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UFV professor discusses Eastern European diasporas in the Fraser Valley

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Ron Dart, professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, shares the reason behind migration from Russia to the Fraser Valley. Photo courtesy of Ron Dart.
Surjit Atwal - CIVL - Abbotsford • BC | 22-03-2022
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British Columbia's Fraser Valley is home to one of the largest Ukrainian-Canadian diasporas.

Ron Dart, associate professor of political science at University of Fraser Valley (UFV), spoke with CIVL on the migration of many Russians and other Eastern European groups to the Fraser Valley. Dart discussed one reason Russians in particular have migrated to the Fraser Valley—they want to live somewhere where they are not forced to serve in the military. Similarly, much of the Fraser Valley's Mennonite community settled in the region after experiencing barriers to their religious freedoms, and other poor treatment in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Listen to Ron Dart's in-depth discussion with CIVL below:

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