See the Boat People’s legacy; the strength and resilience of the Boat People inspires the next generation to reach greater heights. Hear the struggles of the new generation, who will define exactly what it means to be Vietnamese-Canadian.
Shown at the 30th Anniversary of the People of Canada's Nansen Medal Award, in recognition of the warm and empathic response of ordinary Canadians to refugee crises across the globe.
In this video, the children of the Southeast Asian refugees that arrived in Canada in the late 70s and early 80s speak to what they believe it means to be Vietnamese Canadian.
Many Vietnamese youth born overseas are torn between their identities as Vietnamese and their country of birth. For Thompson Nguyen, this is especially true of his two names. He performed this monologue at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, in Toronto.