Internment camp documentary looks at buried Canadian history
Over 100 years ago, Anne Sadelain’s father was imprisoned at a First World War internment camp in B.C.’s Monashee Mountains.
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During Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920 thousands of men, women and children were branded as “enemy aliens.” Many were imprisoned. Stripped of what little wealth they had, forced to do heavy labour in Canada’s hinterlands, they were also disenfranchised and subjected to other state-sanctioned censures, not because of anything they had done but only because of where they had come from, who they were.
KOBZAR™ Book Award 2022 Shortlist Announced
Presented biennially, the $25,000 KOBZAR™ Book Award recognizes outstanding contributions
to Canadian literary arts by authors who write on a topic with a tangible connection to the
UCC launches new campaign to promote awareness of First World War Internment
October 1, 2021. OTTAWA, ON. Today the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) launched an Internment Education Campaign . This campaign will reach thousands of Canadians on various media platforms with emphasis on mobile devices and social media.
Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund lends support to investigations into residential schools with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) unit
Winnipeg, July 15, 2021 – The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund (CFWWIRF) joins Indigenous communities and all Canadians in mourning the loss of thousands of innocent children at Canada’s residential schools.
Research Results on Bulgarains Unjustly Interned in Canada during First World War
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW INTERNEE DESCENDANT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ENDOWMENT COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR INTERNMENT RECOGNITION FUND (CFWWIRF)
The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, Shevchenko Foundation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Pawliw as the Internee Descendant Representative of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund.