The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) issued the following release on October 28.
OTTAWA – On October 28, we commemorate Canada’s First National Internment Operations (1914-1920) – the forced internment of 8,579 Ukrainians and other Europeans, who were branded “enemy aliens” and sent to 24 internment camps across Canada.
In 2014, the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund and the UCC Internment Committee adopted resolutions designating October 28 as National Internment Commemoration Day in Canada.