rest to others and left for Bremen. Of all my friends who had studied with me in Munich, George Eberel came to the … Mrs. Plummer who had worked with me at the U.S. Department of Justice (in Munich) (she was an editor, correcting any mistakes in our …
  • Life in the Refugee Camp, Families and Friends with Hope by Duke
    … Time 0:02:15 Transcript Two weeks ago, Herv ask me if I want to talk about how I came to Canada.. At home I thought what to say… In my country when the Burmese attack our land we were so worried that we couldn’t even … us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese …