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Hearts of Freedom – Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees

The exhibition was created by the Hearts of Freedom Museum Exhibition Committee, in collaboration with Canadian Mennonite University (and Menno Simons College), Carleton University, the Canadian Museum of History, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, the Canadian Immigration Historical Society, the Vietnamese Canadian Federation, the Lao Association of Ottawa, the Cambodian Association, the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration, and the Manitoba Museum. The refugee oral histories were completed with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Department of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the DeFehr Foundation. The museum exhibition is funded by Marty Maykut and Shandis Price Maykut, the Carleton University FutureFunder, Rotary Club Winnipeg, among others. For a complete list of sponsors and donors, please see our website.

Digital Exhibition Content
Text written by Peter Duschinsky and Mike Molloy
Web Designed and Developed by Mondy Lim

Other Credits
Museum Panel Designer: Grant Murray, Grant Murray Designs
 
Museum Exhibition Curator/Coordinator:
Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe
 
Museum Panel Writer and Editor:
Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe 

Museum Panel French Language Editor/Translator:
Paula Sousa

French Language Reviewer:
Allan Moscovitch
Ginette Thomas

Consultant:
Dan Conlin, Canadian Museum of Immigration (CMI) at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of History (CMH)
 
HOF Museum Exhibition Committee:
Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe, Canadian Mennonite University (Menno Simons College) (Chair of HOF Museum Exhibition Committee)
Emily Burton, CMI at Pier 21
Laura Sanchini (until August 2022), CMH
Saeedeh Niktab Etaati (since August 2022), CMH
Mondy Lim, HOF Website Developer
Hoang Dinh Tri, Vietnamese Representative
Som Phouangpraseuth, Lao Representative
Rivaux Lay, Cambodian Representative
Winnie Cheung, PCHC-MoM
 
Researchers
Carleton University and Canadian Mennonite University – Southeast Asia Refugee Research Project
Peter Duschinsky
Colleen Lundy
Mike Molloy
Allan Moscovitch
Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe
 
Volunteer:
Elaine Peters