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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This may be of interest for some involved in the preservation of First World War history.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Morrissey Internment Camp Symposium | August 21 to 23 | Fernie, BC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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 100<sup>th</sup> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For further information or to register, visit ferniemuseum.com/events. Registration is available online or by calling 250.423.7016, ext 1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4C2600;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">RON ULRICH
</span></b><b><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">|</span></b><b><span style="color:#4C2600;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> DIRECTOR-CURATOR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">FERNIE MUSEUM and VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">491 2<sup>ND</sup> Avenue | PO Box 1527<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Fernie, BC V0B 1M0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(</span><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">:
</span><span style="color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">250.423.7016, ext 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">For information about our current exhibts and programs, visit
<a href="http://www.ferniemuseum.com/"><span style="color:#404040">website</span></a> or our
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FernieMuseum"><span style="color:#404040">Facebook</span></a> page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The Fernie Museum is open daily from 10 am to 5:30 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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