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Dr. Jan Raska

Dr. Jan Raska is the Acting Manager of Research at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. He is curator of the museum’s past temporary exhibitions, Safe Haven: Canada and the 1956 Hungarian Refugees and 1968: Canada and the Prague Spring Refugees. He is the author of Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada: 1945-1989 and co-author of Pier 21: A History. Jan has taught courses in Canadian Studies as an assistant professor at Dalhousie University