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White Pine Pictures:brothers From Vietnam, the Story of the Lais and the Bessais

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The Bessai family of Edmonton sponsored a Vietnamese family in 1979 after the Vietnam War ended, and helped them to settle into a new life in Canada. Their families became close friends. This site describes their story and gives background to a television documentary about the two families.

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asian canadians, vietnamese boat people, vietnamese immigrants, vietnamese refugees, white pine pictures: brothers from vietnam, the story of the lais and the bessais, history of canada, asian canadian
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional