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.
The Camps, Season 2, Episode #15, Ottawa, Ontario
Address delivered by Ivan T. Grbešić, Chair of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund at the Preview of the
Canadian History Hall at the Canadian Museum of History
on June 12, 2017
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Bonjour mesdames et monsieurs. Dobar dan, dame i gospodo.
Greetings as well to their Excellences, diplomatic representatives, elected officials of all levels of government, and members of the clergy, who are here with us today, most of whom were introduced.
I would like to thank the Canadian Museum of History and its President and CEO, Mark O’Neill for providing me with the opportunity to address you here today in my capacity as Chair of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund.
Address delivered by Ivan T. Grbesic, Chair of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund at the Vernon Pleasant Valley Cemetery Internee Remembrance Ceremony on
Saturday, May 23, 2015.
Good
morning
ladies
and
gentlemen,
Bonjour
mesdames
et
monsieurs,
Dobar
dan,
dame
i
gospodo.
What a beautiful day for such a solemn occasion. While we are honoured to have had in attendance with us today Minister Jason Kenney, it is also great to see and to be able to greet such a large number of elected officials, and members of the clergy, who are here today.
Stamps Commemorating 100th Anniversary of Canada's First Internment Operations Now Available
16 December 2014 - Ottawa - The Ukrainian Canadian
Congress (UCC) is pleased to
announce that a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Canada's First National
Internment Operations is available for purchase.
Address by the Hon. Jason Kenney at the National
Internment Exhibit Official Opening
Slave Labour, in Unthinkable Conditions
Address delivered by the Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism at the Opening Ceremony of the National Internment Exhibit at Cave and Basin National Historic Site, Banff, AB on September 13, 2013.
Dobray Den, na vsa dobra; Dobar dan.
Good afternoon, Bonjour.
Your Grace, Your Excellency, Reverend Fathers.
Member of Parliament, James Bezan, Senator Tannas,
Your Worship, Fellow Canadians, Dear Friends.
As we look around us and see a place of unspeakable beauty and yet we know that this site is also one of unspeakable sadness.
Today we realize the sacred duty what the great chronicler of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel said was the most sacred duty that echoes down to us from the bible, the moral duty to remember. "To remember the good of which we have been blessed and the evil that we have suffered."
National Internment Exhibit Opening - Address by
Ivan T. Grbešić, Chair of the CFWWIRF
Photos courtesy of Frank Jankač
Address
delivered
by
Ivan
T.
Grbešić,
Chair
of
the
Endowment
Council
of
the
Canadian
First
World
War
Internment
Recognition
Fund
at
the
Opening
Ceremony
of
the
Internment
Exhibit
at
Cave
and
Basin
in
Banff,
Alberta
on
September
13,
2013:
Good
afternoon,
ladies
and
gentlemen.
Bonjour
mesdames
et
monsieurs.
Dobar
dan,
dame
i
gospodo.
Greetings
as
well
to
Minister
Kenney,
their
Excellencies,
diplomatic
representatives,
elected
officials
of
all
levels
of
government,
and
members
of
the
clergy,
who
are
here
with
us
today,
most
of
whom
were
introduced.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
want
to
begin
by
first
thanking
Parks
Canada
for
providing
me,
as
Chair
of
the
Endowment
Council
of
the
Canadian
First
World
War
Internment
Recognition
Fund,
with
the
opportunity
to
address
you
here
today.
The Board of Directors of the Shevchenko Foundation is currently seeking an internee descendant representative for March 2021 to March 2022. This appointment is for a one year fixed term. The submitted names will be considered as potential candidates for the Internee Descendant Endowment Council position. (Non-voting)
We invite you to complete this form along with your resume by January 31, 2021.
The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, Shevchenko Foundation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Borys Sirskyj (Ottawa) as Chair of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund.
October 28th is National Internment Education Day, commemorating Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920.
The Endowment Council is pleased to offer its newest project, “Discovering Canadian WW1 Internment”, an augmented reality digital map to educate Canadians about this tragic page in Canada’s history, to schools, educators and museums across Canada.
This project has delivered an immersive, accessible Augmented Reality (AR) exhibit that brings to life the history of Canada’s first national internment operations. 360 Story Lab has created an AR map of Canada printed on heavy vinyl. The map includes small visual icons, or “targets” that are recognized by the AR software program and activate the AR experience.
To obtain the vinyl AR Map in English or French, please contact the CFWWIRF Program Manager, Andrea Malysh.
Film looks at Canadian Internment Camps
Ukrainian immigrants among those impacted between between 1914 - 1920 Yorkton This Week
By Calvin Daniels,
November 16, 2019
About CFWWIRF The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund was established 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 to 1920.
For more information on the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund
contact the Program Manager, Andrea Malysh, at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-288-7931.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – June 4, 2019 – The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund (CFWWIRF) Parks Canada, and The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association encourage you to save the date to attend the opening ceremony for Parks Canada’s Exhibit of Canada’s First World War Internment Operations 1914-1920.
This event will take place on Saturday June 22 at 1:00 p.m. MDT near the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park, BC.
The Shevchenko Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Loughery to the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund.
From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who immigrated to Canada from Europe were called 'enemy aliens' and sent to internment camps during the First World War. Some families were imprisoned as well. Sandra Semchuk explores that dark period in our history in her new book, 'The Stories Were Not Told: Canada's First World War Internment Camps' -- inspired by a stop at Castle Mountain near Banff. Sandra joined host Doug Dirks in studio.