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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
