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  • Canada’s Oppressed Minority Policy and the Resettlement of Ugandan Asians, 1972-1973
    … Historian (Updated October 16, 2020) Introduction In January 1971, the Ugandan government of President Milton Obote was overthrown in a … in 1956, and 100 Chinese families from Hong Kong in 1962. [4] Seven years after the arrival of the Chinese refugees, Canada ratified the … Canadian Officials Respond to the Expulsion of the Ugandan Asians The news of the expulsion of the Ugandan Asians was met with considerable …
  • 1999: Canada’s Resettlement and Repatriation of Kosovar Refugees
    … was then posted across the camp. Heads of families were requested to visit the Canadian tent with their documents to confirm whether they … had a warm feeling and happiness, I felt like a child again.” [21] On 26 May, the last evacuation flight arrived in Canada. Over 90 percent … Canadian Forces Logistics Association , 2019, https://www.cfla-alfc.org/stories/op-parasol/; Canadian Armed Forces and Kelsey Berg, …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    … of Chinese descent born in Canada who had gone out of the country “for educational or other purposes.” All Chinese immigrants were … residents might be out of the country. This extension was held to be “for the peace, order, and welfare of Canada.” [21] The Chinese … restrictions , including the exclusion era, 1923-1947. Harper stated “For over six decades, these malicious measures, aimed solely at the …
  • Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … Story Aldo Cescato My life as an immigrant began a few years after the second world war when I was 23 years old. I had been born and raised … had been destroyed by the bombarding during the war. At that point young men began preparing their suitcases to leave for work as migrants … restaurant and we got our first Canadian meal: eggs, bacon, toast, jam and coffee. We were starving since when we had brought food in …
  • The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers
    … (Updated July 20, 2021) “I am not sure whether it will interest you or not but I may state that a number of coloured people have been going from your district lately to Western Canada, and it is not considered that … other discouraging fancies, he wrote of the Canadian border that “your wife and daughter are stripped of their clothes before your very …
  • From “Gutter Children” to Home Children: child migrants in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Immigration
    by Sorcha Clarke This is a guest post from Visiting Researcher Sorcha Clarke, a PhD candidate at Ulster University / Queen's University Belfast. It contains frank discussion of the difficult circumstances encountered by Home Children before and during their placements in Canada, including physical …
  • The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon
    … wealthy American ladies, Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, who had come to Dawson City not to make their fortune, but to experience … Klondike Gold Rush. The experiences of Hitchcock and Van Buren were far from common, however they illustrate the fervor of excitement that came with the discovery of gold in the Canadian West. When news broke of gold in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia in 1858, …
  • COVID-19: Staying Safe
    … As we re-open to the public, we ask you to work with us to keep the Museum a safe space for yourself, for all visitors and for our staff. The Museum is closely following public … under 2 are exempt, as well as children 2 to 4 when their caregiver can't get them to wear a mask. People with a valid medical reason for …
  • Canada’s Refugee Determination System
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated August 21, 2020) Origins of Canada’s Refugee Determination System The origins of Canada’s refugee determination system can be traced back to 1922, when the League of Nations (a predecessor to the United Nations (UN)) established the Nansen … Canada’s Refugee Determination System …
  • Audrey Pratt
    … Colchester Historical Society Museum & Archives as part of the museums Year of the War Bride research and exhibit of 2006. The Pier 21 Society … to her workplace. German bombing was terrible in this part of England. "You could hear them coming from as far away as the White Cliffs of Dover. I could …

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