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Canada's First National Internment Operations 1914-1920

The Government of Canada Promotes Historical Recognition for Ukrainian-Canadian Community’s Wartime Experiences
Toronto May 9, 2008 - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity), today announced hat the Government will provide a grant of $10 million to the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko to establish an endowment fund to support initiatives related to the First World War internment experience that predominantly affected the Ukrainian and other East European ethnic communities in Canada.
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Press Releases:

• [13 March 2007]
The Ukrainian Canadian Community's Position on Recognition, Restitution and Reconciliation for Canada's First National Internment Operations 1914-1920: The Need for an Endowment

• [29 August 2005]
Mark expects smooth sailing for C-331 and C-333 [PDF]

• [29 August 2005]
First step taken to Ukrainian redress [PDF]

• [24 August 2005]
Ukrainian Canadians Applaud Prime Minister’s Internment Reconcilliation Announcement
УКРАЇНЦІ КАНАДЦІ СХВАЛЮЮТЬ ПОВІДОМЛЕННЯ ПРЕМ’ЄР-МІНІСТРА ПРО ПРИМИРЕННЯ В СПРАВІ ІНТЕРНУВАННЯ

• [24 August 2005]
Remarks for the Prime Minister at the Signing of the AIP with the Ukrainian Canadian community.

• [24 August 2005]
Speaking Notes for The Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance

• [24 August 2005]
Liberal MP welcomes overdue acknowledgement of Ukrainian Canadian hardships in Canada

• [24 August 2005]
Agreement-in-Principle to Highlight Ukrainian Canadian Contribution to Building Canada
Une entente de principe met en valeur la contribution desCanadiens et Canadiennes d’origine ukrainienne à l’essor du Canada
Договір в принципі' який висвітлює українсько-канадський вклад в побудову Канади

Media

'Enemy aliens' remembered: Quebec's ukrainian community today honours the hundreds of people who were detained and forced to do hard time in harsh conditions in places like the Valcartier military base during the First World War
Montreal Gazette, Canada - 30 Sept 2006

Editiorial: Ukrainians Still Waiting for Justice
National Post, Canada - 25 Aug 2006

To view a news report on the signing, follow this link: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124922297760_16

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More Info:

Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920 (this content provided by InfoUkes.com)

Backgrounder

• [24 August 2005]
Canada's First National Internment Operations, 1914-20:

Agreement In Principle

• [24 August 2005]
Agreement-in-Principle between the Government of Canada and the Ukrainian Canadian Community

Statement from the Community

• [24 August 2005]
No Longer In Fear of The Barbed Wire Fence

Literature

Tribute to My Grandmother
by Kim Pawliw
Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories

The Government of Canada Promotes Historical Recognition for Ukrainian-Canadian Community’s Wartime Experiences