[BCMA] Morrissey Internment Camp Sympoisum | August 21 to 23 | Fernie, BC

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Hi all,
This may be of interest for some involved in the preservation of First World War history.

Morrissey Internment Camp Symposium | August 21 to 23 | Fernie, BC

The Morrissey Internment Camp is a Canadian WWI internment camp that imprisoned Austro-Hungarian and German PoWs during the First World War. 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of internment of "enemy aliens" in Fernie and Morrissey.  This history is being recognized with an exhibit and a symposium by the Fernie Museum in partnership with the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund and Simon Fraser University.

The symposium, hosted by the Fernie Museum and Simon Fraser University from August 21 to 23 in Fernie, BC., is a forum to present new research and examine the next steps in preserving the Morrissey internment camp story and its historic sites.

In 1954, the Federal Government destroyed many of the archives pertaining to the Canadian WWI Internment operations and until recently, very little was known about the internment operations in general and Morrissey Internment Camp specifically.  For first time, researchers who have been diligently working to piece together the Morrissey internment camp history will come together at the symposium to discuss new work and present their findings to the public. In addition, presenters will showcase work undertaken to preserve historic sites and material culture related to Canada's WWI internment operations in Canada as well as at Morrissey.  A round table discussion will wrap up the symposium addressing the next steps needed to create a fuller understanding of the story as well as how to best preserve documents, artifacts and historic sites related to the Morrissey internment camp.

The exhibit and symposium are extremely important to the various stakeholder communities: the local community, descendants of the PoWs and guards, the various ethnic communities as well as the research community, in order to shed light onto this dark part of our Canadian history. The symposium will create and support open dialogue that examines this grave social injustice and create a platform for the important issues of reconciliation and preventative measures in an effort to discourage this type of internment from reoccurring in Canada.

For further information or to register, visit ferniemuseum.com/events.  Registration is available online or by calling 250.423.7016, ext 1


RON ULRICH | DIRECTOR-CURATOR
FERNIE MUSEUM and VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE

491 2ND Avenue | PO Box 1527
Fernie, BC  V0B 1M0
*: 250.423.7016, ext 2

For information about our current exhibts and programs, visit website<http://www.ferniemuseum.com/> or our Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/FernieMuseum> page.
The Fernie Museum is open daily from 10 am to 5:30 pm.


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