After six years, with the help of relatives and friends, she and two siblings blended into the darkness and crossed the city’s fortified border
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From Vietnam’s Cornfields to Canada
The thought of travelling to a wealthy country with fancy cities was exciting. But we had no idea what the reality of it would be
View More From Vietnam’s Cornfields to CanadaUA3411: On Being a Randomly Picked Asian
In America, when a source of authority says it randomly singles you out, you should always be wary. On Monday, video surfaced of a Vietnamese American, David Dao, being forcefully dragged from a United Airlines…
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Imagine the Stories Syrian Refugees will Tell in 25 Years
The histories of Canadians are plentiful, rich, and complex. We can never know all of them, but even sharing just a few can open windows into many unknown pasts. Coming Here, Being Here: A Canadian…
View More Imagine the Stories Syrian Refugees will Tell in 25 YearsWe Owe Allegiance to One Flag, One Anthem
Come August 14 and 15, some in the Pakistani and Indian-origin Canadian communities will fly flags and sing national anthems to celebrate independence days of their respective former home lands – ironically, the very countries…
View More We Owe Allegiance to One Flag, One AnthemLand of Hope and Freedom: Vietnamese Canadians Remember Arrival After 40 Years
Haquyen Nguyen remembers that fateful moment 40 years ago as if it happened yesterday. As a teenager in South Vietnam, she sat with her family around the radio when president Duong Van Minh dropped the…
View More Land of Hope and Freedom: Vietnamese Canadians Remember Arrival After 40 YearsA Journey to Self-Liberation: from Vietnam to North America
My mother is 82 and suffering from dementia, but the moment she heard that I was going to give a speech to Vietnamese youth in Canada, she sort of regained her full faculties and perked…
View More A Journey to Self-Liberation: from Vietnam to North AmericaBackward Bill Passed, but Vietnamese-Canadians Move Forward
How would Canadians feel if July 1 was called Black July Day? What would happen if fictitious governments that no longer exist–such as the old Saigon regime–continue to be recognized in Canadian legislation? Bill S-219…
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Is the Divisive Bill on Vietnamese Refugees All About the Election?
Most North Americans, at least of a certain age, identify the fall of Saigon in April, 1975, with the news footage of Americans being evacuated from the roof of the United States embassy by chopper as North…
View More Is the Divisive Bill on Vietnamese Refugees All About the Election?Canada ranks high on the scale of ethnic harmony
My sister worries about my vacation plans, a 10-day tour of Vietnam in the midst of anti-Chinese riots. To be clear, I booked it weeks ago, before four Chinese workers there were killed and more…
View More Canada ranks high on the scale of ethnic harmony