2021
Spotlight put on dark internment camp history at Vernon school
Drama class presents Seeds of Hope, tales from Vernon’s own Ukrainian and European camps
Kelowna Capital News & Vernon Morning Star
Jennifer Smith, February 8, 2021
2020
Lubomyr Luciuk looks back at the 100 year anniversary of Canada’s first internment operations
Global News - July 3, 2020
100 Objects of Interest
Royal BC Museum,
June 20, 2020
A forgotten piece of Canadian history
By Peter J. Manastyrsky, Winnipeg Sun, June 20, 2020
The Hon. Andrew Scheer, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and of the Official Opposition, issues statement to mark 100 years since the end of Canada’s first national internment operations during the First World War
June 20, 2020
Internment camp at Fort Henry once little-known local history
By
Lubomyr Luciuk, The Kingston Whig-Standard, June 19, 2020
Queen's University graduate student Kassandra Luciuk explains the history that informs her graphic novel on the internment of Ukrainians in Canada called 'Enemy Alien: A True Story of Life Behind Barbed Wire'.
Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Wei Chen, June 19, 2020
Разследване за интернирани в Канада българи ще има тук и в България
Проучването за задържаните в лагери наши сънародници в периода 1914-1920 г. е в основата на научен проект
By Bulgarian Horizons, Canadian Bulgarian Newspaper, June 15, 2020
The story of Nick Sakaliuk
By Lubomyr Luciuk, The Ukrainian Weekly, June 12, 2020
Centennial of the end of internment operations
By The Ukrainian Weekly, June 12, 2020
Internment centenary provides lessons for today
By New Pathway, June 8, 2020
100 years since Vernon internment camp was shut down: Vernon's internment history
By John Lawless,
Castanet News, June 8, 2020
Ryan Boyko's, “The Camps” series in the news in Ukraine!
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Spirit Lake: the federal cemetery that Ottawa forgot
Monday, March 14, 2016
Group Demands Restoration of Former Internment Camp Cemetery
February 19, 2016
Written by New Canadian Media
Campaign revived to designate Quebec wartime cemetery a historic site
February 19, 2016
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register Special
Tribute to Spirit Lake Internment Captured in Musical Compositions
February 9, 2016
New Pathway
2015
Laurier House National Historic Site Gifted Bust on the 174th Anniversary of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Birth
November 20, 2015 - Ottawa
Parks Canada Agency
Opinion: A well deserved birthday honour for Sir Wilfrid Laurier
LUCIUK, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE
Published on: November 19, 2015
Last Updated: November 19, 2015 3:28 PM ES
Remember Canada's internment camps
By Peter Manastyrsky, Winnipeg Sun
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
In the Patriarchal Cathedral Church consecrated the table
"in memory of the first internment operations in Canada"
October 28, 2015
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Plaque Unveiling in Kyiv
October 28, 2015
UCCLF: Canada's First World War Internment Operations Remembered in Ukraine
October 27, 2015
History film a new look at Banff internment camp
By Michelle Ferguson, Bow Valley Crag & Canyon
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Our History: Island mine strike fuelled wartime racism
Wayne Norton - Times Colonist
June 21, 2015
Remembering the history of interned miners
July 2015 marks the centennial anniversary of Fernie internment camps
Submitted by Wayne Norton - The Free Press
June 4, 2015
Museum to commemorate Morrissey Internment
By Sarah Kucharski - The Free Press
June 4, 2015
100 years since first death in Kapuskasing internment camp
'They had been victims of paranoia and xenophobia in a so-called civil society,' historian says
CBC News
June 1, 2015
Remembering the history of interned miners
Submitted by Wayne Norton
June 1, 2015
Première Guerre mondiale : l'histoire d'un prisonnier en Ontario
Un texte de Daniel Blanchette Pelletier
Lundi 1 juin 2015
Memorial unveiled
By Staff Writer - Vernon Morning Star
May 29, 2015
VIDEO: Vernon WW1 Internees Remembered (6:35)
Global TV Okanagan
May 23, 2015
Museum to commemorate Morrissey Internment
By Sarah Kucharski - The Free Press
May 20, 2015
A forgotten past is remembered
By Contributed - Vernon Morning Star
May 17, 2015
The stories that aren't told
By Megan Stacey, Woodstock Sentinel-Review
May 13, 2015
Spirit Lake Internment Centre Receives Second Award
New Pathway
April 29, 2015
Workshop organized by Brandon U prof aims to raise awareness of civilian internment
History of civilian detention in Canada particularly relevant in light of current events, says organizer.
By Léo Charbonneau
April 1, 2015
Spirit Lake Centre marks 100th anniversary of internment camp
Ukrainian News
February 26, 2015
Il y a 100 ans, les premiers prisonniers arrivaient au camp d'internement de Spirit Lake en Abitibi
Mardi 13 janvier 2015
This is what happened to our people
By Boaz Joseph - Surrey North Delta Leader
January 5, 2015
2014
Il y a 100 ans, des détenus arrivaient en Abitibi
David Prince
Author brings WWI internment camps to light
By Robin Tarnowetzki - Journal Staff Writer
October 29, 2014
Daughter of WWI internment victim hopes to educate others
By Jonathan Charlton - The StarPhoenix
October 29, 2014
Open Letter from Concerned Canadians to Mr. Stuart Murray, CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
WWI Ukrainian internment: a ‘sad chapter in our history’
By Kent Spencer - The Province
August 21, 2014
100 plaques to be unveiled across Canada on the anniversary of the War Measures Act being implemented
By Trevor Robb - Edmonton Sun
August 20, 2014
Plaques will mark Canada's first internment operations
By Trevor Robb - Edmonton Sun
August 20, 2014
Plaques to provide much-needed recognition
By Cheryl Girard - Winnipeg Free Press
August 19, 2014
Canada’s First World War internment camps to be remembered
By Johnna Ruocco - The Graphic
August 19, 2014
HISTORY: 'Alien enemies' sent to internment camps
By Karen Bachmann - The Daily Press-freelance
August 17, 2014
A great injustice
By Bob Tymczyszyn - St. Catharines Standard
August 17, 2014
Dark memories endure of Canada’s internment of ‘enemy aliens’
By Dan Barnes - Edmonton Journal
August 16, 2014
Vernon's dark past recognized
Vernon Morning Star
August 15, 2014
Forever remembering a dark time
Plaques marking Ukrainian internment to be unveiled Aug. 22
By Dan Falloon - Winnipeg Free Press
August 13, 2014
Amherst first site of plaques to honour WWI ‘enemy aliens’
Mary Ellen MacIntyre - The Chronicle Herald
August 13, 2014
A dark past unearthed
By Carmen Weld - Castanet Vernon
August 13, 2014
Plaques mark internment camps
By Chloe Sobel - Kingston Whig Standard
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Grave restoration shines spotlight on dark period of Vernon history
By Jim Lenton - Global Okanagan News
August 11, 2014
Neglected graves garner respect
By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star
August 10, 2014
Niagara churches to mark signing of War Measures Act
100 plaques to be unveiled coast to coast Aug. 22
By Amanda Moore - Grimsby Lincoln News
August 8, 2014
First World War internment camps a dark chapter in Canadian history
By Jesse Tahirali - CTVNews.ca
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Une guerre qui a mis la région sur la carte Il y a 100 ans la Première Guerre Mondiale
By Guy Lacroix
August 1, 2014
Remembering Canada's First World War internment camps
By Michelle Ruby - Brantford Expositor
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Plaque acknowledges Nanaimo internment Camp
By Tamara Cunningham - Nanaimo News Bulletin
July 31, 2014
Author unveils book about internment camps at plaque ceremony
By Anam Latif - The Record.com
July 20, 2014
Ukrainian Project Cto will commemorate Canadian internment camps
By Natascia Lypny, Leader-Post
June 30, 2014
Plaques will mark memory of "enemy aliens"
By Trevor Robb, Edmonton Sun
June 28, 2014
Plaque-unveiling will mark 100 years since Ukrainian internment camps
By Anam Latif - Waterloo Region Record
June 25, 2014
Internment camps: A dark shadow in war-time Canada
By Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald
June 20, 2014
First World War internment novel gets new life
By Cam Fuller, The StarPhoenix
May 7, 2014
2013
Petawawa: Council considers historic plaque commemorating internment of Ukrainian Canadians
By Sean Chase, Daily Observer
November 14, 2013
Enemy aliens were imprisoned in Toronto during the First World War.
By David Wencer
November 9, 2013
Dark piece of the past
By Katie May, Lethbridge Herald
October 30, 2013
Internment camp memorial unveiled at Exhibition Park
By Quinn Campbell,
Global Okanagan
October 29, 2013
Memorial to mark war internments at Lethbridge site
By Tamara Gignac, Calgary Herald
October 21, 2013
Speaker sheds light on hidden chapter of history
By Richard McGuire
October 2, 2013
Unique 1916 Artifact Donated to Spirit Lake Internment Interpretive Centre, Quebec
October 3, 2013, Abitibi, Trecesson (La Ferme), Quebec
First World War internment camps exhibit in Banff officially opens
By Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald
September 14, 2013
Banff Pavilion Highlights WW1 Internment Camps
CBC News Calgary
First World War exhibit opens in Banff National Park
CTV News Calgary
Federal internment camp exhibit opens in Banff
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press
Global Okanagan
Internment camp exhibit highlights dark era
of Canadian history
The Globe and Mail
September 14, 2013
Exhibit into First World War internment camps in Banff officially opens
By Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald
September 14, 2013
First World War internment camps exhibit opens in Banff
Postmedia News
September 14, 2013
Government of Canada Opens Exhibit on First World War Internment in Canada in Banff National Park
Banff Exhibit On Internment Camps During First World War Opens (VIDEO)
CP | By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press
Ottawa opens exhibit on First World War internment camps in Banff, Alta.
By: Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press
Winnipeg Free Press
September 13, 2013
Exhibit on First World War internment camps
opened in Banff
Red Deer Advocate by The Canadian Press
September 13, 2013
Hidden no more
It's time Canada commemorates Ukrainian internment in labour camps
By: Lubomyr Luciuk, Winnipeg Free Press
June 19, 2013
Les Ukrainiens du Québec traduit en français
Publié le 18 Juin 2013
Marc-André Landry RSS Feed
Abitibi Express
Les Ukrainiens du Québec s'ouvrent à la culture francophone
Par Mathieu Proulx
Publié le: Lundi 17 juin 2013
Spirit Lake Interment Mural Unveiled in Amos, QC
The New Pathway
June 13, 2013
Internment Exhibit Opens
Posted on June 17, 2013 by roman.brytan
Controversy dogs exhibit on First World War internment
By Dawn Walton
Calgary - The Globe and Mail
Monday, June 10, 2013
Cave & Basin to open exhibit on lost chapter of local history
By Tera Swanson
Banff Crag and Canyon
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Redress Required
- Why Canada's Treatment of Ukrainians During WW1 Still Matters
By Lionel Hughes
Prairies North Magazine - Summer 2013 edition
Painting the Past, Michelle Loughery Internment Mural
Vernon Morning Star
May 24, 2013
Remembering injustice
By Borys Sydoruk, Calgary Herald
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Ryan Boyko's Movie "Enemy Aliens"
May 18, 2013
Ryan Boyko – Film maker producing film on Ukrainian internment
The Dauphin Herald
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
News Release — Minister Kenney marks achievements of the Canadian Historical Recognition Program (CHRP)
Toronto, February 18, 2013
National Launch of internment mural project called, the Sunflower Project
February 20, 2013
Media Release
Photo (Photo details:
Photo left to right:
Lois Campbell, educational liaison; Ryan Robson; Ruth Hoyte, President of the Downtown Vernon Association; Roman Chez, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Vernon Branch; Sophia Kniaz, President of the Vernon Women's Association, Vernon Branch; Michelle Loughery, muralist and internee descendant; Mayor Rob Sawatzky, City of Vernon; Lindsay Mitchell Bridges Community Development; Andrea Malysh, representative of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation; Katie Sanders, Sunflower project coordinator.)
Internment murals focus of Vernon launch
Vernon Morning Star, February 10, 2013
2012
Internment mural planned for Vernon
Vernon Morning Star, November 16, 2012
By Richard Rolke
Feature Film receives support from Ukrainian Foundation
October 16, 2012
Internee Plaque Unveiled at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, Nova Scotia
UCCLA Media Release, October 2, 2012
Dark chapter of Cape Breton history illuminated
Cape Breton Post, September 21, 2012
By Ken MacLeod
First World War internment camps a 'difficult scar' for Canadian Ukrainians
The Canadian Press, September 2, 2012
By Bill Graveland
Home needed for new mural
Vernon Morning Star, July 27, 2012
Communiqué for April 2012
Shadows of the Past Revealed at CNC
The Prince George Citizen, April 5, 2012
By Christine Hinzmann
Shadows of the Past - Powerful Reminder
Grant recipient, Betty Kovacic unveils internment art mural at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, B.C.
By 250 News, April 5, 2012
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2011
Spirit Lake Internment Interpretive Centre officially opened
Ukrainian News, December 8-31, 2011
Opening of the Spirit Lake Camp Interpretative Centre,
Spirit Lake, Quebec
Friday, November 24, 2011
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Internment Camp Artifacts Sought
The Lethbridge Herald, City -
Friday, October 7, 2011, p. A5
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By Katie May
Camp Anniversary Marked
Vernon Morning Star – September 18, 2011
By Cara Brady
Grant Recipients
Verkhovyna Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble of Edmonton performs, "The Letter, The Internment of Ukrainian Canadians during WW1," at the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival on September 16th to 18th, 2011.
Artifacts Sought by Katherine Fernandez-Blance of the Kingston
Whig-Standard– August 22, 2011
Edgewood community working to establish interpretive centre
The Valley Voice – Edgewood, B.C. – July 27, 2011
By Art Joyce
Remembering WW1 Internees in Banff
Banff Crag & Canyon – July 13, 2011
By Jesse Winter
Project Aims to Preserve History of Local Internment Camp
Sicamous Eagle Valley News - June 1, 2011
By Lachlan Labere
Internment Cemetery Project Funding
Corporation of the Town of Kapuskasing - June 1, 2011
KAPUSKASING, ONTARIO: The Town of Kapuskasing and the Ron Morel Memorial Museum are pleased to announce that each of the graves of deceased internees in the Internment Cemetery will receive a new granite headstone.
Financement Pour Le Projet Du Cimetière Des Prisonniers De Guerre
Corporation de la Ville de Kapuskasing, 1 juin 2011
KAPUSKASING, ONTARIO: La ville de Kapuskasing ainsi que Ie musee commemoratif Ron Morel sont heureux de vous informer part que les tombes des defunts dans Ie cimetiere des prisonniers de guerre recevront tous une nouvelle pierre tombale.
Yearend Communiqué for 2010-2011
May 2011 Communiqué
Looking Back at a Dark Chapter of History
Amherst Part of Canada's Internment Past
Amherst Daily News - April 20, 2011
By Darrell Cole
Global News Maritimes on the Amherst Internment Camp
Appointment of Dr. Ted Sosiak
20 April, 2011
The Board of Directors of the Shevchenko Foundation wish to announce the appointment of Dr. Ted Sosiak to the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund as the Internee Descendant Representative. Dr. Sosiak is of Polish descent and his grandfather, Nicholas (Nikola) Szady was interned at Fort Henry, Kingston.
History of the Point: The Jasper Internment Camp - Part Two
The Fitzhugh, 10 February 2011
by ANNALEE GRANT, Photojournalist
History of the Point: The Jasper Internment Camp - Part One
The Fitzhugh, 3 February 2011
by ANNALEE GRANT, Photojournalist
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2010
Group Says Rights Museum Slights Suffering of Ukrainians
Globe and Mail, 10 December 2010
By James Adams
Woman Digs into History of Internees
The Sault Star News, 19 November 2010
By Michael Purvis
Canadian Author Skyrpuch Researching Interned Turks of 1914
The Armenian Weekly, 25 Sep 2010
By Betty Apigian-Kesse
New Internment Memorial Embodies Spirit of Original
The Northern Times, 8 September 2010
Kapuskasing Internee Cemetery Restoration Project
The Northern Times, 18 August 2010
Symposium of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund, Kingston, Ontario
A Magyar Köztársaság Nagykövetsége: Emlékezés az elsõ világháborúban internáltakra
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Kanadai Magyar Hírlap:
Konferencia és megemlékezés az elsõ világháborúban internáltakról
Posted in Multikulturalizmus, Történelem by Christopher Adam on július 6, 2010
Launch of Quebec Internment Spirit Lake Interpretive Centre
La Ferme, Quebec, 19 August 2010
National Symposium on Internment Operations
by Marta Iwanek
Symposium at Queen's University: Canadian Internment Operations, 1914-1920
Voice of Canadian Serbs, 29 July 2010
The Kingston Symposium - An Opportunity to Remember
Ukrainian News, 24 June 2010
by Nancy Lyzaniwski
Kovacic Going Big With Painting Project
Prince George Community Free Press, 26 February 2010
An Early Muslim Community In Brantford, Ontario
CANADATURK, 15 January 2010
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2009
'Mysterious group' subject of research
Brantford Expositor, 31 December 2009
by Heather Ibbotson
"Grim history lurks beneath the new Exhibition Place hotel"
The Globe and Mail, 4 December 2009
by Ian Merringer
THE REDRESS ENDOWMENT
The Ukrainian Weekly, 27 September 2009
Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund: Grant opportunities for scholars, writers and artists
Voice of Canadian Serbs, 24 September 2009
INTERNMENT CAMP PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HISTORY: MANY LURED WITH PROMISE OF A BETTER LIFE
The Daily News, Nanaimo, Tuesday, 15 September 2009
by Darrell Bellaart
INTERNEES' STORIES CAN FINALLY BE TOLD
Globe and Mail, 12 September 2009
by Elizabeth Church
TWENTY-YEAR PROJECT COMES TO FRUITION
The Whig Standard, 11 September 2009
by Ian Elliot
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2008
Umesto slobode ropstvo: Srbi u kanadskim logorima
Voice of Canadian Serbs,
27 November 2008