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Countless Journeys
By Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21Society & CultureHistoryPersonal JournalsPlaces & Travel
Countless Journeys episodes
- Love & Family
- War Bride Gladys Merrigan moved to Halifax after the war to join her husband. She still lives in the house he built for her.
- VP Audience Engagement at the Museum, Carrie-Ann Smith speaks about the significance of the war brides who came to Canada.
- Sheena Rossiter and Sandro Silva share their international love story which took them from London to Sao Paulo to Rio and most recently Edmonton, AB.
Thank you for listening to Countless Journeys.
Planning to visit Halifax? Be sure to follow and tag Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 on Facebook or Instagram!
28 min - War & Persecution
- Award winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch, whose visit to the Museum’s Scotiabank Family History Centre helped inspire the play Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story about her great-grandparents arrival in Canada from Romania.
- Dr. Nhung Tran-Davies who arrived in Canada with her widowed mom and siblings after the Vietnam War in 1979.
- Museum Curator, Dan Conlin speaks about the Museum’s travelling exhibition Refuge Canada.
Thank you for listening to Countless Journeys.
Planning to visit Halifax? Be sure to follow and tag Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 on Facebook or Instagram!
33 min - Season 1 meet the host: Mark Sakamoto
Mark Sakamoto has enjoyed a rich and varied career. He began his professional career in live music, working with several international acts. He has worked at a national law firm, a national broadcaster and has served as a senior political advisor to a national party leader. He is an entrepreneur and investor in digital health and digital media. Mark is the Executive Vice-President for Think Research, an international big data health firm in Toronto. In that capacity, he is responsible for driving all aspects of business development.
Sakamoto’s book, Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents won CBC Canada Reads and has been a number one national best seller in two separate years. It is currently being developed for screen and theatre. Mark is the host and executive producer of Good People, a CBC television series which explores societal problems and scours the planet for hopeful places and solutions. He lives in Toronto with his wife and their two daughters.
Thank you for listening to Countless Journeys.
Planning to visit Halifax? Be sure to follow and tag Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 on Facebook or Instagram!
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About Countless Journeys
From the publisher's feed
Countless Journeys & D’innombrables Voyages are original shows created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration located at Pier 21 in Halifax, the site of arrival for nearly a million immigrants.…
Connect to the human side of immigration through stories that warm the heart, build empathy and highlight the contributions made by newcomers. Dive into our shared history and honour those who now call Canada home as our guests share the challenges, joy and unexpected humour they’ve experienced along the way. This is Countless Journeys.
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