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Canadian WWI homefront attitudes and internment in Alberta
The piece recalls Canada’s 1914 war declaration and Borden’s pledge to protect immigrants from abuse while critics pressed for internment of enemy aliens. It notes Japanese Canadian enlistment denial in B.C. and Alberta’s Medicine Hat, Black soldiers, German-speaking harassment, and the War Measures Act camps from 1914 to 1920. An Esplanade exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of WWI running August to April 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
David Carter
B.C
Bruce Shepard
Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Shepard
Maritimes
Canada
Military District No.2
W. Gwatkin
General Staff
Europe
Edward C.J. Ueberrhein
Berlin
Medicine Hat News
Castle Mountain
Banff
Jasper
Lethbridge
Ted Kohlmetz
Germany
Kohlmetz