Preserving our immigration history.

Refugees

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Remembering Ugandan Asians

In 1972 the last of the Ugandan Asians expelled from that country and selected for admission to Canada arrived here. This ‘Montreal Gazette‘ article reflects on that movement....
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‘Boat people’ stories

Canadians who came here under the ‘boat people’ movement are now telling their stories. CIHS is partnering with the Southeast Asian Canadian community organizations, Carleton University an...
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Roger St. Vincent’s autobiography

The Department of History at Carleton University, Ottawa, has made Roger St. Vincent’s autobiography, “A Very Fortunate Life”, available on line. The autobiography includes accounts...
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Review of Running on Empty

The latest edition of  ‘Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees’, from York University, contains a review of ‘Running on Empty’....
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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 work...
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The Resettlement of Vietnamese Refugees Across Canada Over Three Decades

With the permission of the author, Feng Hou of Statistics Canada, we are pleased to post ‘The Resettlement of Vietnamese Refugees Across Canada Over Three Decades‘.This is one of four comp...
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Robin Higham’s review of ‘Running on Empty’

‘Robin Higham’s review of ‘Running on Empty’ is posted here with the kind permission of Mr. Higham as well as that of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers....
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The Vietnamese Boat People Memorial Association

The Vietnamese Boat People Memorial Association has appreciatively added to its website select passages from ‘Running on Empty‘. The Association aims “to preserve the historical heri...
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Canada’s and Canadians’ humanitarian tradition

CIHS President Michael Molloy , Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Dawn Edlund, Naomi Alboim and Doctor Nhung Tran-Davies recently discussed C...
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Running on Empty book presented to IOM Director General

CIHS member Erica Usher presents a copy of Running on Empty to IOM Director General, William Swing at IOM HQ in Geneva where Erica is on assignment as Senior Policy Adviser, Global Compact for Migrati...
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