Preserving our immigration history.

Memorials

Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Honourable Ron Atkey

The Society marks with sadness the recent passing of the Honourable Ron Atkey, P.C.. Mr. Atkey was the minister responsible for immigration and refugee matters when the government of the Right Honoura...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

Project celebrates activist Cal Best’s achievements

The achievements of the late Cal Best, a senior executive in the immigration program and Canada’s first federal deputy minister of colour, are the subject of a touring exhibit in Nova Scotia tha...
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