“Hearts of Freedom – A Tribute to Ottawa’s Project 4000”
Ottawa artist An Nguyen has created an artwork entitled “Hearts of Freedom – A Tribute to Ottawa’s Project 4000″
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Hearts of Freedom – Promotion in Thailand
Dr. Stephanie Stobbe provides an account of recent Hearts of Freedom promotion activites in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Vietnamese Boat People Museum Fundraising Banquet – March 28, 2026
The Vietnamese Boat People Museum, a project aimed at commemorating the experiences of over 1.5 million refugees who fled Vietnam following the fall of Saigon in 1975, is holding a gala fundraising banquet on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The invitation is extended to all and there is a particular hope that former immigration officers who…
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Resettlement of southeast Asian refugees (1979-1981)
Interview with Brian Bell, Chief of Policy, Settlement Services, EIC (1979-1981) “[I]t was the people from top to bottom, and it was the times. The department had gone from … between the 60s to the 90s … from Manpower and Immigration with a very strong employment orientation, to the 80s where there was a real…
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Southeast Asian Refugees (1975-1981)
Photo album page has been updated! We have updated the page containing photo albums from the southeast Asian refugee resettlement program of the late 1970s and early 1980s to make them easier to view. Anyone who has photos that they feel will be of interest to CIHS members, from any period of Canada’s immigration history, is encouraged…
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Ne prenez pas les bateaux
L’ancien agent du service exterieur d’immigration, René Bersma, propose ses souvenirs détaillés du début de sa carrière, en mettant particulièrement l’accent sur ses expériences en Asie du Sud-Est (1978-1982).
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Don’t Take the Boats
Former immigration foreign service officer René Bersma offers his comprehensive recollections of the early part of his career, with particular emphasis on his experiences in south-east Asia (1978-1982).
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A significant fiftieth anniversary
CIHS offers its heartiest congratulations to the Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian communities in Canada on this important anniversary of the 1975 fall of Saigon. Since they first started to come to Canada and especially through Canada’s southeast Asian refugee program, they and their Canadian offspring have contributed to the fabric and success of this country….
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Memories of Kosovo
The ‘Operation Parasol’ anniversary conference that CIHS supported is now online. We have also marked the 25th anniversary of the evacuation to Canada of 7000 Kosovar Albanians with a special Bulletin and a posting of ‘Memories of Kosovo’ (63.7 MB)/ Souvenirs de Kosovo (57MB) , posted courtesy of and with the collaboration of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada.
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Souvenirs du Kosovo
La conférence anniversaire « Opération Parasol » soutenue par le CIHS est désormais en ligne. Nous avons également marqué le 25e anniversaire de l’évacuation vers le Canada de 7 000 Albanais du Kosovo avec un bulletin spécial et la publication de « Souvenirs du Kosovo » (57 Mo), publiés avec la permission et la collaboration d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada.
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Bulletin 108 – May 2024
This special edition of the Bulletin marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the start of the evacuation to Canada of some 7000 Kosovars fleeing ethnic violence in their homeland. The first flight of evacuees arrived in Canada on May 4, 1999.
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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 Nasim and Ms Bharti Dhir, whose families had been resettled in Britain, and Mike Molloy, who played a key role in the processing of the…
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Expulsion des ougandais d’origine asiatique – 1972
Entre le 6 septembre et le 8 novembre 1972, le Canada contribua au rétablissement de plus de 6000 ougandais d’origine asiatique expulsés de leur pays. Afin de commémorer le cinquantième anniversaire de cette initiative, la SHIC présente Les documents reliés à cet événement sont rédigés uniquement en anglais.
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Expulsion of Ugandan-Asians – 1972
Between September 6 and November 8, 1972, Canada resettled over 6000 Ugandan Asians expelledfrom their country. To mark this fiftieth anniversary, CIHS presents:
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The ‘Canadian Caper’, with apologies to Ben Affleck
Our late colleague, John Sheardown, and his wife, Zena, are featured in a column from the ‘Ottawa Citizen’ of January 19. Their role in sheltering US diplomats in Tehran is recounted in a story about the transfer of archival holdings to the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa.
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Kosovar evacuation to Canada
On April 27, 1999 the very first Kosovars of the 5000 Canada committed to shelter arrived, followed by the first major evacuation flight on May 4, 1999. This movement – temporary at first, then offering permanent resettlement, is recounted by Dr. Jan Raska of the Canadian Museum of Immigration History at Pier 21. There is also a…
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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 the Kosovars movement to Canada and presents the partnerships between employees of Citizenship and Immigration Canada with other federal departments, the Canadian Red Cross and other groups…
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The British Home Children
British Home Children Memorial at Pier 21, Halifax A Silent History: The British Home Children I keep asking myself the same question: How is it that I worked for 30 years in immigration in Canada and overseas, with my first posting in London, England, and yet I never heard about the movement of 100,000 children…
