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The Indochinese Refugee Movement to Canada:
Chronology 1954-1980

We have posted a revised and more complete chronology of developments leading up to and following th...
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Indochinese Refugee Newsletter

In July, 1979, just before announcing Canada would accept 50,000 refugees, Immigration Minister Ron ...
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Fortieth anniversary of the Indochinese Refugee Movement to Canada

Learn more about the 40th anniversary of the Indochinese Refugee Movement. New images, captured by t...
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April 30: A date to commemorate the Indochinese refugees to Canada

An Act of Parliament now makes April 30 a day of commemoration for the Indochinese refugee movement....
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Officer recruitment in the 1950s

In 1957, the Government launched a recruitment program to bring university students into the Foreign...
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2014 Gunn Prize

The winner of the 2014 Gunn Prize is University of Toronto PhD student Geoffrey Cameron pictured her...
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Society’s Annual General Meeting

The Society’s October AGM featured a presentation by Marie Chapman, Chief Executive Officer of the...
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1999 Evacuation of Kosovars to Canada

In 1999, the Government of Canada announced it would take 5000 Kosovars, displaced by ethnic strife,...
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Evaluation Report for the Indochinese Refugee Movement Conference

An evaluation has been carried out of last November’s conference on the Indochinese Refugee Moveme...
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