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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.
Uganda Refugee Movement 40th Anniversary
Forty years ago this August the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announced the expulsion of most of Uganda’s Asian population. Canada responded by sending a team to Kampala under the leadership of Roger St. Vincent and setting up a special reception facility at Canadian Forces Longue Pointe. Between 6 September and 6 November 1972 the Kampala…
An interview with Joe Bissett
In 1956, James “Joe” Bissett was one of the first recipients of a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Carleton University. CIHS member Doug Dunnington recently located this video of Carleton University’s 2024 interview with Joe, who is a CIHS member emeritus. Carleton has established the Bissett Alumni Award for Distinctive Contributions to the…
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 to let us know. We will…
CBC TV News Archive
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.
The 1975 Green Paper on Immigration and Population
As we approach the fortieth anniversary of the tabling of the Immigration Act, 1976, the Society has compiled some information that might be of interest to those who are researching this period in Canadian immigration history.
