The Gallery of the Portuguese Pioneers received the visit of the daughter and great-granddaughter of our pioneer Jaime Manuel Moniz Eleutério, who came to Canada in 1954. Here is the photo to witness this visit, which has made this gallery very proud. These are some of the occasions that show us the importance of preserving […]
A partir do mês de outubro, a Galeria dos Pioneiros Portugueses vai ter novo horário. Com esta decisão, o museu quer estar aberto aos estabelecimentos de ensino que lecionam português aos sábados, assim como a todas as outras escolas da comunidade. Este novo horário, vai permitir estarmos mais perto das famílias, que num passeio de […]
Vivendo como um imigrante no Canadá ou ser filho de pais Portugueses, vemos e retratamos estereótipos associados a Luso-Canadianos. O seguinte são alguns estereótipos frequentemente associados com os Portugueses: Que nós só comemos papo secos, queijadas de nata, rissóis, bacalhau e caldo verde com cerveja ou vinho tinto. Que os domingos estão reservados para ir a missa e […]
Abílio Cipriano Marques was born in Pampilhosa da Serra (a town in Portugal, near the city of Coimbra) in 1929. His father passed when he was still a child, forcing him to take on a job as an agricultural servant at a very young age. At 14, he joined his mother in Lisbon, where she […]
Elvino Silveira Medina de Sousa was born in Graciosa Island in the Azores archipelago, on Decemeber 28, 1956. He immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1970 at 13 years old. An honour student since the beginning, Elvino completed a Bachelor and a Masters Degree at the University of Toronto, and obtained his Ph.D. from […]
