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Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access , An Oral History with Errol and Delphine Francis(2015-04-17)Errol and Delphine Francis were both born and raised in Uganda and held fond memories of life in East Africa. They reflected on a very comfortable life, with warm weather and a great balance between work and family life. Errol completed his high school and pre-university courses in Uganda and began a career in the travel industry there. Delphine completed her teaching certificate abroad, and returned to Uganda to become a teacher trainer at the Shimoni Teacher Training College. Delphine was 7 months pregnant when the expulsion decree was announced. Since both Errol and Delphine held Ugandan citizenship, they were admitted for resettlement in Canada. They both flew into the Longue Pointe military base in Montreal and were then relocated to the YMCA, also in Montreal. Delphine quickly landed a job within just a few days as a tailor in a shop close by. They both recalled an overwhelming amount of support in Montreal from immigration officials and Canadians, as they received winter clothing and other items for their newborn. Within a few months the couple moved to Toronto, in August of 1973, as Errol had secured employment in the travel industry. Delphine took up a position as a teacher in the Catholic School Board. Over the years, the couple raised their children in Canada and progressed in their respective careers. They are happily retired and pass their time travelling and spending time with family and friends. This oral history was conducted in Errol and Delphine’s home in Toronto, Ontario.Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access , An Oral History with Salim Alibhai(2024-04-06)Salim Alibhai was born in Jinja, Uganda after his parents had migrated from India in 1936. Having renounced their British citizenship, Salim’s parents became stateless following the expulsion of Asians from Uganda. In 1972, his parents immigrated to Canada with two of Salim’s brothers. Salim moved to the UK, where he worked for four years as a tax accountant, before joining his family in Toronto in 1976. In 1980, he relocated to Calgary with his wife and later started his own practice. Salim recalls the challenges of finding work both in the UK and in Canada without prior experience working in either country, reflecting on the transitions of his settlement process. He also shared stories of his parents’ transition to life in Canada, their adaptation to life in Canada, and their hopes for better opportunities for their children. Salim reflected on his experience working in Canada and later raising his three children in Calgary, while balancing family responsibilities and work, as well as then returning to Uganda with his family in 2010. Salim also discussed his identity and reflected on what it means to him to be Canadian.Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access , An Oral History with Rossbina Nathoo(2015-07-20)Rossbina Nathoo recalls a playful and pleasant upbringing in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents and grandparents were originally from Mbale and Masaka but moved to the major city when she was young. She attended both the Aga Khan primary and secondary school in Kampala and remembered an excellent but strict school system. As Ugandan citizens, her family was rendered stateless by the government and were given asylum in Canada. Rossbina was in her late teens when she arrived in Canada and opted to attend one semester of high school before moving on to university. She recalls an incredible reception in both Montreal and in Vancouver. Her favourite subject was English, and an essay she wrote on her initial days in Canada appeared in the Vancouver Sun in early 1973. Over time Rossbina started her own travel consultancy group and settled down in Calgary after getting married. Once in Calgary she dedicated her time to raising her two children and volunteered vigorously within the local community, which she continues to this day. This oral history was conducted at a local coffee shop in Calgary.Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access , An Oral History with Shahira Patni-Tejpar(2016-10-19)Shahira Patni-Tejpar was born in Mbale, Uganda and immigrated to Canada at the age of ten with her parents and three siblings in 1969. Mrs. Patni-Tejpar recalls her early memories as a child in Vancouver, and her experience adjusting to life in Canada before the influx of Ugandan Asian refugees in 1972. She discusses her family’s role in assisting the incoming Ugandan Asians, and her father’s role in helping to set up some of Vancouver’s early jamatkhanas, and the establishment of the Ismaili community in Canada. Mrs. Patni-Tejpar is a retired immigration specialist, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.Item type: Item , Access status: Open Access , An Oral History with Ginette Leroux(2014-10-16)Ginette Leroux was a stenographer working in the Central Processing Office for the Department of Manpower and Immigration in the early 1970s. In 1972, Leroux along with her coworkers Jolène Beaupré and Mary-Ellen Hempel travelled to Kampala, Uganda to assist the Department of Immigration in typing the thousands of visas for the Ugandan Asians who were being expelled under Idi Amin’s rule.