Between 1975 and 1997 some three million Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians fled atrocities in their home countries, with over 210,000 resettling in Canada. Hearts of Freedom is an oral history based on interviews with 175 former refugees, documenting their moving accounts of oppression, perilous escapes, and evolving impressions of their new country.
Between 1975 and 1997 some three million Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians fled atrocities in their home countries, with over 210,000 resettling in Canada. Hearts of Freedom is an oral history based on interviews with 175 former refugees, documenting their moving accounts of oppression, perilous escapes, and evolving impressions of their new country.
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McGill-Queen's Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Peter Duschinsky is Immigration Canada's former director of international liaison and the co-author of Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975-1980.
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Foreword • ix The Rt Hon. Joe Clark Preface and Methodology • xiii Acknowledgments • xix The Hearts of Freedom Project • xxiii Maps follow page • xxix Introduction • 3 Timeline • 15 Part One Southeast Asia: Wars, Oppression, and Refugees 1 The Southeast Asian Refugee Movement: Its Root Causes and History • 23 Part Two Vietnamese War Refugees 2 Escaping Vietnam: The War Refugees of 1975 • 39 3 The Vietnamese War Refugees’ Lives in Canada • 50 4 The War Refugees: Three Stories • 59 Part Three Vietnamese Boat People 5 The Boat People: Escape from Vietnam • 79 6 Boat People Escapes: Four Stories • 99 7 Resettling the Boat People in Canada • 111 8 Boat People’s Lives in Canada: Seven Stories • 130 Part Four Cambodian Refugees 9 Surviving War and Genocide, Escaping from Cambodia • 169 10 Cambodian Resettlement in Canada: Perseverance, Courage, and Hope • 193 11 Against the Odds: Three Cambodian Refugee Stories of Survival • 202 Part Five Laotian Refugees 12 Laos: The Secret War, Escape, and Refugee Camps • 219 13 Resettlement of Laotian Refugees in Canada: Struggles and Successes • 236 14 Constantly Adapting: Stories of Three Laotian Refugees • 248 Conclusions and Reflections • 267 Appendices 1 Statistical Analysis of the Refugee Movement from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to Canada, 1975–97 • 285 2 Statistical Analysis of the Hearts of Freedom Project Interviews • 296 3 Canadian Government and Civil Society Interviews • 299 4 Hearts of Freedom Project Management and Teams • 304 References • 309 Contributors • 321 Index • 325
Foreword • ix The Rt Hon. Joe Clark Preface and Methodology • xiii Acknowledgments • xix The Hearts of Freedom Project • xxiii Maps follow page • xxix Introduction • 3 Timeline • 15 Part One Southeast Asia: Wars, Oppression, and Refugees 1 The Southeast Asian Refugee Movement: Its Root Causes and History • 23 Part Two Vietnamese War Refugees 2 Escaping Vietnam: The War Refugees of 1975 • 39 3 The Vietnamese War Refugees’ Lives in Canada • 50 4 The War Refugees: Three Stories • 59 Part Three Vietnamese Boat People 5 The Boat People: Escape from Vietnam • 79 6 Boat People Escapes: Four Stories • 99 7 Resettling the Boat People in Canada • 111 8 Boat People’s Lives in Canada: Seven Stories • 130 Part Four Cambodian Refugees 9 Surviving War and Genocide, Escaping from Cambodia • 169 10 Cambodian Resettlement in Canada: Perseverance, Courage, and Hope • 193 11 Against the Odds: Three Cambodian Refugee Stories of Survival • 202 Part Five Laotian Refugees 12 Laos: The Secret War, Escape, and Refugee Camps • 219 13 Resettlement of Laotian Refugees in Canada: Struggles and Successes • 236 14 Constantly Adapting: Stories of Three Laotian Refugees • 248 Conclusions and Reflections • 267 Appendices 1 Statistical Analysis of the Refugee Movement from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to Canada, 1975–97 • 285 2 Statistical Analysis of the Hearts of Freedom Project Interviews • 296 3 Canadian Government and Civil Society Interviews • 299 4 Hearts of Freedom Project Management and Teams • 304 References • 309 Contributors • 321 Index • 325
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