Book Tour – Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975-1980

Join the authors of Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975-1980 as they embark on a five-day tour this February. There will be stops in Orillia, Toronto, and Winnipeg. Formats will include presentations, readings, signings, and a panel discussion.

The fall of Saigon in April 1975 resulted in the largest and most ambitious refugee resettlement effort in Canada’s history. Running on Empty presents the challenges and successes of this bold refugee resettlement program. It traces the actions of a few dozen men and women who travelled to seventy remote refugee camps, worked long days in humid conditions, subsisted on dried noodles and green tea, and sometimes slept on their worktables while rats scurried around them – all in order to resettle thousands of people displaced by war and oppression.

Saturday, February 3
Orillia Public Library, Orillia, ON
Video Presentation and Reading with Peter Duschinsky

Sunday, February 4
Tet Festival Toronto – International Centre, Toronto, ON
Presentation and Launch with Michael J. Molloy, Peter Duschinsky, and Robert J. Shalka

Monday, February 5
Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, Toronto, ON
Seminar with Michael J. Molloy and Peter Duschinsky

Monday, February 5
Ben McNally Books, Toronto, ON
Presentation, Reading, and Signing with Michael J. Molloy, Peter Duschinsky, and Robert J. Shalka

Tuesday, February 6
Menno Simons College, Winnipeg, MB
Panel Discussion: Refugee Resettlement, with Michael J. Molloy and Peter Duschinsky

Wednesday, February 7
McNally Robinson Books, Winnipeg, MB
Presentation, Reading, and Signing with Michael J. Molloy and Peter Duschinsky