Sean Mills

Sean Mills, “Quebec, Haiti, and the Deportation Crisis of 1974” (Histoire sociale / Social History,94.3, September 2013).

In “Quebec, Haiti and the Deportation Crisis of 1974,” published in the Canadian Historical Review, September 2013, Sean Mills offers us a lively account of the controversy that erupted in 1974 over the proposed deportation of hundreds of Haitian migrants who had expected to make the province their home. Meticulously researched and analytically sophisticated, the article weaves discussions of immigration policy, the host community’s perceptions of Haitian immigrants and the political activism of immigrants themselves (and their supporters) into a seamless whole. Drawing out the transnational connections between Haiti and Quebec, Mills’ article is an important contribution to our understanding of the history of migration, identity and politics in 1970s Quebec and Canada.