Canada's Forgotten Internment Camps
Between 1914 and 1920, thousands of Canadians of Ukrainian and Eastern European descent were imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, simply on the basis of their origins. For decades, their stories were buried under fear and shame. The Canadian government has finally recognized the internment operations, and yet it remains an unknown chapter in our nation's history.
Learning from the Past
- First Posted: Aug 04 2010 10:35 AM
- Updated: 3 months ago
More Canadians need to learn about our country's history of internment operations to make sure it doesn't happen again.
After the Canadian government interned Ukrainian and Eastern European Canadians between 1914 and 1920, they did the same with Japanese Canadians during Second World War hysteria. Various members of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund Endowment Council, as well as participants in the 2010 CFWWIRF Kingston Symposium, spoke with The Mark about why Canadians need to learn from the past. Their message is that education about Canada's internment operations will hopefully keep further injustices like these from occurring again.
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