UNHCR ID card

June 6, 2021January 31, 2026

A UNHCR ID card issued to a refugee who spent some time in the Pulau Bidong refugee camp in Malaysia before coming to Canada.

Refugees | Special movements

1999 Evacuation of Kosovars to Canada
November 12, 2014January 25, 2026

In 1999, the Government of Canada announced it would take 5000 Kosovars, displaced by ethnic strife, into the country where they could stay temporarily or settle permanently. This documentary traces the Kosovars movement to Canada and presents the partnerships between employees of Citizenship and Immigration Canada with other federal departments, the Canadian Red Cross and other groups…

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Refugees

Syrian refugees in Ottawa
July 5, 2017January 25, 2026

CIHS is pleased to promote on-line stories about the reception of Syrian refugees in Ottawa – stories from the immigrants themselves but also from people involved in this refugee movement and who contributed in one way or another. The site is run by the Ottawa organization ‘Refugee613’ that the Society has worked with.

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Refugees | Ugandan Asians

40th Anniversary Lecture: Ugandan Asian Refugee Movement 1972
September 30, 2012January 25, 2026

(Disponible seulement en anglais) Canadian Immigration Historical Society President Mike Molloy will be giving a series of lectures on the 1972 Ugandan Asian refugee movement at universities in Ontario during the month of October 2012. The 1972 Uganda Asian Refugee movement was the first test of Canada’s “Universal” immigration policy as applied to refugees. The…

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Refugees | Southeast Asians

French text in “Running on Empty”
March 10, 2020January 31, 2026

Running on Empty’, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, includes texts written in French by officers of the Quebec immigration department and then translated. We are pleased to present these two original versions written by Florent Fortin and by Lucile Horner, both Quebec immigration department officers assigned to the Indochinese refuge camps.

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Immigration | Refugees | Research

Immigration and Impact – Interactive Timeline
January 17, 2026February 1, 2026

Our partner, The Canadian Museum of Immigration History at Pier 21, has graciously allowed us to link to their integrated timeline of Indigenous and immigration history in Canada. The timeline provides an interactive journey through Canada’s rich immigration history, beginning with the first arrival of humans on the North American continent some 40,000 years ago, through to…

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Refugees

Presentation: (1986) UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award to the people of Canada
February 18, 2014January 25, 2026

The people of Canada are the unique recipients of an award for their work on behalf of refugees.

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