• Nikolajs Dambergs
    … Nikolajs Dambergs brought his family to Canada as a final flight from the oppressive powers of World War II. He brought with him his mother … ballet fame) and three children. In Halifax he found the freedom and peace which was stolen from him in his youth in Latvia. He had survived …
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  • The No. 2 Construction Battalion
    February 16 to May 1, 2017 A "Community Presents" exhibition. Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The No. 2 Construction Battalion is a temporary exhibit created by the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. This small exhibit commemorates the overseas departure of …
  • Canada and Germany: Partners from Immigration to Innovation
    … November 12, 2022 - January 22, 2023 Credit: Kitchener Public Library Canada and Germany: Partners from … Inuit of Labrador and the Germans. Nova Scotian content was added, reflecting, among other things, the important wave of German immigration …
  • Andrea Nicolosi
    … Andrea Nicolosi and Maria Soccorsa Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2013.1807.1a]. … 28, 1936 in Castellamare del Golfo (Trapani) Port of departure : PALERMO Ship : SATURNIA Port of arrival: HALIFAX Destination in Canada : …
  • Bittersweet Freedom by Aliyah
    … for my first time at 16… falling, getting back up. I wanted to be able to ride a bike like everyone else. Growing up in a small knit cultural & religious community in Ontario, everyone knows what you’re up to ALL the time, so basically my whole community knew that I was learning to ride a bike, but no one …
  • Weaving Cultural Identities
    … November 12, 2022 - January 22, 2023 Credit: Dawn Livera & Adrienne Neufeld (textile artists), Doaa Jamal …
  • Broken Promises
    … February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: Image provided courtesy of Nikkei National Museum & Cultural …
  • It's a Small World by Carmela
    … Time 0:03:50 Transcript My life was simple. I was happy with my role of young bride and mom in Carpinone, a … be to function in a new country if you don’t know the language. It was passed midnight when our plane finally landed, extremely tire; I was … new baby, but my troubles were definitely not over. My inability to communicate made it all so difficult, and I was feeling lonely even …
  • Revealing Chignecto
    … May 13 to July 23, 2023 Credit: Parks Canada Revealing Chignecto: The Stories Within In … original artworks by Réjean Roy, this exhibit invites visitors to handle high-quality reproductions of archaeological artifacts, listen to … from their character to help them build a narrative that encompasses the dramatic and tragic events of Chignecto, leading to the …