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Refuge Canada is a travelling exhibition created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and supported by TD Bank Group.

Refuge Canada is a travelling exhibition created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and supported by TD Bank Group and the Department of Canadian Heritage.

The exhibition explores Canada’s place in the global refugee crisis. Through images, soundscapes, first-person accounts and artifacts, this powerful exhibition offers an opportunity to gain historical context.

Refuge Canada will draw visitors through interactive opportunities to connect with the content, moving from the Second World War era up to the present day. It will challenge and inspire as it brings visitors on a journey from darkness to hope, always calling into question preconceptions about what it means to be a refugee.

Syrian boy plays with a Canadian boy during an outing to a park, Kelowna, British Columbia, March 24, 2016. The Syrian family came to Canada through private sponsorship.

© UNHCR/Jimmy Jeong

Somali refugees at the Dadaab camp in Kenya, the largest in the world when this photo was taken, December 17, 2008.

Credit: © UNHCR/Evelyn Hockstein

Iraqi and Syrian refugees in a sinking boat arriving from Turkey to Lesbos island, Greece, October 30,

2015. Credit: Georgios Giannopoulos, Wikimedia Commons

Moynerghona refugee camp, Bangladesh, December 15, 2017.

Credit: © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

Tinalbarka, a refugee from Mali, does schoolwork inside her family’s tent in Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania, April 14, 2016.

Credit: © UNHCR/Agron Dragaj