A Sleeping Tree Dreams of Its Roots
[1992]
A woman of Jewish descent describes her immigration interview. It is the filmmaker...

When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
It was grandparents who raised Maricel Guinto in the Philippines. Her mother, Este...

Mediterraneo Sempre - Mediterranean Forever
[2000]
This film puts 20th-century Italian immigration to Canada in the context of voyages...

Our Street Was Paved with Gold
[1973]
The narrator's family immigrated to Canada after World War II. The fictional...

When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
Every year thousands of women enter Canada as domestic servants, the majority of...

Lost Dreams
[1999]
In Lost Dreams, Kateryna Ewanchuck, a young Ukrainian in Manitoba, reflects...

A Scent of Mint
[2002]
Growing up in the small Lebanese town of Abey, Pierre Sidaoui had a carefree...

Bamboo, Lions and Dragons
[1981]
Two families, the Changs and the Lims, tell the story of the Chinese community in...

20 ans après...
[1977]
Since 1956 many Moroccan Jews have immigrated to Quebec drawn by the predominance of...

Examining new arrivals in Immigration Examination Hall.
[1952]
During the peak periods at Halifax's Pier 21 Examination Hall, up to a thousand...

Quelques arpents de neige
[1977]
...

Quarantine questionnaire.
[1832]
The compulsory completion of the quarantine questionnaire for each ship passenger at...