• Artist-in-Residence Winter 2024 – Santiago Guzmán
    … We had the great pleasure of hosting award winning playwright & dramaturge … to develop his play Long-Distance-Short (working title). On March 26, 2025 a local audience was treated to a participatory …
  • Laura Ogilvie Dunn
    … immigrants who arrived here August 28th, 1947 on the "Aquitania". We had sailed from Southampton, England, August 24th, 1947. She was to … than scheduled which meant that I had to stay in Halifax overnight in order to catch a flight the next day to Toronto. Flying was limited in those days. I remember going to the big C.N. Hotel which I believe is now the Westin Nova …
  • Alfred and Melitta Kaefer
    Melitta and Alfred Starke - 1960 Starke Family - 1977 Melitta Starke and Grandchildren - 2002 Melitta Kaefer Starke - 1953 Melitta Starke and Grandchildren …
  • Governance and Corporate Reports
    … at Pier 21 is to explore the theme of immigration to Canada in order to enhance public understanding of the experiences of immigrants …
  • Ivano and Giuseppina Ciccone
    … My Dad died in WWII. I got married on March 5th, 1955 to my beautiful bride Josephina. We … short. I started working full time in Port Colborne, Ontario... We had a 2nd child and life was good. Our 2 boys grew up healthy and they both got married. We have 5 …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … enlist at the time faced discrimination and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction …
  • Sapper Tony Anton E. Vermeulen
    … of the journey, except my mother was seasick for most of the trip, as well as my baby sister. On the ship, we were in third class and the … from Halifax to Winnipeg. At the Immigration office in Winnipeg, in order to provide for my baby sister, my mother had to sell her pearl necklace to be able to purchase milk for her. We …
  • Pamela Joy Taylor
    … Pamela Joy Taylor March 25, 1959 – September 25, 2013 Pamela Joy Taylor was … of Lambert and Freda (Bishop) Taylor - which she enjoyed pointing out to her five sisters and brother. Family and friends were Pamela’s love and delight. She had a great sense of humour and enjoyed a great debate. Pamela loved to …
  • Immigration Act, 1869
    … or dumb, blind or infirm,” with the immigration agent authorized to order such individuals returned to their port of departure. The … lodging and transportation services to newly arrived immigrants had to obtain a special license from the government and clearly post … first three decades of Confederation, the rate of emigration remained well above the rate of immigration. [3]   Library and Archives Canada. …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … enlist at the time faced discrimination and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction …