Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards
At eleven, Rocco Maragna landed at Pier 21 with nothing certain but the father waiting on the other side. Decades later, the founder and president of the Gallery of Human Migration has been named one of Canada’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2026—recognition that traces back to the same question he carried off that boat: how does a place come to hold the people arriving in it? His story, and the community that helped tell it, are still being written.
Giving Tuesday 2025 at the Gallery of Human Migration
Every story of migration begins with someone deciding the world might hold something worth moving toward. On Giving Tuesday 2025, the Gallery of Human Migration invited its community to become part of that movement — not as witnesses, but as participants. Your support carries migration stories into the light: into publication, into conversation, into the hands of people who have never seen their own experience reflected back at them. This is what belonging looks like when a community decides to build it together.
The Gallery of Human Migration Launches Its Digital Space and Announces the 2025 Literary Award Winner
The Gallery of Human Migration (The Gallery) is thrilled to announce the inaugural Gallery of Human Migration Literary Award, a celebration of the transformative power of migration through storytelling.
2025 Literary Award Grand Prize: Mohamed Hammoud
A child’s life is split by a siren that rips the ordinary day apart — the beginning of exile, of loss, and of a name given and taken. From the sun-baked streets of Beirut to a new life in London, Ontario, this is a story about what happens when you carry a homeland inside you while learning to survive somewhere else. Tender, fierce, and memory-rich, the narrative tracks one family’s decision to leave, the small rituals that keep them human, and the quiet work of reclaiming selfhood in a world that keeps renaming you…
A Return Long Overdue: The Vatican, Indigenous Artifacts, and the Politics of Repatriation
The Gallery of Human Migration celebrates the Vatican’s decision to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to their original communities—a long-awaited act of justice. Though not directly involved in this process, the Gallery has long advocated for such restitution. We celebrate this moment with conviction and gratitude, as witnesses who have long hoped to see institutions embrace genuine acts of restoration and reconciliation.
ChinTV: Launch of the Migration Literary Award 2025
Toronto, February 7, 2025. The Gallery of Human Migration (The Gallery) is thrilled to announce the inaugural Gallery of Human Migration Literary Award, a celebration of the transformative power of migration through storytelling.