The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund exists to support projects that commemorate and recognize the experiences of all of the ethno-cultural communities affected by Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920.

Fonds canadien de reconnaissance de l’internement durant la Première Guerre mondiale a pour but d’appuyer des projets visant à commémorer et à reconnaître les expériences vécues par les communautés ethnoculturelles touchées par la première opération nationale d’internement menée au Canada de 1914 à 1920.

Canada's Forgotten Internment Camps
The Mark, 4 August 2010
(YouTube video series)

The Internment Operations • The Fort Henry Service • The Redress Movement

Internee Descendants • Educating the Public • Learning from the Past

Between 1914 and 1920, thousands of Canadians of Ukrainian and Eastern European descent were imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, simply on the basis of their origins. For decades, their stories were buried under fear and shame. The Canadian government has finally recognized the internment operations, and yet it remains an unknown chapter in our nation's history.