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    … or mobility impairments. Learn about the free Navilens app and how it works.  → We are working to improve everyone's visit. … of all services and accommodations.  → Hours Seven days a week, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Hours of operation year round.  → Filming and … All Admission prices.  → Are you a conference delegate?   Simply show your badge upon arrival at our Ticket Counter for 20% off …
  • 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 … Directorate of Movements, “Batory W-12”, July 1940, RG 24, File HQS-63-303-12, Library and Archives Canada. Draper, 219. Zaleski, 5. Swager, … for External Affairs, to General Manager, the Bank of Montreal, Head Office, Montreal; Ottawa, 11 June 1955; Library and Archives Canada, RG …
  • What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast
    … in practice at Canadian ports of entry and overseas. Immigration officials have to consider many factors in choosing to admit, detain or … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … detain, or deny entry? Once a decision is made, the visitor is then shown the actual result from the historical record. What Would You Do? …
  • Steven F. and Margaret S.
    … on the ship called the Minnedosa and arrived in Halifax July 23, 1926. He was just over five years, 8 mos. old when he arrived in Canada. … he went back and could identify all the places of his childhood. They had the privilege of having the Curator of the museum in Raymond, Alberta accompany them around the town. He also took them out to the sugar beet fields where Steve's father worked when he first …
  • Artist in Residence
    … enable an artist to create new work that advances their art practice while also aligning with the Museum’s mandate. We are currently planning for … Smith for a description of the exhibition. The selected artist will also serve as an advisor to the Public Programs and Community Engagement …
  • Antonio Fernandes Moreira
    … of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … an "endentured worker", having the prerequisite "hardened hands". On Good Friday, April 8, 1955, António boarded the ship Saturnia in the …
  • LCdr Richard L. Johnson
    … ships as a signalman and communicator. Semaphore, signal flags, morse code and radio predated high tech and the internet and those …
  • Anton, Zofia, Ted and Bill Warelis
    … the Atlantic Ocean they arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on August 30, 1929 and landed at Pier 21. After Anton and Zofia cleared customs … a train to Ethelbert, Manitoba. They settled in the small rural community of Ukraina. When they arrived they had no home to live in. … of 1930. They worked to clear their land and build a home. This took some time. Anton, Zofia and family didn't move into their new home …

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