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Pivotal Voices Pivotal Pivotal Voices Is a Project of the Critical Thinking Consortium Pivotal Voices Pivotal Voices is a project of The Critical Thinking Consortium. TC2 is a non-profit the partnership of schools, school districts, faculties of education, teacher professional critical thinking consortium associations, universities and other educational organizations. Its aim is to promote critical thinking from primary to post-secondary education through partner-sponsored Pivotal Voices professional development, publications and research. Recognizing an Historic Injustice: Canada’s First Operations, 1914–1920 Internment National Canada’s Injustice: Historic an Recognizing Recognizing an Historic Injustice Recognizing an Historic Injustice: Canada’s First National Internment During Canada’s first national internment operations between 1914 and 1920 the families of those labeled “enemy aliens” were separated, their property confiscated Operations, 1914–1920 and sold, and thousands of men were consigned to internment camps and years of forced labour in Canada’s wilderness. The affected communities include Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, various people from the Ottoman Empire, Polish, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, Slovenes, among others of which most were Ukrainians and most were civilians. On 25 November 2005 MP Inky Mark’s private member’s Bill C-331, Internment of Persons of Ukrainian Origin Recognition Act, received Royal Assent. Following negotiations with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko the Government of Canada established the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund, 9 May 2008, to support commemorative and educational initiatives that recall what happened during Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914–1920. This project has been made possible by a grant from the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund. ❍ PRIMARY www.internmentcanada.ca ❍ INTERMEDIATE the ❍✔ critical thinking MIDDLE consortium ❍✔ SENIOR FOR MORE inforMATion The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2) 1580 West Broadway Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 5K8 AUTHORS Atul Bahl Ilan Danjoux Lindsay Gibson James Miles tel 604-639-6325 • fax 604-639-6325 [email protected] • www.tc2.ca SERIES EDITOR Roland Case EDITORS Atul Bahl Roland Case School districts Schools Abbotsford School District #34 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No. 28 Bayview Glen Burnaby School District #41 Boissevain School Calgary Board of Education Bowen Island Community School Calgary Catholic School District Branksome Hall Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario Brentwood Elementary School Central Okanagan School District #23 Little Flower Academy Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est Montcrest School Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord Pickering College Delta School District #37 Queen Margaret’s School District School Board of Niagara Robbins Hebrew Academy Durham District School Board Rockway Mennonite Collegiate Foothills School Division St. Andrew`s College Golden Hills School Division No. 75 Stratford Hall Grande Prairie Public School District Talmud Torah School Horizon School District University of Toronto Schools Kootenay Lake School District #8 Windsor-Essex Secondary English Language Arts Limestone District School Board Montgomery County Public Schools Professional associations Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10 and other organizations Northwest Territories Education, Culture and Employment Alberta Teachers’ Association Ottawa Catholic School Board Begbie Contest Society Ottawa-Carleton District School Board BC Teacher Librarians’ Association Parkland School Division Calgary Regional Consortium Peace Wapiti School District 76 Consortium d’apprentissage virtuel de langue Peel District School Board française de l’Ontario Prairie Land Regional Division No. 25 Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium Renfrew County District School Board Northwest Regional Learning Consortium Rundle College Society Ontario Teachers’ Federation Saskatoon Public Schools Science Times Collaborative Surrey School District #36 Southern Alberta Professional Development Consortium Upper Grand District School Board The History Education Network Vancouver School District #39 Wellington Catholic District School Board Wikwemikong Board of Education York Region District School Board Recognizing an Historic Injustice: Canada’s First National Internment Operations, 1914-1920 VOICES PIVOTAL A unit for secondary students exploring the events, causes and consequences of the internment of thousands of individuals in Canada during the First World War era Authors Atul Bahl Ilan Danjoux Lindsay Gibson James Miles Editors Atul Bahl Roland Case the critical thinking consortium www.internmentcanada.ca Series published by The Critical Thinking Consortium 4th Floor – 1580 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6J 5K8 Tel: 604.639.6325 Fax: 604.639.6325 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tc2.ca Cover Design: Sharlene Eugenio, Pacific Educational Press Interior Design: M. Kathie Wraight Production: M. Kathie Wraight Copyediting: Catherine Edwards Cover Photographs: Top: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies—William D. Buck Fonds. Second row: Queen’s University Archives, Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund. Third row: Library and Archives Canada, Glenbow Museum—NA 1870-6, Glenbow Museum—NA 626-19, Library and Archives Canada. Bottom: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. This resource has been made possible by a grant from the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund. We gratefully acknowledge the valuable feedback from our advisory commitee: Lubomyr Luciuk, Ruth Sandwell and Marsha Skrypuch. © 2015 The Critical Thinking Consortium and Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund Purchasers of this resource have permission to duplicate the blackline masters (e.g., briefing sheets, data charts, documents, assessment rubrics) for use in their own classrooms. The suggested teaching activities and explanatory materials are protected by copyright, and may not be reproduced without prior written permission. No part of this resource may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without our permission. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Bahl, Atul, author, editor Recognizing an historic injustice : Canada’s first national internment operations, 1914-1920 : a unit of secondary students exploring the events, causes and consequences : the internment and suppression of thousands of individuals in Canada during the First World War era / authors, Atul Bahl, Ilan Danjoux, Lindsay Gibson, James Miles ; editors, Atul Bahl, Roland Case. (Pivotal voices) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-86491-372-2 (pbk.) 1. Ukrainian Canadians--Evacuation and relocation, 1914-1920-- Study and teaching (Secondary)--Canada. 2. World War, 1914-1918-- concentration camps--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Canada. 3. World War, 1914-1918--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Canada. I. Case, Roland, 1951-, editor II. Danjoux, Ilan, author III. Gibson, Lindsay, 1975-, author IV. Miles, James, 1984- , author V. Title VI. Series: Pivotal voices D627.C2B34 2014 940.3’17710712 C2014-906923-5 ii Introduction Foreword iv Guide to Lesson Format vii Introduction to Critical Thinking ix Contents Overviews of Critical Challenges xiii Bibliography on WWI Internment xv Critical Challenges 1 Should this event be in the curriculum? 1 2 Why did it happen? 7 3 What were the camps like? 15 4 What was the impact on individuals? 23 5 How did it change the communities? 29 6 How adequately has the government responded? 37 7 What should we all know? 43 8 Could it happen again? 47 9 How can we educate others? 55 Blackline Masters and Documents List of Blackline Masters and Online Resources 62 iii About the series Recognizing An Historic Injustice: Canada’s First National Internment Operations, 1914-1920 is the second publication in the Pivotal Voices series. This series seeks to embed multiple voices in the teaching of history. Since it is impossible and unproductive to try to represent all conceivable perspectives on a given event, we focus on key groups that are likely to differ from one another, and whose stories have not been sufficiently told. The series title—pivotal voices—reflects this approach and our attempts to present various groups’ stories in their own words. About this publication The objective of this publication is to raise critical awareness among secondary school students about the largely unknown story of Canada’s first national internment operations between Foreword 1914 and 1920. During this period the federal government interned thousands of Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, various people from the Ottoman Empire, Polish, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, Slovenes, among others of whom most were Ukrainians and most were civilians. While it is impossible to teach all stories and events in our nation’s history, the omission until very recently of this incident, has left a gap in our understanding of Canada’s history. It was not until 2008 that the Canadian government recognized this legally sanctioned historical injustice. Part of the pledge to redress this wrong is to educate Canadian youth about the First World War internment era. This publication is an attempt to recognize those who suffered from
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