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THEQUAKERS
1770:PersecutedinEnglandforreligiousbeliefs.
1820:SeveralquakerssettlementswerefoundinwesternCanada.
Quakersarepacifistswhobelieveinsocialjusticeandinternationalrelief.
Comefromenglandwenttosouthernontario.

17801789
BLACKLOYALISTS
Escapingslavery
TheywereinEngland
Freedomandafarm
Runawayslaves
3,000AfricanAmericanswenttoNovaScotia
Britishpromisewas100acresforeachheadofhouseholdandadditional50foreachfamily
member.

18301860
POLESFLEDTOEASTERNEUROPE
18301910:ThousandsofpolesfledtoEasternEurope,RussiaandAustraliaannexed
polandin1793.
FledtoCanadatoescapeeconomic.politicalandmilitaryreprisals.


18701899
JEWISHREFUGEESINLATE19THCENTURY
18701914:ThousandsofeuropeanjewscametoCanada.
TheycametoCanadatoescapereligious,persecution,revolutionandthesocialand
economicchangesbroughtbyindustrialization.
ThefirstwaveofjewishrefugeescamefromGermanyin1848
Thesecondwavecamefromthepaleofsettlement.

19001939
UKRAINIANREFUGEESINEARLY20THCENTURY
19191939:Afterthefirstworldwarukrainebecameembroiledbyastrugglefor
independence.
Thousandsofukrainianscametocanadaseekingrefugefromreligiousandpolitical
oppressionandtoescapecivilwar.

19401949
UKRAINIANSANDTHESECONDWORLDWAR
MillionsofdisplacedukrainianssearedforrefugeinwesternEuropeandNorthAmerica.
35,000to40,000cametoCanada
Forthelobbyingeffortsofcanadianukrainians
Theirwerenearly400,000ukrainiansinCanada


19501959
THEUNITEDNATIONSCONVENTIONRELATINGTOTHESTATUSOFREFUGEES
In1951iswhentheunitednationconventionrelatingtothestatusofrefugeeswascreated
Itwasagreementthatdefinedwhowasarefugeeandtheprotocolsthatguidedthe
relationshipbetweentherefugeesandtheirhost.
Itenteredintoforcein1954todealwithsecondworldwarrefugees
In1967itexpandedtoincluderefugeesfromotherpartsoftheworld.

19601969
CANADASFIRSTBILLOFRIGHTS
In1960:PrimeministerJohnDiefenbakerintroducedcanada'sfirstbillofrights
Thebillofrightswasafederalchartthatprotectedthehumanrightsandfundamental
freedoms.
ItbroughtCanadiansfreedomofspeech,assemblyandassociation.
Itrespectsrace,religion,sexornationalidentity
The1960billofrightssetthecreationofthecharterofrightsandfreedomsin1982.

1970
CHILEANREFUGEESOFTHE1970S
In19701973Chiletrieddemocraticallytocreateasocialistsystemintheleadershipof
SalvadoreAllende
ThemilitarytookdowntheAllendegovernmentin1973.
Chilehadaperiodoftimeofbrutalpoliticalrepression,economicturbulenceandsocial
restrictions.
Between1973and1978nearly13,00chileanswenttoCanada.
In1978.chileanimmigrationtorepresented2.5percentofnationaltotal.

THEBANGLADESHLIBERATIONWAR
19711975
Aconflictbeganbetweeneastandwestpakistaniswhocouldnotagreeonpolitical
representationandeconomicsystems
warbrokein1971betweenthetwostates
westpakistantroopstriedtotakeovereastpakistancities.
whenpopulationresistedtheycreatedoutaseriesofmassacresandhumanrightatrocitie
afirstonlyafewhundredbengalisfledtoCanada
in1971and1986manyhundredsmorejoinedtheirfamilymembersincanada.

THEIMMIGRATIONACT
19761979
Inthe1970sinresponsetotheimmigrationincreasingtheyneededtofindplacesfor
migratingpopulations
Canadianimmigrationandpopulationpoliciesofficiallyreviewedit.
Theimmigrationactforthefirsttimeestablishedtheobjectivesofcanada'simmigration

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CAMBODIANREFUGEES
19801989
Khmercambodiansfledtheirwarravagedtocanada
Theywereaffectedbythevietnamwar.
overamillioncambodianswereforcedfromruralareasintophnompenh
Theywerecaughtinthemiddleofnorthandsouthvietnamduringthewar
Canadabeganacceptingcambodiansrefugeesin1980

REFUGEESINCANADAINTHELATE20THCENTURY
19901999
AsylumseekerscametoCanadafromallovertheworld
Asylumseekerissomeonewhoclaimstobearefugeebuttheirclaimhasntbeendefinitively
evaluated
Peoplewhoarrivetocanadacanapplyforrefugeestatusatanyborder
Legislationconcerningsuchclaimsisimportanttopreventhumansmuggling,abuseofthe
asylumsystem.

KARENREFUGEESFROMTHAILAND
20002011
2006:canadaacceptedthefirstgroupof810karenrefugees.
Themajorityofthepeoplelivedinmyanmar,burma.
Thishappenedduetopoliticalstruggleandpersecutioninkarenhistory.
Thekarenfledtocanadainwavesthroughoutthe1900sand2000s

CanadacontinuedtoacceptKarenrefugeesfromThailandandeventuallyresettled3,900.