The Southeast Asian Refugee Movement to Canada: Chronology 1954-1980
We have posted a revised and more complete chronology of developments leading up to and following the start of the movement of Southeast Asian refugees to Canada.
See also
Don’t Take the Boats
Former immigration foreign service officer René Bersma offers his comprehensive recollections of the early part of his career, with particular emphasis on his experiences in south-east Asia (1978-1982).
Roger St. Vincent’s autobiography
The Department of History at Carleton University, Ottawa, has made Roger St. Vincent’s autobiography, “A Very Fortunate Life”, available on line. The autobiography includes accounts of Roger’s wartime service with the RCAF, his time with the Canadian Government Immigration Mission, the entire text of “Seven Crested Cranes” – his account of the Uganda Asian movement, and…
Presentation: (1986) UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award to the people of Canada
The people of Canada are the unique recipients of an award for their work on behalf of refugees.
Southeast Asian Refugees (1975-1981)
Photo album page has been updated! We have updated the page containing photo albums from the southeast Asian refugee resettlement program of the late 1970s and early 1980s to make them easier to view. Anyone who has photos that they feel will be of interest to CIHS members, from any period of Canada’s immigration history, is encouraged…
Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees
This article, by W.C. Robinson, explores the ‘Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees, 1989-1997’. It (CPA) has been hailed as a model of international solidarity and burden-sharing, and criticized as an example of international buck-passing and questionable compromises. In the early years of the Indochinese movement there was an understanding that the reign of…
Perspectives on the Ugandan Asian movement to Canada in 1972
Marking the 50th anniversary of the 1972 arrival in Canada of Ugandan Asian refugees, Jody Bucholtz, head of the Renfrew-Lanark County Local Immigration Partnership, organized a podcast with Ms Noreen Nasim and Ms Bharti Dhir, whose families had been resettled in Britain, and Mike Molloy, who played a key role in the processing of the…