TO INTERNEE DESCENDANTS OF CANADA’S FIRST NATIONAL INTERNMENT OPERATIONS OF 1914 TO 1920.
The Board of Directors of the Shevchenko Foundation is currently seeking an internee descendant representative for April 2018 to March 2019. 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)
BOOK LAUNCH OF NO FREE MAN: CANADA, THE GREAT WAR, AND THE ENEMY ALIEN EXPERIENCE BY DR. BOHDAN S. KORDAN
The book launch of Bohdan Kordan’s No Free Man: Canada, the Great War, and the Enemy Alien Experience will take place at the Ukrainian Federation Hall, 405 Ave, Fairmount O, Montreal, QC on Thursday, March 23rd at 7:00 pm. The launch is part of a national speaking tour that will include presentations in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Victoria, and Ottawa.
Vernon Internment Camp Talk & Slide Show
During World War I, Vernon came to the attention of leading politicians in Ottawa, Washington, London, Berlin, and even Vienna. Why? Because of the men, women, and children imprisoned at an internment camp in the town’s north end – subjects of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires, transformed into “enemy aliens” by the outbreak of war. Recent research by members of the Vernon and District Family History Society has brought to light a vast amount of information about the lives of these prisoners and the men who guarded them.
The book launch of Bohdan Kordan’s No Free Man
The book launch of Bohdan Kordan’s No Free Man: Canada, the Great War, and the Enemy Alien Experience will take place at THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, 85 ISRAEL ASPER WAY, Winnipeg, MB on Thursday, February 23rd, 7:00pm. The launch is part of a national speaking tour that will include presentations in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Victoria, and Ottawa.
Award-winning internment documentary screens February 27th at The Vernon Towne Cinema
That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations
“We believe this is some of the best and most timely work that has been made this year. This is some of the best Directing we have seen, and it is Ryan Boyko’s feature directorial debut….”
~Tracey Adlai, Director, Valley Film Festival Los Angeles