“In Young, Well-Educated, and Adaptable, Francis Peddie documents the experiences of Chilean-Canadians. He also considers how the admission of people from the wrong side of the Cold War ideological divide had a lasting effect on Canadian immigration and refugee policy, establishing a precedent for the admission of political exiles over the decades that followed”.
About the Author:
Francis Peddie is a historian of Latin America and Canadian Immigration. Originally from Toronto, he now teaches at Nagoya University in Japan.
When? September 9/ 2014
Where?: Peter MacKendrick Art Gallery, located at Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street,Toronto)
Time: 6:30pm .
Where?: Peter MacKendrick Art Gallery, located at Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street,Toronto)
Time: 6:30pm .
This event includes:
Guest Speakers:
Prof. Anne Rubenstein (Historian, York University)
Prof. Anne Rubenstein (Historian, York University)
Prof. Roberto Perin ( Historian, York University)
Prof. Marlinda Freire (Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Prof. Marlinda Freire (Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Guest Artist: Rosa Evelia Cervantes (Singer)
Refreshments.
Free event
