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Thrown into Canada
Aleem Karmali

Thrown into Canada

  • Documentary
  • History

The story of Canada's first major non-European refugee movement

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RELEASE

2022-11-19

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LENGTH

77 min

Description

This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan President Idi Amin expelled all South Asians from the country. Their story of struggle and hope became part of Canada’s conversations about refugees and cultural pluralism, and informed the Canadian response to future refugee movements.