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Time: 9:10 Transcript Neepawa is a small town in western Manitoba, in the Canadian prairies. A service centre for grain and livestock farms, Neepawa has a population of just under 5,000 people. The town has been growing over the past decade, with a 27% increase in the population between 2011 and …
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Pictured, left to right, back row: Leya Evelyn, Paolo Pietropaolo, Ida Beltran-Lucila, Tina Pittaway, Rup Magon, Jorge Requena Ramos. Front row: Leila Marshy, Philip Moscovitch, Yousuf Karsh, Rey Tatad, Dinuk Wijeratne. The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 produces two podcasts. Countless …
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Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling photograph from 1914 of the passengers of SS Komagata Maru looms over part of our museum- a haunting memory of faces turned away by the racist …
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By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/02/2022 Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The world nearly forgot the existence of No. 2 Construction Battalion, a military unit made up of Black men determined to serve their country during the First World War. …
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CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION AT PIER 21 COLLECTION POLICY COLLECTION OVERVIEW Introduction The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is dedicated to exploring the history of immigration in Canada. Designated as the country’s sixth national museum in 2009, the Museum is located at Pier 21, a …
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During her summer residency at the Museum, Andrea Jackson worked with visitors on THE “HERE AND ELSEWHERE” BEE. This project, inspired by the children’s storybook Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt , invited visitors to create a “Bear Paw” quilt block out of pre-cut fabric with adhesive backing. The …
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During his six month residency at the Museum, Kyle worked with visitors on a project entitled " To Those Still At Sea… ". By creating a large scale silhouette sculptural painting of the Empress of Ireland , Kyle illuminated the 102 nd year anniversary of the lives lost on the greatest maritime …
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Life in the United States Time 0:00:46 Transcript I wasn't involved in any of the heavy duty demonstrations, the ones I was in were more the peace marches, so I didn't occupy any university offices or do any of that sort of thing, but uh, but I was definitely involved in, there was one march we had …
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Life in the United States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the military was concerned. And then I ended up in the military. I got drafted. Emily Burton (EB): You got drafted. …