Refugees

Journey to Freedom Day

June 3, 2022January 31, 2026

The Library Services section of the Research and Data Branch, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada recently issued this bilingual inventory of material to mark ‘Journey to Freedom Day’.

Refugees | Southeast Asians

The CBC website carries two articles stemming from ‘Running on Empty’
August 22, 2017February 1, 2026

The CBC website carries two articles stemming from ‘Running on Empty’. In the first, some of the immigration officers involved talk of their experiences. In the second, we read of one of the refugees recognizing a photo of himself taken during his interview for Canada and reflecting, along with his daughter, about that chapter in his life.

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Refugees | Southeast Asians | Special movements

Video trailer for “Hearts of Freedom”
October 15, 2025January 27, 2026

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Refugees | Southeast Asians

Review of Running on Empty
September 11, 2018January 31, 2026

The latest edition of ‘Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees’, from York University, contains a review of ‘Running on Empty’.

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Refugees | Special movements | Ugandan Asians

Expulsion of Ugandan-Asians – 1972
September 28, 2022February 3, 2026

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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Refugees

Syrian refugees in Ottawa
July 5, 2017January 25, 2026

CIHS is pleased to promote on-line stories about the reception of Syrian refugees in Ottawa – stories from the immigrants themselves but also from people involved in this refugee movement and who contributed in one way or another. The site is run by the Ottawa organization ‘Refugee613’ that the Society has worked with.

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Refugees | Southeast Asians | Special movements

Vietnamese Boat People Museum Fundraising Banquet – March 28, 2026
February 21, 2026February 21, 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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