Concentration Camps

concentration camps: Successive governments in Ottawa, whether Liberal or Conservative, have never formally apologized for the First World War internment of Eastern Europeans, the majority of them Ukrainian, in what the government of the time called concentration camps. Years of lobbying eventually resulted in recognition both by government act and memorial funding of this sorry chapter in Canadian history. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Related In Pictures: Canadas first national internment operation Some were killed while attempting to flee the barbed-wire confines of Canadas internment camps. Others died by suicide, doing hard labour or from poor treatment. Often separated from their families, many lived in isolation and despair. Related Plotting Canadas internment camps: 1914-1920 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.