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Refugees from Viet Nam arrive in Canada
Refugees from Viet Nam arrive in Canada

Refugees from Viet Nam arrive in Canada

Date11/26/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Refugees from Viet Nam arrive in Canada
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019107F
You're my type Oliver Kim, 2, and Emily Nagata, 2 1/2, two of the first Viet Nam refugees to arrive in Toronto, play with a typewriter at Welcome Hous(...)
You're my type Oliver Kim, 2, and Emily Nagata, 2 1/2, two of the first Viet Nam refugees to arrive in Toronto, play with a typewriter at Welcome Hous(...)
11/29/1978
Viet Nam refugees Luu Huy Vien, left, and Luong Cam Xuong concentrate on teacher Janet Hoosen's English lessons
Viet Nam refugees Luu Huy Vien, left, and Luong Cam Xuong concentrate on teacher Janet Hoosen's English lessons
7/24/1979
The survivor: Refugees from Viet Nam, Doan, then 15 and her brother, 14, escaped in a tiny crammed boat eight years ago, now she is a university graduate, working in Montreal
The survivor: Refugees from Viet Nam, Doan, then 15 and her brother, 14, escaped in a tiny crammed boat eight years ago, now she is a university graduate, working in Montreal
6/13/1988
Going by the book: Chi Cuong, an 18-year-old from Viet Nam gets from point A to point B with the aid of class around town
Going by the book: Chi Cuong, an 18-year-old from Viet Nam gets from point A to point B with the aid of class around town
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Two orphans from South Viet Nam are happily settled into the family of Alice and Lee Whitney, who also have four daughters - two of them adopted. Whit(...)
Two orphans from South Viet Nam are happily settled into the family of Alice and Lee Whitney, who also have four daughters - two of them adopted. Whit(...)
4/14/1975
Garry Son-Hoan: Birthday gift he most wanted was news from family in Viet Nam
Garry Son-Hoan: Birthday gift he most wanted was news from family in Viet Nam
7/6/1980
New Canadian: Vietnamese refugee Nghiem cam Toan, in Canada since June, points out that the boat people had no choice but to leave Viet Nam under the present Communist regime
New Canadian: Vietnamese refugee Nghiem cam Toan, in Canada since June, points out that the boat people had no choice but to leave Viet Nam under the present Communist regime
9/26/1979
Canadian Red Cross team leaves to inspect Viet Nam prison camps
Canadian Red Cross team leaves to inspect Viet Nam prison camps
2/7/1972
Relatives place offerings of food and drink on a grave in the national military cemetery at Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam, where headstones are marked with(...)
Relatives place offerings of food and drink on a grave in the national military cemetery at Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam, where headstones are marked with(...)
2/19/1973
This is the commando armored car, used in Viet Nam, sought after in the U
This is the commando armored car, used in Viet Nam, sought after in the U
3/16/1968
A year-old vietnamese orphan girl on her way to a new home in Cananda waits for a medical examination in Toronto last week. Buddhist nuns in Viet Nam oppose sending waifs aboard for adoption
A year-old vietnamese orphan girl on her way to a new home in Cananda waits for a medical examination in Toronto last week. Buddhist nuns in Viet Nam oppose sending waifs aboard for adoption
4/14/1975
Life goes on in South Viet Nam, two years after a ceasefire which still produces 6,000 casualties a week
Life goes on in South Viet Nam, two years after a ceasefire which still produces 6,000 casualties a week
2/6/1972