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Description

1. 248 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. In this exciting and revealing personal inquiry, former governor general Adrienne Clarkson explores the immigrant experience through the people who have helped transform Canada. The Canadians she befriendswhether an Ismaili doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a Chilean-Canadian artist, or a Vietnam War deserterillustrate the changing idea of what it means to be Canadian and the kind of country we have created over the decades. Like her, many of the people who came here did not have a real choice: they often arrived friendless and with a sense of loss. Yet their struggles and successes have enriched Canada immeasurably. What drove them to become the kind of people they have become? What would have happened to them if Canada had not taken them in? What have they added to our national life us as we go forward in the twenty-first century?

Subject

1. Clarkson, Adrienne, 1939-
2. Immigrants > Canada > Biography
3. Cultural pluralism > Canada
4. Immigrants > Canada > Biographies
5. Diversité culturelle > Canada
6. Canada > Emigration and immigration
7. Canada > Émigration et immigration

Genre/Form

1. Biographies

Contents

1. Out of cataclysm and catastrophe -- A present from Idi Amin -- Naheed Nenshi -- Nadir Mohamed -- The blue tattoo, the blue candle -- Fred Bild -- People arriving in boats -- John Tran -- I didn't bring up my son to be a Canadian -- Andy Barrie -- Exiles by many names -- Corky Evans -- The worse pain a man can suffer -- David Albahari -- Spent by good and evil -- Tamara Toledo -- A Canadian alchemy -- The Blair family -- First by boat, then by plane -- Rathika Sitsabaiesan -- Tomorrow is another day.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain