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  • Anna Teresa Alessandroni
    … the Alessandroni Family had landed at Pier 21, Halifax. There they set foot to a new adventure, a new chapter of a family full of love, …
  • Search for Research by TD
    … with my father on his bicycle. That time my father told me that you become a researcher, not like me. After that I participate a lot in the … my exams, I came back to my home, and my aunt was in the hospital. She died within a month. She got breast cancer This motivated me to do my … suspect malaria. I travelled 8 hours to visit him. During surgery, he died. Because of the type of malaria he had, they couldn’t identify it …
  • Bringing My Daughter to Canada by Linda
    … after my daughter. In 1986 I got my papers. I sponsored my daughter to come to Canada. But my sister didn’t want to give her to me. …
  • Stronger by Pankaj
    … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has … hands went up to ask the question. “But why such a sign?” Discussion commenced and all agreed that we all are equal and we should not be …
  • “The New Canadian Curling Club” Sweeps Away Myths About Immigrants
    Zaynna Khalife, Ardavan Taraporewala, Linette Doherty and Howard Dai in The New Canadian Curling Club . Photo by @stoometzphoto   For a lot of people, curling is a mystery . It doesn’t look very athletically demanding, and yet - as many Canadians have discovered while flipping through TV channels - …
  • The Journey Continues by Lina
    Time 0:02:23 Transcript Choosing a university is hard. I have always lived in London and Western has always been my number one but now that French is an opportunity for me, Ottawa is moving up on the scale. There are so many things to consider when deciding what university to go to and just …
  • “The New Canadian Curling Club” Sweeps Away Myths About Immigrants
    Zaynna Khalife, Ardavan Taraporewala, Linette Doherty and Howard Dai in The New Canadian Curling Club . Photo by @stoometzphoto   For a lot of people, curling is a mystery . It doesn’t look very athletically demanding, and yet - as many Canadians have discovered while flipping through TV channels - …
  • “This Is An Emotional Place” - The Notes They Left Behind
    … political refugees as they were transported to Canada.” If these newcomers couldn’t understand or speak English or French, the tags … the tags link visitors to the building’s past, they are also a way to communicate through time to the future. A message might be read by … started his note: “Dear me in 2025,” pledging to work hard and then come back to find his letter in a year’s time. Another visitor, …
  • Deciphering Family Facts from Family Lore
    … that were unclear or unseemly, and over generations those stories become our truths. But what if there was someone who could help decipher … did for my family in October 2015. By then I had been working at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 for two months and was still … plasterer. Cara’s sleuthing through primary source documents and pointed questions to my Dad helped her find the arrival and departure …
  • “This Is An Emotional Place” - The Notes They Left Behind
    … political refugees as they were transported to Canada.” If these newcomers couldn’t understand or speak English or French, the tags … the tags link visitors to the building’s past, they are also a way to communicate through time to the future. A message might be read by … started his note: “Dear me in 2025,” pledging to work hard and then come back to find his letter in a year’s time. Another visitor, …

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