There Were No Safety Nets, Part 2: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1921 to 1945
With the ending of the First World War, the Government of Canada amended the 1910 Immigration Act.[1] The 1919 amendment…
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There Were No Safety Nets, Part 1: Edmonton’s Italian Community, 1900 to 1920
In an age in which Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees fundamental rights and immigrants, whether economic migrants or…
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From There to Here: Reflections and Storytelling
Monday, July 27 was warm, as you’d expect on a summer day in Edmonton. In the open space of the…
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Nick Mischi: Dulcimer Master
Necolai “Nick” Mischi was eight years old in 1915 when he fell in love for the first time. It happened…
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The Prins Family and the Dutch in Beverly
Jacob and Aafje Prins helped more than 800 Dutch newcomers settle in Canada and the hospitality of their big white…
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish
The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish does not fit the conventional standards of history or historical places by…