Polish Combatants Association in Canada and its support for solidarity movement and Polish refugees in 1980s

The aim of this paper is to present support rendered by Polish veterans in Canada for the "Polish cause" in 1980s - i.e. during the brief “carnival of Solidarity” and subsequent period of martial law which resulted in massive wave of emigrants leaving the country between 1981-1987. The scope of engagement of Polish WWII veterans settled in Canada into various forms of assistance for the Solidarity movement in Poland (demonstrations, petitions, fundraising) and combatants’ attitude towards the new wave of political and economic immigrants arriving from Poland to the Country of Maple Leaf in 1980s. is presented on the basis of archival documents (by-laws, regulations, financial reports, internal correspondence) and press releases ("SPK w Kanadzie" - quarterly magazine of the Polish Combatants Association in Canada).