• Empress of Ireland - The Ship's Bell
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:17 Transcript: At the heart of our … Museum of History. And it’s one of the most beautiful ship’s bells I’ve seen in my career as a curator: that lovely filigree patterning on … over a thousand people. So the bell has a certain dark power that way. And we present it right beside two screens where we portray the …
  • Empress of Ireland - The Bridge
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:13 Transcript: We have a special case in the exhibit Empress of Ireland: Canada’s … tube. All these instruments—classic nautical pieces of hardware—allowed the officers on the bridge to control everything that went on in …
  • Empress of Ireland - Behind the Scenes with the Curator
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:31 Transcript: We’re now preparing to put artifacts in a case from the wheelhouse of … that were there that night where fatal decisions were made about which way Empress of Ireland was going to go in the fog, those fatal …
  • L/Cpl D. Lloyd Pulsifer
    … brother joined the military when he was nineteen leaving our newly widowed mother to run the farm with the help of an older brother who was … where they had been sent without furlough or any chance to say good-bye to their families. From England he was sent to Africa and on …
  • The Janis Levalds Family
    Mr. Janis Levalds was born at Embute, Latvia in April 27, 1904 Family photo below shows Mr Levalds with his wife Karline, his son Ilmars (Nov 8, 1929), his daughter Rasma (Feb 16, 1933) and Ausma (April 28, 1940). This picture was taken at Ausma's Christening (1940) in Latvia M Levalds' temporary …
  • Olive Hall and Bill Wells
    … with her and she was expecting another. She said she was ill all the way over with morning and sea sickness and that the other women were always helping her with my brother as he was a hand-ful, she stayed in … for 30 years in Pointe Claire, Quebec and now reside in Ottawa, ON. By Beverly Decle …
  • Refuge Canada - The Life Jackets
    … by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:22 Transcript: In our section Escape by Sea in Refuge Canada we have these two life jackets that were worn by children who were …
  • Immigrant vs Belonging - Tom Corcoran
    … Life in Canada Time 0:00:51 Transcript Emily Burton (EB): So do you see yourself as an immigrant? Tom Corcoran (TC): I see myself as belonging here as opposed to there. I don’t know what that means. Do I see … Immigrant vs Belonging - Tom Corcoran …
  • Civil Rights Demonstration - Diane Kristensen
    … Life in the United States Time 0:00:46 Transcript I wasn't involved in any of the heavy duty demonstrations, the ones I was in …
  • Would You Pass The Test?
    … I have had the pleasure of attending quite a few citizenship ceremonies in my life. If you have not been to one, I suggest you look into it. … the new Canadian Immigration Hall to connect our visitors to the concept of citizenship, whether they are a native born Canadian, or someone …