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’.

Immigration | Refugees | Research

Immigration and Impact – Interactive Timeline
January 17, 2026February 1, 2026

Our partner, The Canadian Museum of Immigration History at Pier 21, has graciously allowed us to link to their integrated timeline of Indigenous and immigration history in Canada. The timeline provides an interactive journey through Canada’s rich immigration history, beginning with the first arrival of humans on the North American continent some 40,000 years ago, through to…

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Refugees | Special movements

Kosovar evacuation to Canada
November 12, 2014January 31, 2026

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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Refugees | Southeast Asians

Running on Empty book presented to IOM Director General
September 27, 2017February 1, 2026

CIHS member Erica Usher presents a copy of Running on Empty to IOM Director General, William Swing at IOM HQ in Geneva where Erica is on assignment as Senior Policy Adviser, Global Compact for Migration.

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Foreign operations | Refugees | Southeast Asians

Running on Empty – Book Publication
March 17, 2017May 16, 2026

The Society proudly announces the publication of its book, ‘Running on Empty’, on the Indochinese ‘boat people’ movement under the banner of McGill Queen’s University Press. The book focuses on the work of Canadian public servants in Southeast Asia and Canada to meet an unprecedented commitment to resettle 70,000 of the refugees before the end of 1980….

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Foreign operations | Refugees | Southeast Asians | Special movements

A significant fiftieth anniversary
April 30, 2025January 27, 2026

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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Refugees | Ugandan Asians

Remembering Ugandan Asians
November 13, 2019January 31, 2026

In 1972 the last of the Ugandan Asians expelled from that country and selected for admission to Canada arrived here. This ‘Montreal Gazette‘ article reflects on that movement.

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