Perspectives on the Ugandan Asian movement to Canada in 1972
Marking the 50th anniversary of the 1972 arrival in Canada of Ugandan Asian refugees, Jody Bucholtz, head of the Renfrew-Lanark County Local Immigration Partnership, organized a podcast with Ms Noreen...
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Expulsion of Ugandan-Asians – 1972
Between September 6 and November 8, 1972, Canada resettled over 6000 Ugandan Asians expelled from their country. To mark this fiftieth anniversary, CIHS presents: A commemorative edition of our Bullet...
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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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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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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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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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