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Photograph of Maurice Mitchell working at the Canadian Embassy in Paris, circa 1948
Photograph of Maurice Mitchell working at the Canadian Embassy in Paris, circa 1948
Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Hector Cowan

Canadian diplomats carry out many different duties when serving abroad. CIHS member, Hector Cowan, was tasked with helping a group of Canadian students leave the disaster zone of the 1986 Chornobyl nu...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Elvire Westley donation of photographs

Elvire Westley donated these photographs in November 2017 that she had gathered during her career with the Canadian immigration office in Paris. Mme Westley contributed an article about her career to...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

The Indochinese ‘Notification of Arrival Telex’ and ‘Destination Matching Request’

‘Going under’ – that was what the Indo China refugee task group found themselves facing in Ottawa. There was a ‘collision’ between the resource demands of overseas processing and mainta...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Forms used by Indochinese refugees

Indochinese refugees families applying to come to Canada completed an IMM8 application form, usually right after they had been interviewed and accepted by a visa officer. Unique to the Indochinese mov...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

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 the start of the movement of Indochinese refugees to Canada....
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Officer recruitment in the 1950s

In 1957, the Government launched a recruitment program to bring university students into the Foreign Service as immigration officers. A CIHS member who was recruited through the program has provided u...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Designated Classes

A regulatory device to target humanitarian resettlement programs. Those who were around at the time might argue that the government’s decision in November 1978, to enact 3 separate classes to facili...
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