- Time 0:03:47 Transcript (Translated from Spanish) In 1996, my husband decided to travel to Canada. I stayed in Chile with my two-year-old son, waiting for the moment we would join him. My husband arrived in Montreal, neither knowing anyone nor speaking the language. Soon he started to attend a …
- Research …
- As a federal Crown Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is subject to both the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (the Acts). The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and anyone present in Canada the right to request records held …
- Time 0:02:44 Transcript When we arrived my understanding of what was happening was very unclear, I was only 8. All I knew, I was coming to Canada and My father had told me he had a teddy Bear for me so big in fact it was my size. I was so excited. When we exit the airport, my first view was the …
- Time 0:24:06 Transcript: Robert Vineberg, Chairperson: Good day everyone. The video that you have just watched illustrates the countless journeys that immigrants made and continue to make to come to Canada. It may have reminded you of your own family’s story. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and …
- Time 0:02:56 Transcript I came here to Canada in 1984 as a nanny. I left my daughter in the Phillipines. I was going abroad to give my daughter a good education. Every month, I sent my sister ten thousand pesos to look after my daughter. In 1986 I got my papers. I sponsored my daughter to come to …
- Test …
- Test Gallery …
- Artist-in-Residence 2018 – Shauna MacLeod …
- Refuge Canada explored the themes of life before, fear, displacement, refuge and life in Canada so we wanted the residency inspired by it to create something for refugees. Over the course of her residency studio potter Shauna MacLeod created 300 serving bowls formed with Nova Scotia red earthenware …