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  • Medical Facilities at Pier 21
    … between public health and medical controls on immigrants in Canada has deep historical roots in Canada, notably in Halifax, which suffered … outstripped overseas medical infrastructure, which led to a renewed emphasis on careful medical examination of immigrants at their point of … in Canada on the Duchess of York on 19 March 1937. [30] Waldron also has memories of the happier occasion of hosting mothers and newborns in …
  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … that by 1851, the Irish Catholic population in British North America (i.e. United Province of Canada (Canada West and Canada East), Nova …
  • Legacy Gift
    … Your Story. Canada's Story. Telling our stories preserves our history. A gift in your Will preserves Canada’s immigration stories, forever. Here are two stories from caring and compassionate Canadians like you who have taken the step of remembering … Italian immigrants who came to Canada through Pier 21 in the 1950s, visited us in 2013 and reconnected with the experiences of her parents …
  • Kinship, Inclusion, and Exclusion in Canadian Immigration History
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 13, 2022) “I think a stalwart peasant in a sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers … quote—and more particularly, a better understanding of its context—has a few lessons left for us in approaching Canada’s immigration … Kinship, Inclusion, and Exclusion in Canadian Immigration History …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … (born in 1931). During the depression, the family moved to a “soddy” (a small home constructed with sod blocks, twigs, thin branches and hay) built by his father, Hailey at Oak Lake. After his dad’s sudden …
  • Driving Canada: A Collaborative Oral History Project
    By Haroon Khalid, Anam Zakaria, and Emily Burton, PhD, Oral Historian “Reality is reality. It is more difficult than imagination…We’re adapting, whatever’s happening. We were okay, we’re still okay, and we will always be okay, hopefully.” Rammah Mohammad. [1] Introduction In 2024, the Canadian …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, … Ethelbert, Manitoba, he was able to immigrate to Canada. After bidding his family and friends goodbye, he dressed into the nearly new clothes …
  • 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 …
  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are … like this too. [1] Joe Pereira, Portuguese Canadian Introduction Sport has long been a tool for culture production and exchange; now, many … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …
  • Michele e Concetta Fusillo
    … September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of … working on construction sites, digging and constructing tunnels until his brother's death, age 23, at the Hogg's Hollow Disaster in Toronto … We want to acknowledge and thank them for taking the risks they did to come to a new country, not knowing the language, not having work and …

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