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Canada: A welcoming land?

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This theme explores the history of immigration to Canada and the policies that shaped the country.

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Filmed interview with a specialist

An immigration and refugee lawyer discusses Canadian immigration policies.

Filmed interview with lawyer Barbara Jackman of Jackman & Associates in Toronto

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“Strangers Within Our Gates”: The Legacy of Intolerance

Article by Dr Vadim Kukushkin of the University of Alberta.

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Lost Dreams

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Lost Dreams
1999, director: Daniel Frenette

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> Ukrainian Canadians | Immigration | World War I | Internment camps | Deportation | Persecution

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A young Canadian woman of Ukrainian origin relates the story of her father's bringing his family to Canada to escape the poverty in Ukraine and flee the Austrian Empire. She also talks about the repression and persecution that Canadians of Ukrainian background faced during the First World War, as many were sent to internment camps.