Senator Mobina Jaffer QC, Senator for British Columbia

SPECIAL INVITATION TO A FREE EVENT

Carleton University would like to invite you to a special event to view materials from the Ugandan Asian Archive Collection in Vancouver on Saturday April 2nd, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00pm at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library (Alice MacKay Room ) located at 350 West Georgia.

On August 4, 1972, then-President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of the country’s Asian population. At the time, there were over 80,000 individuals of Asian origin in Uganda. With 90 days to leave, families scrambled to find a place to go. Those with Ugandan passports were stripped of their citizenship, making them stateless. Canada was one of the first countries to respond to Idi Amin’s order.

Given the importance of capturing the memories and experience of the South Asian people during this period, Carleton University has created the Ugandan Asian Archive Collection https://arc.library.carleton.ca/exhibits/uganda-collection). This 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 2 in Vancouver will showcase archival material as well as oral histories that have been donated to the Ugandan Asian Archive Collection. The event will feature:

 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

By sharing the work being done at Archives and Research Collections with the Ugandan Asian community in the Vancouver area, we hope to encourage others to participate in our oral history project and contribute to new acquisition activities.

To attend the event, please register at the following website http://events.carleton.ca/ugandan-asian- archives-collection-vancouver-roadshow/ or contact Kylie Patrick at 613-520-2600. The event is free. Events Calendar Ugandan Asian Archives Collection ... events.carleton.ca

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.