Preserving our immigration history.

Refugees

We present some general information on elements of Canada’s refugee policies and programs and specific refugee and refugee-like movements.
Note that a separate section covers the movement of the Indochinese refugees to Canada.

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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 those who were there, are showcased in Indochina photo albums on our site....
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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. The Act is on-line. CIHS President, Michael Molloy, met with the Senators and that hearing is now o...
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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, into the country where they could stay temporarily or settle permanently. This documentary traces t...
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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 Movement to Canada. The response was very positive for this event....
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Seven Crested Cranes

Roger St. Vincent produced two versions of “Seven Crested Cranes”. The first is based on that originally published by the Canadian Immigration Historical Society twenty years ago and re-re...
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The Uganda Collection

CIHS facilitated the transfer to Carleton University of an important archive of 1972 Canadian, Ugandan and international newspaper clippings about the expulsion Uganda's Asian community....
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Indo-Chinese Refugee Movement Conference Documentary

This linked video flows from the fall, 2013 conference...
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Presentation: (1986) UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award to the people of Canada

The people of Canada are the unique recipients of an award for their work on behalf of refugees. This video includes extracts from the 1986 presentation ceremony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8TF3...
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CIHS and the Centre for Refugee Studies

CIHS and the Centre for Refugee Studies have just wrapped up a conference on the Indochinese movement....
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40th Anniversary Lecture: Ugandan Asian Refugee Movement 1972

Canadian Immigration Historical Society President Mike Molloy lectured on the 1972 Ugandan Asian refugee movement at Ontario universities in Ontario in October, 2012 (Ottawa, Carleton, Windsor, Wester...
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