Informal Guided Tours of Hearts of Freedom Exhibition

Join one of these informal guided tours of the Hearts of Freedom exhibition by Dr. Stephanie Stobbe & Mr. Michael Molloy - principal researchers of the oral history project. See below for their informal tours:

• Friday, April 28th, we’ll do the informal tour of the Exhibition at 5:00-5:45pm (before the 6:00pm panel).

• Saturday, April 29th, we’ll do the informal tour of the Exhibition at 12:00-12:45pm (before the 1:00pm film premiere)

• Monday, May 1st, we’ll do the informal tour of the Exhibition at 4:30 – 5:15pm (before the opening reception at 5:30pm)

Dr. Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe (principal researcher & curator of the travelling exhibit)

Dr. Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe is the Chair and Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution Studies at Menno Simons College (a College of Canadian Mennonite University) at the University of Winnipeg, and Associate Professor in the Redekop School of Business. She is the author and editor of multiple books, including Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos: Perspective for Today’s World, and the Curator of the HOF – Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees travelling museum exhibition. Stephanie is an Expert Advisory Board member for Asia Pacific Refugees Studies at Auckland University in New Zealand, and President of Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.

Mr. Michael Molloy (principal researcher & retired immigration official)

Michael James Molloy, co-author of Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugee Movement 1975-80, has 40 years of experience in international and refugee affairs. In 1976, as Director of Refugee Policy, he was responsible for designing the refugee provisions of the 1976 Immigration Act including the sponsorship program and the Indochinese designated class that simplified the selection process for the Indochinese refugees.