Special movements

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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…

  • The British Home Children

    British Home Children Memorial at Pier 21, Halifax A Silent History: The British Home Children – Lynda Joyce 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…