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  • CPO 2 Maurice R. St.Onge
    CPO 2 Maurice R. St.Onge …
  • Lieutenant M. Claire Mollard
    Lt. N/S (Dietician) Mollard, M. Claire, RCAMC: Lt. Mollard was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan. After graduating from university and completing an internship in Dietetics, Lt. Mollard enlisted in March/44 with the RCAMC. She was posted to the Halifax Military Hospital, where she remained …
  • RSM H. Elton Bonnell
    R.S.M. Bonnell, H. Elton, RCAMC: R.S.M Bonnell was born and raised in Prince Edward Island. He left his studies at Prince of Wales College in September/39, in order to enlist with RCAMC. He was posted to military hospitals in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia until his discharge in 1946. During his …
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  • From “Gutter Children” to Home Children: child migrants in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Immigration
    by Sorcha Clarke This is a guest post from Visiting Researcher Sorcha Clarke, a PhD candidate at Ulster University / Queen's University Belfast. It contains frank discussion of the difficult circumstances encountered by Home Children before and during their placements in Canada, including physical …
  • The Forgotten Immigrants: The Journey of the New England Planters to Nova Scotia, 1759-1768
    by Western University's MA Public History Program Students The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In the wake of the deportation of the Acadians in 1755, newly cultivated lands opened up in Nova Scotia, which …
  • To Canada and Back Again: Immigration from the United States on the Underground Railroad (1840-1860)
    by Western University's MA Public History Program Students Fugitive or Free? Prior to 1850, fugitive slaves who escaped from the southern United States to the northern states were considered to be free. However, after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, the northern states were no longer …

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