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  • Operation Parasol: Urgent need, swift action
    May 3 to July 28, 2024 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the resettlement and repatriation of Kosovar refugees. Approximately 7,000 Kosovar refugees fled the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999.  Thousands of Kosovar refugees found a safe haven in Canada through Operation Parasol, a …
  • Benchmarking our digital preservation achievements
    At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, the focus of the collection is digital-born and digitized items, including oral histories, written stories, and digital archival materials like documents and photographs. Digital Preservation Coalition As a result of our focus on digital content, …
  • Refuge Canada
    Refugees face fear, shattered lives and often dangerous voyages in search of refuge. Canada has provided that refuge for many. However, over the course of the twentieth century, Canada has had a mixed record in welcoming refugees, reacting generously to some while overlooking others. Refuge Canada …
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  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    Rafael Alcolado performs at the Museum at the 2018 opening of the Refuge Canada exhibition. First movement, Santiago de Cuba On January 1, 1959, Rafael Alcolado was a 12-year-old student at a Jesuit-run school, Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the …

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