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  • From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy
    … help .” After leaving the bank, she was approached by her cousin, Eddie Bullen, a successful jazz musician. He had developed a show that … made-up word,” she says, “How I've labelled myself is inconsequential compared to what I am doing.” “The events offer the musicians financial … Julian Taylor. Celebrations and Revelations On February 6, 2026, Taylor returns to the Museum , sharing the bill with beloved local …
  • Making Change is Possible by Leonard
    … As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and … Salaam. I used my journalistic skills to share information in schools, communities and universities to address issues are concerning the youth. This project lead me to become a youth activist. I was selected to travel to many countries in …
  • Embassy of Italy • Ambassade D’Italie
    … Embassy of Italy Ambassade D’Italie In honour of the thousands of Italians who brought to this … and to its wealth of promise trusted their futures. En honneur des milliers d’italiens qui débarquèrent dans ce grand Pays, remplis de … offrirent en don leur patrimoine culturel et confièrent leurs futurs à cette noble terre. …
  • Art and Artifact
    … And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
  • Art and Artifact
    … And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
  • Datta and Pat Saungikar
    … after 5 years at her own request due to marriage and emigrating to Canada. Due to the restrictions in the Indian Navy about marrying … Pat sent out many job applications to various companies in UK, all said to contact them again when Datta returned from India. But she also … the train with a change in Montreal; they arrived in Toronto, Sunday evening. On a very cold February day they made their way to …
  • Becky Forshaw Angus
    … spirits. Chub was liberated on May 2nd, 1945 and was repatriated to Canada in July, where he was immediately hospitalized. He continued to … throughout his life as a result of his wartime experience. Becky said goodbye to Scotland later that Fall, and arrived at Pier 21 on … had children. She remembered the long, long train ride, through Quebec City and Montreal, and then across the vast sparseness of northern …
  • Walter L, Violet L Drew
    … with nine other men. He took our son on a walk around the deck each day as I did not feel well. Children had their dinner earlier at 5:30pm … stay with the children. We arrived in Halifax at 2:00am so it was rushed up on deck because the engines were off. After breakfast we went to the immigration shed where we sat on benches in alphabetical order. Then we took a train to Toronto. …
  • Museum’s Podcasts Unearth Unforgettable Stories
    … Armenian genocide, detained upon arrival in Canada, who went on to become one of Canada’s first naturalized citizens and one of the world’s … and harmonies inspired by Mennonite choral music A Sri Lankan-Canadian composer melding classical music with sounds of the Middle East and … Rup has an amazing story. He’s a huge star in India and Pakistan and completely unknown here.’” Shifting Landscapes Learn how new Canadians …
  • Behind the Story by Kathy
    … how they barely escaped the country by boat. I thought of them like superheroes—strong and adventurous. When I finished grade 10, my family …

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