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.

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

Uganda Refugee Movement 40th Anniversary

Forty years ago this August the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announced the expulsion of most of Uganda’s Asian population. Canada responded by sending a team to Kampala under the leadership of Roger St...
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Black and white photograph of students in a classroom, circa 1930s-1940s.

CIHS-Pathways to Prosperity Partnership video project

CIHS and Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) have  launched an on-line video interview series.  They which provides an oral history of immigration related by insiders involved in the political and policy d...
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