Ugandan Asian Archives Collection to be presented in Vancouver, April 2, 2016

Ugandan Asian Archives Collection to be presented in Vancouver, April 2, 2016Saturday, April 02, 2016 – 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Location Details:
Library Square Conference Centre, Alice MacKay Room
Main Branch, Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1 – (604.331.3823)

The Ugandan Asian Archives is a unique archive collection that gives insight into the 1972 South Asian expulsion from Uganda and the subsequent resettlement in Canada.

The event on April 2nd in Vancouver BC will showcase archival material as well as oral histories that have been donated to the Ugandan Asian Archive Collection at Carleton University.

Featuring special guest speakers:

  • Senator Mobina Jaffer QC, Senator for British Columbia
  • John Halani, Honourary Consul in BC, Consulate of Uganda
  • Michael Molloy, former Ambassador of Canada to Jordan. Mr. Molloy was sent by the Canadian Government to Uganda in 1972 to work under the direction of Roger St. Vincent. Mr. Molloy was second in command at the Kampala office of the Canadian Mission during the time of the expulsion.
  • Nizar Fakirani, a lawyer based in Toronto whose family was up-rooted from Uganda in 1972
  • Mossadiq S. Umedaly, an accomplished Vancouver-based businessman and advisor to governments and institutions, who came to Canada as a university student in 1971 and became a refugee when his family was expelled from Uganda in 1972
  • Yasmin B. Jamal (B.A.,Dipl.Educ. M.L.I.S), Reference/Instruction Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University & Burnaby Public Library
  • Wayne Jones, Carleton University Librarian
  • Patti Harper, Head, Archives and Research Collections

Source: events.carleton.cafuturefunder.carleton.ca

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