Between 1975 and 1985, 100,000 refugees from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam arrived in Canada, making it the largest refugee resettlement in Canada since the Second World War. In this episode of Artifactuality, we take a look at the stories of two individuals: Stephanie Stobbe, lead curator and researcher for the Hearts of Freedom project, and Kim Thúy, host of the show, reading from her autobiographical novel, Ru.    LINKS Transcript <a href= "https://historymuseum.ca/podcast/transcripts/#2">https://historymuseum.ca/podcast/transcripts/#4</a>   Hearts of Freedom website  <a href= "https://heartsoffreedom.org/">https://heartsoffreedom.org/</a>    Kim Thúy’s website  <a href= "https://en.kimthuy.ca/">https://en.kimthuy.ca/</a>    Canadian Museum of History Blog: Hearts of Freedom <a href= "https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/?p=18286&preview=true">https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/artifactuality-hearts-of-freedom/</a>   Article on Kim Thúy in The Canadian Encyclopedia  <a href= "https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kim-thuy">https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kim-thuy</a>   More about Stephanie Stobbe <a href= "https://mscollege.ca/about/faculty/497">https://mscollege.ca/about/faculty/497</a>

Episode 5: The Prince of Plastic

Imagine a museum of the future, made up entirely of the stories we tell each other. Which stories would resonate with you? Which ones will last? And which will go on to shape how we live our lives, now and in the future? 


Introducing Artifactuality, a podcast series featuring remarkable stories generously shared with the Canadian Museum of History. Hosted by acclaimed novelist Kim Thúy, each episode is an audio time capsule of a part of Canadian history told in the voices of the people who lived it.  


The series is produced by Antica Productions and Makwa Creative. French versioning by Power of Babel.

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