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Review of Running on Empty

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

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    An interview with Joe Bissett

    In 1956, James “Joe” Bissett was one of the first recipients of a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Carleton University. CIHS member Doug Dunnington recently located this video of Carleton University’s 2024 interview with Joe, who is a CIHS member emeritus. Carleton has established the Bissett Alumni Award for Distinctive Contributions to the…

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    Immigration and Impact – Interactive Timeline

    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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    Expulsion des ougandais d’origine asiatique – 1972

    Entre le 6 septembre et le 8 novembre 1972, le Canada contribua au rétablissement de plus de 6000 ougandais d’origine asiatique expulsés de leur pays. Afin de commémorer le cinquantième anniversaire de cette initiative, la SHIC présente Les documents reliés à cet événement sont rédigés uniquement en anglais.

  • Syrian refugees in Ottawa

    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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    Historica Canada Heritage Minute: The Boat People

    In consultation with Society President Michael Molloy, Historica Canada has produced and released (on World Refugee Day – June 20) a Heritage Minute on the Indochinese ‘boat people’. The story in the Heritage Minute is based on the experiences of CBC Ottawa reporter Judy Trinh who was master of ceremonies at the launch of “Running on Empty:…