Her name was Aquitania. Born in Scotland and launched on April 21, 1913, the ocean liner was a beauty, boasting accommodations unlike any other found in the water at the time: walls decorated with portraits of Royalty and prints of English seaports, a smoking room...
Listen: We’re sitting at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 – the entry point for a million immigrants to Canada between 1928 and 1971 – and speaking with Dutch immigrant and Pier 21 volunteer George Zwaagstra on his personal immigration...
We live at a moment in history that requires us to act and I want to be able to look at my grandchildren and say ‘I did everything I could’ and I’m sure most people do too Last week we sat down with Tzeporah Berman, one of Canada – and the...
Meet George Zwaagstra. I spent the day with him at Halifax’s newly renovated Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 where we spoke about the wave of immigrants who flooded this port from 1928 till 1971 in search of a better life and hope for their future....
LISTEN: Myrna Driedger, member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and founder of the Nellie McClung Foundation talks about the challenges she faced erecting a monument of Nellie and her fellow suffragettes on the Legislature grounds and how McClung impacted her own...
In our continued exploration of “Marriage Equality/LGBT Rights” and its evolution in Canada, we sat down with “the Michaels” to discuss how it felt to be part of the historic movement that saw them being the first gay couple in Canada to be...
We continued our travels across Canada, gathering stories and footage on social change movements, with a stop in Montreal last week to speak with former prime minister, the Right Honourable Paul Martin. He shared with us what inspired his decision to introduce Bill...
SEE Change Magazine is Canada’s publication on social entrepreneurship. Much like other entrepreneurial endeavours, it was created in response to a need – the need to spread the word about an important movement that has the capacity to change the way we live and...
We’ll be coming to Winnipeg at the end of the month to gather research and to speak with folks about Nellie McClung, a true Canadian hero who worked tirelessly to get women the vote in her province, the first in Canada to do so. Stay tuned for our updates as we travel...