UNHCR ID card
A UNHCR ID card issued to a refugee who spent some time in the Pulau Bidong refugee camp in Malaysia before coming to Canada.
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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…
Expulsion of Ugandan-Asians – 1972
Between September 6 and November 8, 1972, Canada resettled over 6000 Ugandan Asians expelledfrom their country. To mark this fiftieth anniversary, CIHS presents:
From the Archives: 1986 – the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award is awarded to “the people of Canada”
In 1986, the people of Canada were the recipients of a prestigious award for their work on behalf of refugees. The Nansen Refugee Award, first presented in 1954, is named after Fridtjof Nansen, who was the first High Commissioner for Refugees at the League of Nations. He led the development of a travel document for…
