Table of Contents
Maps vi
The Andriev, Andreeff, Andruff Family Tree x
Foreword 1
Preface 4
Part 1
Chapter 1 The Beginning 11
Chapter 2 Homeglen, the First Years: 1924-29 24
Chapter 3 The Luck of the Russian Refugees: 1930-55 40
Chapter 4 The Port Alberni Years: 1956-67 74
Chapter 5 The ACKA Years: 1968-75
Chapter 6 The Later Years: Hospitality, Service, and Solitude 105
Part 2
Chapter 7 New Canadians and the Baby Boom Era 123
Chapter 8 Leaving the Valley 143
Chapter 9 The University of British Columbia 149
Chapter 10 Joining the Working World 160
Chapter 11 The Golden Era of Family Life 166
Chapter 12 New Horizons in the 1990s 175
Chapter 13 This Beautiful Life 181
Chapter 14 Reviewing the Boomer Era 185
Chapter 15 Here Comes Generation X 190
Chapter 16 Mind the Gap 197
Chapter 17 In Pursuit of Critical Thinking 201
Chapter 18 Circling Back to the Refugees 210
Chapter 19 Conclusion: A Call to Pay It Forward 212
Part 3
Chapter 20 Today's Refugees 217
Chapter 21 The Catalytic Converters of Private Sponsorship 224
Appendix A How to Privately Sponsor a Refugee 229
Appendix B The Canadian Naming Game of the 1920s 232
Acknowledgements 235
Notes 236
Bibliography 251
Index 254
