News 2019
News for 2019
THAT NEVER HAPPENED: Canada’s First National Internment Operations
The Vancouver screening, a presentation of The Ukrainian Studies Foundation of BC, the Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada, Lesia Ukrainka Branch, Vancouver, and the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund, reveals how public records were destroyed in 1954. Three decades later, researchers began the task of stitching together the story of this dark chapter in Canadian history.
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.
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.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW INTERNEE DESCENDANT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ENDOWMENT COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR INTERNMENT RECOGNITION FUND
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.
The Woods are Dark and Deep
Leon Trotsky and Canadian POW camps in the First World War
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE ENDOWMENT COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR INTERNMENT RECOGNITION FUND
The Stories Were Not Told
UAlberta Press Announces Book Tour:Sandra Semchuk, Photographer and Author, Talks of Internment Camps in the First World War
Edmonton, AB — University of Alberta Press has published an important new book by Sandra Semchuk, a photographic, text, and video artist, and the winner of a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2018). Semchuk will be touring Canada in the coming months to create a discussion around The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World War Internment Camps.