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Toronto Public Library and Passages Canada Present Destination Canada Exhibit

by Mike Simpson | Jul 13, 2017 | Ancestry, Ancestry Project, Canada, History, Immigration, Refugees, Travel, Uncategorized

Running from May 20 – July 30, 2017. Destination Canada is an exhibit at the Toronto Reference Library’s TD Gallery. This gem is almost hidden away at the side inside the entrance of the massive central library. Fortunately I was alerted to its presence by a...

NY Times’ Nicholas Kristof’s Family Immigration Story Told Via Engaging Documentary

by Mike Simpson | May 6, 2017 | Ancestry, Ancestry Project, Immigration, Refugees, Uncategorized, Video

Nicholas Kristof is a Pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, who covers human rights, women’s rights, health, and global affairs. In the column and short documentary, “Mr. Trump, Meet My Family,” Kristof describes the journey his father took as an...

Canada 150: Canadians Celebrate in 2017

by Mike Simpson | Jan 19, 2017 | Ancestry Project, Canada, Canada 150, Immigration, Refugees

Canadians will be celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday on July 1 and throughout all of 2017. What are you plans? How will you mark the occasion? In 1867 Canada was a young nation just getting to its feet. It is said by some that Expo 1967 was Canada’s...