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The survivor: Refugees from Viet Nam, Doan, then 15 and her brother, 14, escaped in a tiny crammed boat eight years ago, now she is a university graduate, working in Montreal
The survivor: Refugees from Viet Nam, Doan, then 15 and her brother, 14, escaped in a tiny crammed boat eight years ago, now she is a university graduate, working in Montreal

The survivor: Refugees from Viet Nam, Doan, then 15 and her brother, 14, escaped in a tiny crammed boat eight years ago, now she is a university graduate, working in Montreal

Date6/13/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: The survivor: Refugees from Viet Nam; Doan; then 15 and her brother; 14; escaped in a tiny crammed boat eight years ago; now she is a university graduate; working in Montreal.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0013107F
      'Viet Nam veteran' in Toronto Free Theatre's production of Desire opening April 17, Bruce Vavrina scored 14 out of 15 on our quiz
      'Viet Nam veteran' in Toronto Free Theatre's production of Desire opening April 17, Bruce Vavrina scored 14 out of 15 on our quiz
      Lennon, Frank
      4/10/1985
      Escaped Viet Nam
      Escaped Viet Nam
      Russell, Jim
      1/14/1985
      Refugees from Viet Nam arrive in Canada
      Refugees from Viet Nam arrive in Canada
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/26/1978
      Viet Nam refugees Luu Huy Vien, left, and Luong Cam Xuong concentrate on teacher Janet Hoosen's English lessons
      Viet Nam refugees Luu Huy Vien, left, and Luong Cam Xuong concentrate on teacher Janet Hoosen's English lessons
      Goode, Jeff
      7/24/1979
      You're my type Oliver Kim, 2, and Emily Nagata, 2 1/2, two of the first Viet Nam refugees to arrive in Toronto, play with a typewriter at Welcome Hous(...)
      You're my type Oliver Kim, 2, and Emily Nagata, 2 1/2, two of the first Viet Nam refugees to arrive in Toronto, play with a typewriter at Welcome Hous(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/29/1978
      Huynh Van Ba (under umbrella), a South Vietnamese representative of the Viet Cong, went to the U.S. border at Fort Erie yesterday to talk to Rochester broadcaster Warren Doremus, whose brother is a prinsoner in North Viet Nam. Ba has been in Toronto since Monday for meetings with anti-draft and other groups.
      Huynh Van Ba (under umbrella), a South Vietnamese representative of the Viet Cong, went to the U.S. border at Fort Erie yesterday to talk to Rochester broadcaster Warren Doremus, whose brother is a prinsoner in North Viet Nam. Ba has been in Toronto since Monday for meetings with anti-draft and other groups.
      Dutton, Don
      6/15/1972
      The first international incident of Expo took place today when eight Americans protesting the war in Viet Nam staged a sit-down in the U.S. pavilion. (...)
      The first international incident of Expo took place today when eight Americans protesting the war in Viet Nam staged a sit-down in the U.S. pavilion. (...)
      Expo 67 (Montreal, Québec)
      4/28/1967
      New Canadian: Vietnamese refugee Nghiem cam Toan, in Canada since June, points out that the boat people had no choice but to leave Viet Nam under the present Communist regime
      New Canadian: Vietnamese refugee Nghiem cam Toan, in Canada since June, points out that the boat people had no choice but to leave Viet Nam under the present Communist regime
      Beaty, Keith
      9/26/1979
      Apprentice tradesman: Two years ago, Bart Meuring, a Grade 12 graduate, was working in a warehouse and worrying about his future
      Apprentice tradesman: Two years ago, Bart Meuring, a Grade 12 graduate, was working in a warehouse and worrying about his future
      Bezant, Graham
      8/1/1980
      Amid boos of the crowd, and watched quizzically from left by Transport Minister Paul Hellyer, University of Toronto student Robert Fairley reads a blistering denunciation of the Liberal government and Hellyer's 'complicity' in Viet Nam war during last nig
      Amid boos of the crowd, and watched quizzically from left by Transport Minister Paul Hellyer, University of Toronto student Robert Fairley reads a blistering denunciation of the Liberal government and Hellyer's 'complicity' in Viet Nam war during last nig
      Lennon, Frank
      n.d.
      Life goes on in South Viet Nam, two years after a ceasefire which still produces 6,000 casualties a week
      Life goes on in South Viet Nam, two years after a ceasefire which still produces 6,000 casualties a week
      Spremo, Boris
      2/6/1972
      His father beside him, Viet Nam war resister Bruce Beyer, 29, crosses the Peace Bridge to Buffalo yesterday, 10 years to the day after he stood on the(...)
      His father beside him, Viet Nam war resister Bruce Beyer, 29, crosses the Peace Bridge to Buffalo yesterday, 10 years to the day after he stood on the(...)
      Dutton, Don
      10/20/1977