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• For immediate release – July 8, 2019
  
  ENDOWMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR INTERNMENT RECOGNITION FUND MEET IN TORONTO, ONTARIO TO APPROVE GRANTS
  
  ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIR TO THE ENDOWMENT COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR INTERNMENT RECOGNITION FUND
  
  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.
  
  
• Looking back at escape attempts from Amherst's WW1 internment camp
  Amherst News
  June 11, 2019
  
  
• For immediate release
  
  Save the Date: Opening Ceremony of Parks Canada’s Exhibit of Canada’s First World War Internment Operations, 1914 to 1920
  
  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.