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  • Madame Benoît’s Quebec Tourtière
    … Tourtière is a double crusted meat pie, traditionally enjoyed in Quebec during the Christmas feast called reveillon. … other meats or even local game, like rabbit or moose. Canadian television host Madame Benoît’s tourtière filling recipe is particularly … to make and delicious.  George Showman , CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Image cropped. Step 1: Place all the ingredients in a saucepan …
  • Share your story
    … The Museum would like to hear from anyone with a story related to Canadian immigration. Personal and family experiences of immigration are an important part of everything we do, and you can help the Story Collection grow by sharing yours. Criteria for … story meets the Museum’s mandate: “explore the theme of immigration to Canada in order to enhance public understanding of the experiences of …
  • A Taste of Our Home: The Flavours of Migration & Diversity in Canada Activity Book
    … Image from Freepik. Discover how food connects us all! A Taste of Our Home: The Flavours of Migration & Diversity in Canada is an activity book created to accompany the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21’s travelling exhibition eat make share: a taste of immigration . Download …
  • Marie Ori Burns
    … I had a basic knowledge of the English language, I was sent to Brockville, Ontario, to serve as a ward-aid at the Ontario Hospital for the mentally ill. The weather on the day of our arrival in Halifax was cold and … spice to my speech. My host Country could not have been kinder, or more generous, and I often thank God for assigning it as part of my …
  • Sadie T. Fineberg
    Sadie T. Fineberg …
  • Chrysler Canada Pavilion
    … Chrysler Canada Pavilion's harbour view offers lots of natural lighting. The perfect venue to host your next event. Inclusions: Oval banquet tables and chairs Natural light with floor-to-ceiling windows offering harbour view (a harbour …
  • The Suitcase Activity
    … Ideal for: Ages 9 - 15 Decorate Your Suitcase Decorate the outside of your … stickers, scrapbooking or any other medium that you wish. Try to cover all the surfaces of your suitcases and write the date inside the … love to see your packed suitcases! You can take photographs of your completed suitcases & email them to acishahayo@pier21.ca . Print this …
  • Private Mitchell Sherman Williams
    … arrived in Halifax on the Nieux Amsterdam and was discharged at Camp Hill, Halifax August 4, 1944. Following his service, Bill worked as a … for about a week. I had a month's leave and then went on to Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax for treatment of my wounds. My wife followed in …

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