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… Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The … to local, national and global publics. The Museum recognizes that we cannot tell the comprehensive story of Canadian immigration history … Disposals The Museum acquires assets for its Collection with care. However, there may be times when the removal of particular assets from …
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… political refugees as they were transported to Canada.” If these newcomers couldn’t understand or speak English or French, the tags … the tags link visitors to the building’s past, they are also a way to communicate through time to the future. A message might be read by … started his note: “Dear me in 2025,” pledging to work hard and then come back to find his letter in a year’s time. Another visitor, …
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… political refugees as they were transported to Canada.” If these newcomers couldn’t understand or speak English or French, the tags … the tags link visitors to the building’s past, they are also a way to communicate through time to the future. A message might be read by … started his note: “Dear me in 2025,” pledging to work hard and then come back to find his letter in a year’s time. Another visitor, …
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… arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was 1988. “I was denied the opportunity to join the program because I didn’t speak … the world! The Rugby World Cup runs August 22-September 27, 2025. Newcomers who join a club instantly find themselves with a large group of …
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… arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was 1988. “I was denied the opportunity to join the program because I didn’t speak … the world! The Rugby World Cup runs August 22-September 27, 2025. Newcomers who join a club instantly find themselves with a large group of …
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… I don't quite believe it, I'm actually going to Pier 21, Halifax NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since I've …
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… – Galicia in Poland – and our eventual settlement in Canada. During WWII, when Germany invaded Poland, my grandmother’s home in Kalusz, … feed the engineers and our family with whatever they found. Along the way, my mother had met and married Wolodymir Malinowksi, who became my …
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… her Anna Teresa, in honour of my father’s own and only sister who had died suddenly at the age of 21. And within two years of her birth, the … patch made of cotton pushed into place by glasses, my father never complained of his trials, but pursued life with kindness, gentleness … force of this small familial unit. Joining the work force, their combined effort and ambition led my parents to open and grow their very …
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… after my daughter. In 1986 I got my papers. I sponsored my daughter to come to Canada. But my sister didn’t want to give her to me. …
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… Lynda was two months old when we arrived, courtesy of the Canadian Government on the ship called … time I first stepped on the train at Halifax Pier until the present day. I still remember that wonderful train journey through Nova Scotia, …