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The Expulsion of Asians in Uganda – Reflecting 50 Years Later
November 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
FREE
Local Immigration Partnership – Lanark and Renfrew is proud to present the next event in our speaker series line-up this year.
Join us on Thursday, November 17, for an in-depth virtual discussion and reflection on the expulsion of Asians in Uganda in 1972. November 2 marks the 50th anniversary of this event that left lasting impacts on families for generations and changed the landscape of Uganda forever.
- 12:00pm-1:00pm Presentation
- 1:00pm-1:30pm Q&A
Pre-registration is required. Sign up here:
https://algonquincollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlcO6srj8qHNYOyriVqkPjXNBlxOuzn86L
We’ll hear from three incredible authors who have spent countless hours researching this time in history, and some whose families were directly affected.
Noreen Nasim: Noreen is a debut novelist, having released her father’s memoir in May 2021. Her father, Amir, is an ex-pat from the 1972 Ugandan Asian expulsion ordered by President Idi Amin. She has written her debut novel, Expelled from Uganda, which was an Amazon bestseller.
Mike Molloy: A career foreign service officer, Mike Molloy has 35 years of experience in international and refugee affairs and served in Japan, Lebanon, Minnesota, Geneva, Jordan (twice), Syria and Kenya. In 1972 he helped bring 6000 Ugandan Asians to Canada. He led the implementation of the refugee provisions of the 1976 Immigration Act, including the refugee sponsorship program, the designated classes, the WUSC student refugee program and the annual refugee planning process. Between 1979 and 1980 he coordinated the resettlement of 60,000 Indochinese refugees. He served as Counsellor for Humanitarian Affairs at the Canadian Mission in Geneva and managed immigration operations in Jordan, Syria and East Africa. Following Director General level assignments in Ottawa and Toronto, he was appointed Ambassador to Jordan (1996-2000) and was Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (2000 to 2003). As (former) President of the Canadian Immigration Historical Society, he initiated the establishment of the Uganda Asian online archive at Carleton University’s library/archives. He co-authored a book called “Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees 1975 -1980” and is currently coordinating the writing of a second book based on 180 oral histories collected from Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian refugees under the Hearts of Freedom Project.
