Date: Monday, November 24th, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: In-person event at the Museum
Language: Presented in English
Cost: FREE
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Join us for a conversation with authors Michael J. Molloy and Peter Duschinsky about their book Hearts of Freedom.
The book recounts the stories of over 210,000 Southeast Asian Refugees who settled in Canada between 1975 and 1997. Hearts of Freedom is a rich oral history based on interviews with 145 former refugees, sharing deeply moving accounts of oppression, concentration camps, genocide, and perilous escapes over land and sea. Survivors reflect on their first impressions of Canada – the unfamiliar snow and cold, the unexpected kindness of neighbours, and occasional encounters with racism.
The conversation will be followed by a book sale and signing.
About Michael J. Molloy:
Michael J. Molloy coordinated the resettlement of sixty thousand Indochinese refugees in 1979–80 and is the co-author of Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975–1980. He lives in Ottawa.
About Peter Duschinsky:
Peter Duschinsky is Immigration Canada’s former director of international liaison and the co-author of Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975–1980.
About Canada’s Storytellers:
Canada’s Storytellers is an ongoing series of programs that connects visitors with cultural works, and their creators, to explore themes of immigration, migration, multiculturalism, (in) equality and Canadian identity. Canada’s Storytellers has welcomed renowned authors such as Lawrence Hill, Madeleine Thien, Mark Sakamoto, Blaise Ndala, Kim Thuy; screened films like Kayak to Klemtu, Bagages, I Am Rohingya, and more.