CBC: After WWII, they came to Canada as tailors. Now their children will meet for the first time

Formerly known as the "garment workers' scheme," the Tailor Project was an immigration program that brought more than 2,000 displaced people, more than half Jewish, from Europe to Canada in 1948 and 1949 to work in the clothing industry.

It was the first program after the Second World War that permitted large numbers of Jewish adults to make new lives in Canada after years of restrictive immigration policies.

Larry Enkin, 90, the son of Tailor Project lead Max Enkin, recently decided to try to find tailors involved with the program to better document and share their stories.

"I was always interested in what happened to the tailors," Enkin said. "Their stories are profound and varied."

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