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An item from the CBC TV News Archive – a report of a 1979 visit to the Anambas Islands of Indonesia where thousands of Vietnamese refugees found some shelter. Canadian immigration officials worked on these islands as part of Canada’s resettlement efforts.

With the permission of the author, Feng Hou of Statistics Canada, we are pleased to post ‘The Resettlement of Vietnamese Refugees Across Canada Over Three Decades‘.This is one of four comparative resettlement studies done for the United Nations-WIDER. Germany, the UK and the USA were also studied.

‘Robin Higham’s review of ‘Running on Empty’ is posted here with the kind permission of Mr. Higham as well as that of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers. The review first appeared in the Association’s magazine ‘Bout de Papier’.

The Vietnamese Boat People Memorial Association has appreciatively added to its website select passages from ‘Running on Empty‘. The Association aims “to preserve the historical heritage of the Vietnamese Boat People” through monuments and public education.

Elvire Westley donated these photographs in November 2017 that she had gathered during her career with the Canadian immigration office in Paris. Mme Westley contributed an article about her career to the latest Bulletin.

The Society is pleased to note the appointment of one of its long-standing members, Robert Vineberg, to the position of Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. The Society has been an active supporter of the Museum for many, many years.

The 2017 Gunn Award was presented to Iain Wilson at the recent CIHS AGM