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Dr. Stephanie Stobbe curates national travelling exhibition

Thursday, February 2, 2023 @ 4:00 PM

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of mid-2022, there are 32.5 million refugees worldwide. That number jumps to 53.1 million internally displaced people and expands yet again to 103 million when considering forcibly displaced people worldwide.

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“Hearts of Freedom” project to include testimony from former PM Joe Clark

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 @ 10:51 AM

As Stephanie Stobbe (Menno Simons College) and team prepare for the project's next phase, key players are adding their voices to the record, including Joe Clark, PM during the height of Southeast Asian immigration to Canada.

Between 1975 and 1980 Canada resettled 69,200 South East Asian refugees. Today Stephanie Stobbe, of Menno Simons College, along with a team of researchers, are working to ensure their experiences will be preserved for generations to come.

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Hearts of Freedom: Dr. Stephanie Stobbe and team awarded major funding for nation-wide research

Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 2:14 PM

Between 1975 and 1980 Canada resettled 69,200 South-East Asian refugees. This project aims to ensure their experiences will be preserved for generations to come.

Dr. Stephanie Stobbe, of CMU's Menno Simons College, together with a team of four senior researchers, has been awarded major funding to complete a three-year research and preservation project that will span the country.

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