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How Refugees Have Enriched Canadian Life ‘5 ' ' 39 b u- . Condensed from Citizen , Canadian (.tttzenship Branch 1; HEN refugees leave their homes and Wscarch for more tolerable conditions of life elsewhere they bring with them their \llliS and cXperience. their courageous outlook on life and a maturity stained through suffering. ‘llie country that gives them refuge is richly re- v. trded. as many examples from history illustrate (ij example from recent times is the diffusion in scientists. scholars, musicians and others ll ‘oughout many parts of the world as the result of Nazi persecution in Germany. The United 5.: ies was immeasurably the richer for having adored a haven to Einstein. And he was only our, though the greatest. among many who have d ‘oted their talents and energies to the countries wich gave them refuge. "anada is one of the countries which have b nefited very considerably from the training and e r-crience of refugees from Nazismi both Jewish panic and others. Most came before and during ti" Second World War. After the war a much l:»_:er flow of homeless people poured into Can- :2. ~ as a result of the political and geographical clrtnges which took place in Europe at that in re. This group included Poles, Ukrainians, Lith- Itctians. Latvians, Estonians. Jugoslavs, Hunga- n. us. Czechoslovakians and others. ", later refugee movement was brought about b‘ the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Canada delved over 20 per cent of the total number v- .n fled from Hungary. The most recent group oi all are the families from refugee camps. with em member suffering from tuberculosis. ~ince 1933 over 300,000 refugees have found hr-‘rtes in Canada and it is estimated that. since lll war, one of every seven immigrants has been it lefttgee. What have the refugees contributed to their new country? Here are a few contribu- ut its made by outstanding individuals who have Cone to Canada during the past twentyafive years. Science and Scholarship “Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, Director of the Divi- Slun of Pure Physics at the National Research ("Uncut is a world authority on spectroscopyga lunch of physics dealing with the structure of alums and molecules. He left Germany to come In Canada in 1935. Dr. Herzberg has received ill-"W high honours. In 1953 he was awarded “13 H‘Lnry Marshall Tory Medal of the Royal Society 0| Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Societ.v 0| London and has received honorary dchCBS fmm a number of universities, both at home and abroad. A pioneer in the use of the new psycho-active drugs on this continent, Dr. Heinz Lehmann won the Albert Lasker Award in 1957 for his Npertmental work in this field. He is an associate PI'Ofessor of psychiatry at McGill University and clinical director of the Verdun Protestant H0§Pttal. He graduated in medicine from the University of Berlin and did postgraduate work FALL 1960 m .psiighdalr-v and "EUWIOSF' ill Several German leVErSllles and at the University of VjcnmL Hg made his home in Canaan in 1937', .C’ermun-hm'n Dr. Karl Stern is psychiatristdn- Ch'ef “l 51- Milli“ Hmpital in Montreal and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of 01m. wa. Dr. Stern is the author of several books, Aid, “1 “"3 Uank‘FSily of Ottawa is Dr. Antony Fidler. Professor and Head of the Department of Med. mine. Dr. Fidlcr L‘xc’upcd from Poland and bu. fOre coming to Canada taught at the Polish Med. ical College in Fdinburgh. Many other Canadian universities; have gained from the experience of European-[ruined scien- ttsts and scholars. An early refugee from Ger- many, Dr. Peter Briegcr is Head of the Depart- ment of Art and Archaeology at the University of Toronto Dr. Konstantine Kowulewski. for» mcrly of Poland. ix Associate Professor of Ex perimental Surgery at the University of Alberta Medical School and Assistant Director of the McEachern Research Laboratory. .\ leading scir enlist in the field of forest ecology, Dr. Vladimir Krajina is Professor of Biology and llotuny at the University of British Columbia Dr. Kraiinu fled from Czechoslovakia in 1943. Departments of Slavic Studies at several uni- versilies owe their origin lo refugees from cusl» ern European Countries. At the University of Manitoba. for example. Ukrainian-born Dr. Ja- rosluv B. Ruduycityj is u very active head of the Slavic Department. Another example is Dr. Theodore Domartttlzki. from Poland. who is Director of the Centre of Slavic Studies at the University of Montreal. British Columbia provided a haven for ll group of nearly three hundred students and thirty pro- fessors of the Forcslry Faculty of Hopron Univer- sity after they fled from Hungary in ILlfih. The group's move to Powell River through the co- operation of the Powell River Company and the University of British (‘olumbiu brought in the province :1 source of badly needed professional manpower for Canada‘s pulp-untlâ€"pupcr lndtlhll’y. Many medical scientists among former refugees are making important contributions in Vill'lntl‘i fields of research. For example. Dr. Andrew Sassâ€"Korlsuk. v.th has become widely anin :h a child specialist in the ten years \inCt: he came to Canada from i-lunyury. hit» dirchde several major I'eSQHI'Ch projects at the HUNPlltli for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto. Dr. lif- nest Rovacs. also from Huntâ€"Will" i5 " “‘7‘”th associate at the School of HYs'lQUC- Lln'VCr-‘W of Toronto. He is at present Carl'an 0'" Cg‘f‘m' merits in an effort to discover the cause of mul- tiple sclerosis. ‘ ‘ D1; Ludmila Dolur-Muntuiml Is the only woman in Canada with a degree in PClFUk’SYAthquy of rock formations. At present she is working in the research department of the. Ontario Hydro- Elcctric Power Commission. With her husband, Dr Mantuani escaped front Jugosluvia to Venice. 3]