A grandmother mourns the death of her grandchild in Ireland
 
Irish refugee mother and child
 
Mother and child arrive in Toronto
 
The Willis family flees their homestead in 1847 Ireland
     

Mary and John Willis aboard the ship Jessie bound for Canada
 
Close up of Irish famine girl from Death or Canada
 
Mary Willis and her husband arrive in Toronto
 
Famine refugee in Ireland
     

Bishop Michael Power and Emigrant Agent Edward McElderry watch the arrival of refugees in Toronto
 
Death of Bishop Power
 
Death of Bishop Power
 
The youngest of the Willis children who was left behind on the docks in Limerick because he was too ill to travel
     

Young Irish famine refugee
 
Young Irish famine refugee
 
Irish refugee
 
Lead character John Willis, played by Irish actor Tony Murphy
     

Crying Irish refugee
 
Mary Willis crying
 
Irish refugees make their way up from the docks in Toronto
 
Irish refugee girl
     

Tony Murphy as John Willis in Death or Canada
 
Irish refugee
 
Refugees arrive in Canada against the backdrop of Toronto harbour recreated through visual effects.
 
Wide shot of refugees arrive in Toronto
     

Young refugee girl
 
John Willis at the bedside of his dying son
 
Refugee woman
 
Undertaker Ryan
     

Nurse Susan Bailey and Dr. George Grassett tend to a ill patient
 
Dying Irish woman says her prayers
 
The Irish harp brooch, the symbol of Death or Canada, which was purchased by the Willis family in Ireland. A brooch similar to this was found in the archaeological dig in downtown Toronto
 
Captain of the Jesse presides over a burial at sea of one of the Willis children
     

Mary Willis with shipping bill for Canada in background
 
Close-up of Mary-Anne Willis who died in Grosse Ile in the summer of 1847
 
Roadside cannibals attack the Willis family on their journey to Limerick
 
     

William Clay Ford Jr., great-grandson of Henry Ford, and Executive Chairman of the Board, Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford’s family came from Ireland in the summer of 1847 and arrived in Toronto before traveling onwards to Dearborn, Michigan.
 
Dr. Donald Low, Chief Epidemiologist at Mt. Sinai Hospital, featured in Death or Canada
 
Key contributors Robert Kearns, Dr. Ron Willamson and Prof. Mark McGowan on set of Death or Canada at the fever sheds
 
Irish journalist and philosopher John Waters at Achill Island, Ireland, one of the worst hit areas during the famine
     

Irish journalist and philosopher John Waters at Achill Island, Ireland, one of the worst hit areas during the famine
 
Prof. Mark McGowan at the City of Toronto archives
 
Robert Kearns tells the story of the Irish famine emigrants of 1847.
 
Robert Kearns ponders the refugee’s plight in one of the fever sheds on Grosse Ile
           

Archaeologist Ron Williamson at the site of the dig in downtown Toronto
           
     

Production crew on Death or Canada films “Death of Bishop Power” scene at Black Creek Pioneer Village near Toronto.
 
L to R Director Ruan Magan with Executive Producers Craig Thompson and Stephen Rooke
 
On set at Discovery Harbour in Penetanguishene, Ontario
 
Crew prepares for medical inspection scene at the Toronto Docks
     

Preparing for the influx of refugees to Toronto
 
Executive Producer Craig Thompson plays eminent Toronto citizen in Death or Canada.
 
Executive Producer Craig Thompson