• Theodore and Maria Jacobs
    … Heading for a Good Life in Canada By Carla White When Theodorus Jacobs … his wife Maria to Canada on March 5, 1954, he thought to himself, “welcome home”. This wasn’t the first time Theo would set voyage from the … Beer (Great Bear), but it was the first time that the promise and hope of a new life awaited him on the other end. Theo first boarded the …
  • The Otto Froese Family
    … The Otto Froese Family My son Robert and his wife Cindy attended a convention in Halifax in 2000. … day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in Canada. My husband and children totally surprised me by having my … became very ill. Some kind of people looked after her. By a miracle, she found us in Kublitz by Stolp, Pommem. I was sick, close to death …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    … of Chinese descent born in Canada who had gone out of the country “for educational or other purposes.” All Chinese immigrants were … residents might be out of the country. This extension was held to be “for the peace, order, and welfare of Canada.” [21] The Chinese … restrictions , including the exclusion era, 1923-1947. Harper stated “For over six decades, these malicious measures, aimed solely at the …
  • Helena Lengacher
    … at age three, my parents once again gave thanks to the arrival of a son, Arsene Heyneman, my one and only sibling I would ever have. … were now a country under occupation which we would endure for the next four years. As mayor and a very influential business man in the region, … know at any given time if it was the German’s dropping bombs on us to keep the locals in-line or ally troops dropping bombs on the German’s …
  • Elfriede Gruber and George Novotny
    … The Sea and the Northern Lights The Second World War was a difficult time … being fought. But there I was, 21 years of age, and finally I had the chance to get my sea legs. It was just before Christmas, 1950, when my … I did not sign up to go to Australia, since the refugee transport ship I would have been on blew up some 200 miles offshore and there …
  • Entrenching Refugee Rights in Canada: The 1985 Singh Decision
    … refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination … the Canadian government rather than the claimant. The latter was not afforded the right to state their case before federal officials and to … Estey and Justice William McIntyre, based their ruling on Section 26 of the Charter and Section 2(e) of the Act for the Recognition and …
  • All or Nothing by Jessica
    … But as I grew up I began to doubt if true love really does last forever. When my brother and I were young we were all attached at the … we were invited too. My mom was very involved with the Filipino community, so my dad would take us to support the events and … trips to Poland my dad would take my brother and I on every 5 years to visit his side of the family. Knowing that my brother and I didn’t know …
  • Jane Helders
    … Single Men and Women July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort in Holland called "Het Trefpunt", translated it means "Meeting … my birthday March 28 (I turned 28), we became engaged. I promised to come to Canada as soon as possible. I did not consider myself an …
  • First Taste of White Bread
    … That evening, my Dad had bought some "Canadian sliced white bread", which was something new for us, which he made extra special by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on … to be found..." - Christine Gerth ...Periodically, my father would come back and it was on one of these occasions that I told him that we …
  • Medical Facilities at Pier 21
    … that medical and physical requirements of the Immigration Act were “[f]or the protection of residents of Canada, and to ensure that …