From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire were imprisoned as enemy aliens, many with their families. Most were Ukrainians; almost all were civilians. The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory, and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants. Semchuk describes how lives and society have been shaped by acts of legislated racism and how to move toward greater reconciliation, remembrance, and healing. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the cross-cultural and intergenerational consequences of Canada's first internment camps.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.3/1771
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781772124392 9781772123784
- LCCN
- D627.C2
- LCCN Item number
- S46 2019eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (lviii, 247 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00239554 (OCoLC)1080219136 (CaOOCEL)458146
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 6
- Epigraph 8
- Contents 10
- Foreword | Jen Budney 12
- Preface 22
- Acknowledgements 26
- Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund 28
- Introduction 30
- Storytelling, Dialogue, and Photography 31
- The Land Remembers 32
- Memory Work 33
- Receiving Counsel from Manuel Piña 35
- The Wider Landscapes of Containment and Control 38
- Learning from Japanese Canadians 40
- Identifying with Those Who Oppress 47
- Looking Back to Where They Came From 52
- The Fight for Recognition 56
- 1 Learning from the Past 62
- The War Measures Act 62
- Enemy Aliens 68
- Families in Danger 77
- 2 Standing Where the Internees Stood 84
- 3 Stories from Internees and Descendants 156
- Mary Bayrak 156
- Jerry Bayrak 157
- Philip Yasnowskyj 160
- Nikola Sakaliuk 165
- Ferdinand Zieroth 169
- Wasyl Bobyk 170
- Emile Litowski 173
- Vasyl Doskoch 175
- Stefa (Mielniczuk) Pawliw 183
- Petro Witrowicz 184
- Anonymous 187
- Uncle’s Story 189
- Yurko Forchuk 193
- Yuri Babjek and his brothers, John, Bill, and Theodore 196
- Mikhail Danyluk 200
- Frederick, Hilda, and Fred Jr. Kohse 202
- Metro Olynyk 206
- Maksym Boyko 208
- William Sharun 211
- Harry Levitsky 213
- 4 Spirit Lake Photographs 218
- 5 Engaging Memory Work 240
- A Loss of Identity 241
- They Were Kids 242
- Authorities Can’t Control Memory 246
- Telling the Story as Resistance 249
- Humiliation 251
- These Are the Last Flowers I Will See in My Life 254
- Healing 259
- Resilience 262
- The Doors Open 265
- Notes 272
- Bibliography 284
- Index 288
- About the Author 310
- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press 313
