• Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Ben moved to Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, to pursue his university studies; Saïda initially went to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she … into his choices. In this first clip, available elsewhere on our website , he describes how his parents financed his university studies …
  • Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Ben moved to Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, to pursue his university studies; Saïda initially went to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she … into his choices. In this first clip, available elsewhere on our website , he describes how his parents financed his university studies …
  • Annual Reports and Quarterly Financial Reports
    Annual Reports Annual Report 2024 - 2025 Annual Report 2023 - 2024 Annual Report 2022 - 2023 Archived Annual Reports Annual Report 2021 - 2022 Annual Report 2020 - 2021 Annual Report 2019 - 2020 Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Annual Report 2017 - 2018 Annual Report 2016 - 2017 Annual Report 2015 - 2016 …
  • Lina Douwsma
    … what seemed to me to be a huge ship, the Zuiderkruis. The first few days on board were a lot of fun! We ran up and down the stairs, played … One day I was looking through the only porthole and I saw a huge green mountain. "What is that mountain doing there?" I thought. Then, I …
  • De Francesco, Pompilio
    … My Story by Pompilio De Francesco I was born in a little town in Italy called Guardiaregia, … province of Campobasso, on December 4, 1929. I grew up in the forested mountain area and I scrambled to get a 5 year elementary education … townspeople and the rumble of the war planes that filled the sky every day echoed in my head. My grandfathers had travelled to North America …
  • Leonard Palmer
    … Lancastria. We sailed down the Mersey River, stopped at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland the next day and arrived in Halifax on April 27, 1929.” [1] Leonard was … to a hotel for dinner and a place to stay for the night. The next day, his boss came along with a horse and wagon and took Leonard out to …
  • Recruiting Domestic Workers and Live-In Caregivers in Canada
    … Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Over the last several decades, Canada has become increasingly dependent on foreign workers to meet its … evident in the agricultural, service, and homecare industries. [1] The Canadian government regulates all temporary foreign worker programs. … there are two major temporary foreign worker labour programs in Canada. One is the International Mobility Program (IMP) which covers a …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … Left: The mountain village of Diman and surrounding villages (photo courtesy of …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … Left: The mountain village of Diman and surrounding villages (photo courtesy of …
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    … Can I search for an immigration record on the Museum’s website? No, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not have immigration records on the website. The Scotiabank Family History Centre staff use a variety of …