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’.

Refugees | Southeast Asians

The Southeast Asian Refugee Movement to Canada: Chronology 1954-1980
January 25, 2026February 17, 2026

We have posted a revised and more complete chronology of developments leading up to and following the start of the movement of Southeast Asian refugees to Canada.

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Foreign operations | Refugees | Southeast Asians | Special movements

Resettlement of southeast Asian refugees (1979-1981)
January 16, 2026May 7, 2026

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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April 30: A date to commemorate the Indochinese refugees to Canada
April 30, 2015February 1, 2026

An Act of Parliament now makes April 30 a day of commemoration for the Indochinese refugee movement. The Act is online. CIHS President, Michael Molloy, met with the Senators and that hearing is now on-line. (Note: Videos best viewed with Internet Explorer). In speaking about the movement of the ‘boat people’ to Canada, Molloy said, This movement “…was…

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Refugees | Special movements

1999 Evacuation of Kosovars to Canada
November 12, 2014January 25, 2026

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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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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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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