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unbelievable!!! the brutal dark side of canadian patriotism...with their own guilt, no wonder they cast dark aspirations on the noble USA!!!
ARTICLE TYPE:Newspaper Article
Assumption students ask PM to recognize atrocities
By Calah Brooks
SOURCE: The Hamilton Spectator DATE: December 6, 2002
It's a little known bit of Canadian history, but a Burlington teacher
and her Grade 10 charges are doing what they can to correct it.
Francesca Ianni, a history teacher at Assumption High School, wasn't aware of the atrocities suffered by Ukrainian-Canadians
between 1914 to 1920, until she stumbled on details in a textbook.
"The old curriculum didn't deal with the dark side of Canadian
patriotism," she says. It was a new history text that brought the
issue into her classroom and she fervently researched the story to bring it alive for her students. "Everyone has a story and I'm always looking for a wrong that needs to be corrected. I tell my
students that the growth of a nation involves making mistakes
and learning from them."
Ianni invited her class to write letters to Prime Minister Jean
Chretien to pressure the government to pass a long-awaited bill,
Bill C-331, seeking recognition of how Ukrainians were treated.
"This issue should not be taken lightly," wrote Tom Smith, 15. "I feel that this was a very large mistake that Canada made and should never make again."
Amanda Bilinski agrees. Her family recently received a pamphlet from the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association entitled, A Time for Atonement.
"My Papa has Ukrainian heritage. When they read the pamphlet, they thought it was a good thing and are in support," says
Bilinski, who would like to see commemorative plaques at war memorials throughout Canada and closure for the Ukrainians.
Like many students, she gasped when told that one of the camps was located at what is now the grounds for the CNE. "That's
right next door," they whispered.
Lubomyr Luciuk, director of research with the UCCLA, visited Assumption to thank students for taking the initiative to change the political system.
"We have to be aware of threats and we have to make sure we guard our society and guard our rights. And, address our mistakes," Luciuk told the students.
He said during the First World War, thousands of Ukrainian-Canadians were imprisoned as enemy aliens, forcing them to report regularly to police authorities. They endured indignities such as disenfranchisement, restrictions on freedom of speech and movement, deportation and confiscation of wealth and property.
Luciuk grew up near Fort Henry and didn't know it was an internment camp until he was studying for his masters degree in the heritage of Ukrainian Canadians in Kingston. He was impressed with the letters from the students, saying they were thoughtful and well-written. He asked them to use their talents and continue as citizens of Canada to guard the weaker members in society that are under threat. Luciuk encouraged Assumption students to continue to make a difference.
"It takes initiative, intelligence and time to change the system.
Whether the bill is passed in my lifetime or yours, we've won, if
Canadians like you from a variety of backgrounds stand together and send a message."
ARTICLE TYPE:Newspaper Article
Assumption students ask PM to recognize atrocities
By Calah Brooks
SOURCE: The Hamilton Spectator DATE: December 6, 2002
It's a little known bit of Canadian history, but a Burlington teacher
and her Grade 10 charges are doing what they can to correct it.
Francesca Ianni, a history teacher at Assumption High School, wasn't aware of the atrocities suffered by Ukrainian-Canadians
between 1914 to 1920, until she stumbled on details in a textbook.
"The old curriculum didn't deal with the dark side of Canadian
patriotism," she says. It was a new history text that brought the
issue into her classroom and she fervently researched the story to bring it alive for her students. "Everyone has a story and I'm always looking for a wrong that needs to be corrected. I tell my
students that the growth of a nation involves making mistakes
and learning from them."
Ianni invited her class to write letters to Prime Minister Jean
Chretien to pressure the government to pass a long-awaited bill,
Bill C-331, seeking recognition of how Ukrainians were treated.
"This issue should not be taken lightly," wrote Tom Smith, 15. "I feel that this was a very large mistake that Canada made and should never make again."
Amanda Bilinski agrees. Her family recently received a pamphlet from the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association entitled, A Time for Atonement.
"My Papa has Ukrainian heritage. When they read the pamphlet, they thought it was a good thing and are in support," says
Bilinski, who would like to see commemorative plaques at war memorials throughout Canada and closure for the Ukrainians.
Like many students, she gasped when told that one of the camps was located at what is now the grounds for the CNE. "That's
right next door," they whispered.
Lubomyr Luciuk, director of research with the UCCLA, visited Assumption to thank students for taking the initiative to change the political system.
"We have to be aware of threats and we have to make sure we guard our society and guard our rights. And, address our mistakes," Luciuk told the students.
He said during the First World War, thousands of Ukrainian-Canadians were imprisoned as enemy aliens, forcing them to report regularly to police authorities. They endured indignities such as disenfranchisement, restrictions on freedom of speech and movement, deportation and confiscation of wealth and property.
Luciuk grew up near Fort Henry and didn't know it was an internment camp until he was studying for his masters degree in the heritage of Ukrainian Canadians in Kingston. He was impressed with the letters from the students, saying they were thoughtful and well-written. He asked them to use their talents and continue as citizens of Canada to guard the weaker members in society that are under threat. Luciuk encouraged Assumption students to continue to make a difference.
"It takes initiative, intelligence and time to change the system.
Whether the bill is passed in my lifetime or yours, we've won, if
Canadians like you from a variety of backgrounds stand together and send a message."
