Thu Oct 24 2024

<p>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&nbsp;if we are currently better or worse at responding to refugees in crisis zones like Gaza and Sudan.</p><p><br></p><p>With special guests Jan Raska from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and Gauri Sreenivasan from the Canadian Council for Refugees.</p><p><br></p><p>Related episodes:</p><p><a href="lnk.to/T3wQK2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crash Course on Ukrainian Canadians</a></p><p><a href="lnk.to/dzsgay" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Halifax Donair</a></p><p><a href="lnk.to/oaWTjV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The province of Jamaica</a></p><p><br></p><p>For&nbsp;more links and ...