The Society regularly receives requests for information related to past immigration and refugee situations, incidents, practices, policies and program delivery. We welcome the opportunity to see whether there are Members who have the background and experience to answer those requests. Members have had a wide range of immigration experiences, ranging from policy development and advice to program delivery, both in Canada and abroad. They have been directly involved in every aspect of bringing immigrants and refugees to Canada.
The opportunity to bring researchers and Members together to achieve a better understanding of the topic being examined is an objective of the Society. If you’d like to request information, please contact us.
Over the past few years, Members of the Society have assisted academic researchers working on the following topics:
The emigration of Palestinian refugees from the 1950s;
Immigration from South Africa;
Chinese immigration to Canada (1948-67);
The exercise of discretion in the selection of immigrants;
Istrian refugees;
Customs operations at Pier 21.
The Society welcomes material from its Members that could be archived for future research projects.
BULLETIN 110 - September 2024
Bulletin 110 focuses on two themes:
The Political Persons and Oppressed Persons Designated Class: development of the policy and legal framework for this class and its implementation, focused on events in Latin America.
Articles from the CIHS’s copy of the 16 April 1910 issue of Canada Weekly.
These items offer our readers an opportunity to reflect on what aspects of Canada’s immigration story were of public interest at the time.
Other articles:
A full update on the Hearts of Freedom project
Details about 2024’s 25th anniversary of the Canadian Museum of Immigration History at Pier 21
A report on the 50th anniversary dinner held by some of the immigration foreign service group members who were part of the 1974 intake
A 1910 report about a Doukhobor group that settled very well in Verigin, Saskatchewan
