• Bruno and Rosanna Bellissimo
    … went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the little town where I was born. The "Conte … and my mother had to stay with him in the ship's hospital for a few days. I was left alone to go to the dining room for my meals and I got … the train, much like a cattle train, and I remember that we had little food. Two days later we arrived in Toronto's Union Station. My father …
  • Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to … we liked that because we didn’t feel lonely so we feel that we had company. And his mother-in-law, his mo—yeah, his mother-in-law—she had … with cheese— like fresh cheese—also from Colombia. So we liked coming to the house and having that type of food. Oral History …
  • Sergeant Harold O. Jackson
    … to be admitted to hospital when we landed in Canada. I hardly remember coming off the boat at Pier 21 but I do remember walking into the …
  • Margaret Adu, Described Video
    … In 2010 she received the Ghanaian Canadian Achievement Award for Community Service and in 2013 she was nominated for the Black and Gold Award for her community and business efforts, in 2014 she won the Immigrants of …
  • Lieutenant Mabel Ellen Coutts
    Lieutenant Mabel Ellen Coutts …
  • Private Albin Carl Norlander
    … with his regiment he was transferred to Holland in the spring of 1945. Service in the UK followed after the war ended on May 8th 1945 until …
  • Peace – The Exhibition
    … central to the history of immigration to Canada. Many immigrants have come to Canada to escape violence caused by war and conflict or to avoid forced military service. The exhibition’s themes — Negotiate, Organize and Intervene — …
  • Doris Kendall Whalen and Jacqueline
    … home of Birkenhead, England, as someone else scheduled to leave had become ill and she was asked to be ready as soon as possible. This meant …
  • Lt. Cmndr. William G. Curry
    … class) was on loan from the UK and was much older and had been in service as a British ship previous to its transfer to Canada (so he … in the wardroom on shore when the word came in that they had a chance to take the Germans captive. They scrambled on some vessel and …
  • Sister Gwladys Rees Aikens
    … of WWII, she joined the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Services (QAIMS) Reserve and served them in England, North Africa, …