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S6: Canada's historic Palestinian immigration program you probably haven't heard of

S6: Canada's historic Palestinian immigration program you probably haven't heard of

Update: 2024-10-24
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In 1955, Canada’s immigration officials began a special experimental program to bring in Palestinian refugees through Pier 21. Falen and Leah take a look back at this historic port of entry that saw almost a million immigrants and refugees arrive in Canada and then find out what has changed since Pier 21’s heyday. And then they try to find out if we are currently better or worse at responding to refugees in crisis zones like Gaza and Sudan.


With special guests Jan Raska from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and Gauri Sreenivasan from the Canadian Council for Refugees.


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S6: Canada's historic Palestinian immigration program you probably haven't heard of

S6: Canada's historic Palestinian immigration program you probably haven't heard of