See everything, hear everything
Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.
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Excerpts from NFB films
When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
Fe Bertrand is a Filipina woman who came to Canada under a Canadian Government...
A Scent of Mint
[2002]
Pierre Sidaoui left Lebanon during that country's civil war. He eventually moved...
Lost Dreams
[1999]
A young Canadian woman of Ukrainian origin relates the story of her father's...
Strangers for the Day
[1962]
Emigrating from Syria to Canada, a man and his daughter are on a train heading for...
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Entire NFB Films
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...
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Photographs
40 000 Men Needed in Western Canada. Poster to encourage American immigration, 1911.
[1911]
Before the World War I, the Canadian government considered Americans to be one of...
White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
[1920]
Women immigrants to Western Canada, enticed by colourful posters depicting...