Running on empty : Canada and the Indochinese refugees, 1975-1980
- Title
- Running on empty : Canada and the Indochinese refugees, 1975-1980 / Michael J. Molloy, Peter Duschinsky, Kurt F. Jensen, and Robert J. Shalka.
- Published by
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
- Author
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- Description
- xxiii, 582 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Series statement
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 41
- Uniform title
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 41.
- Subject
- Indochinese > Relocation > Canada > History
- Refugees > Indochina > History
- Refugees > Canada > History
- Refugees > Services for > Canada
- Contents
- Part I. A history of Canada's involvement with the Indochinese refugees, 1975-1980 -- The historical evolution of Canada's refugee policy between World War II and the immigration act, 1976 -- The fall of Saigon and Canada's response -- The first wave, 1975-1977 -- The immigration act, 1976: new provisions for refugees -- Ramping up for crisis, 1978 -- Canada engages: critical decision, 1978-1979 -- Innovation on the run -- Mr Atkey's fifty thousand -- To match or not to match: it's all about the numbers -- Mr Axworthy sees it through -- Part II. Resettlement operations in Southeast Asia -- Singapore: the early years -- The Canadian refugee program in Singapore, 1975-1980 -- Singapore: visas, mounties, and medicals -- Singapore: one man's refugee movement -- Bangkok, 1978-1979: operational beginnings -- Bangkok, 1979-1980: crises and growth -- Bangkok: working in the camps -- Hong Kong, Macau, Manila -- Quebec operations in Southeast Asia -- Rescue at sea -- Part III. Welcoming the refugees -- Receiving the refugees: the staging areas -- Community coordination -- The refugee liaison officers -- Adapting to Canada: the long struggle.
- Call number
- JFE 17-6441
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-544) and index.
- Additional formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Author
- Molloy, Michael J., author.
- Title
- Running on empty : Canada and the Indochinese refugees, 1975-1980 / Michael J. Molloy, Peter Duschinsky, Kurt F. Jensen, and Robert J. Shalka.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
- Copyright date
- ©2017
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 41
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 41.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-544) and index.
- Additional formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Added author
- Duschinsky, Peter, 1943- author.
- Jensen, Kurt F. (Kurt Frank), 1946- author.
- Shalka, Robert J., 1945- author.
- Other form:
- Molloy, Michael J, author. Running on empty. McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; (CaOONL)2016906722X
- ISBN
- 9780773548800 (hardback)
- 0773548807 (hardback)
- 9780773548817 (paperback)
- 0773548815 (paperback)
- Research call number
- JFE 17-6441