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The CIHS Bulletin
Published three to four times a year, the CIHS Bulletin is our main publication
containing articles and commentary of interest to our members.
The latest edition of the Bulletin is number 114,
published in February 2026
In this edition:
- An account of the Society’s most recent annual general meeting and dinner, which was held on 23 October 2025 and featured a discussion by Peter Duschinsky and Mike Molloy – two of the authors of Hearts of Freedom
- An examination of the measures that were taken by the government of Canada as Montreal hosted the Olympic Games in 1976, with a focus on the role of the Department of Manpower and Immigration
- A summary of her 2025 Gunn Prize-winning essay, by Michelle Faux
- An excerpt from the 14 August 1880 edition of the Canadian Illustrated news concerning immigration to western Canada
- An article by Mike Molloy detailing the continued promotion of Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees
- In memoriam: the Bulletin notes the passing of Margaret “Maggie” Nebout and Richard Dupont, as well as additional remarks on the passing of Ian Rankin
Latest articles
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Practitioners made it perfect – Immigrant Settlement in Canada
This project presents a series of interviews conducted with professionals who helped transform the delivery of settlement services to newly arrived immigrants to Canada. They have worked in various facets of Canada’s immigration system and, in many instances, had to fill a policy void with practical measures to ensure the effective integration of newcomers into…
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Winnipeg Immigration Agent – Annual Report for 1889
“[W]e have the satisfaction of knowing that a very large increase of the better class of foreign immigrants have found their way to our Province and Territories, than in any previous year, the Germans alone outnumbering the total arrivals from Great Britain, while a large influx of Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Belgians and other foreigners have…
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The CIHS marks International Women’s Day
The CIHS provides some thoughts that speak to the role and contributions of women to Canada’s immigration history.
About us
The Canadian Immigration Historical Society (CIHS) was formed in 1986, when seventeen people met and agreed upon the need for a non-partisan organization gathering historians, political scientists, sociologists, academics, government officials and private individuals to develop and promote interest in Canadian immigration and refugee matters and history.
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