Uganda Archives - Canadian Immigration Historical Society

Indochinese refugees at Griesbach (Alberta) Base Reception Centre in 1979.

Indochinese refugees at Griesbach (Alberta) Base Reception Centre in 1979.

Indochinese refugees at Griesbach (Alberta) Base Reception Centre in 1979.

Indochinese refugees at Griesbach (Alberta) Base Reception Centre in 1979.

Canadian and Malaysians on boat to Bidong.

Malaysian fishing boats used initially to ferry visa officers, their files and overnight luggage on the four hour trip to the refugee camp on Pilau Bidong.

Charter flight of Indochinese refugees en route to Canada

CIHS thanks its corporate members - the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, and IRCC - for their significant support as well as its life and annual members. All these contributions allow us to pursue our objectives and activities.

The Society has carried out significant research and communication on the 1975-1980 movement to Canada of Indochinese refugees. We are especially focussed on Hearts of Freedom.

CURRENT BULLETIN ISSUE

Bulletin 101 - June 2022

Bulletin 95 – December 2020

https://cihs-shic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CIHS-Bulletin-95-December-2020.pdf

Bulletin 94 – September 2020

Seven Crested Cranes

Roger St. Vincent produced two versions of “Seven Crested Cranes”. The first is based on that originally published by the Canadian Immigration Historical Society twenty years ago and re-released for the fortieth anniversary of the Ugandan movement in 2012.

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The Uganda Collection

CIHS facilitated the transfer to Carleton University of an important archive of 1972 Canadian, Ugandan and international newspaper clippings about the expulsion Uganda’s Asian community.

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