| | [[Image:Figure09.jpg|right|thumb|Workers at a British Columbia internment camp, 1916]] | | [[Image:Figure09.jpg|right|thumb|Workers at a British Columbia internment camp, 1916]] |
| − | The '''Ukrainian Canadian internment''' was the confinement of over 5,000 [[Ukrainian]] immigrants from 1914 to 1920. These "''enemy aliens''" were kept in 26 internment camps across [[Canada]]. 80,000 other Ukrainian immigrants, deemed "''enemy aliens''" were required to report to the police. The internment was the result of rampant [[racism]] and [[xenophobia]] in Canada at the time. | + | The '''Ukrainian Canadian internment''' was the confinement of over 5,000 [[Ukrainian]] immigrants from 1914 to 1920. These "''enemy aliens''" were kept in 26 internment camps across [[Canada]]. 80,000 other Ukrainian [[immigrant]]s, deemed "''enemy aliens''" were required to report to the police. The internment was the result of rampant [[racism]] and [[xenophobia]] in Canada at the time. |
| | The camps that the immigrants were placed in were, both now and at the time, regarded as [[concentration camps]].<ref>The term "concentration camp" was used at the time. See for example, the Officer Commanding, 5th Military Division, Quebec, to Major General Otter, 4 January 1915 in National Archives of Canada (NAC) Record Group (RG) 24, Volume 4513, File 2</ref> | | The camps that the immigrants were placed in were, both now and at the time, regarded as [[concentration camps]].<ref>The term "concentration camp" was used at the time. See for example, the Officer Commanding, 5th Military Division, Quebec, to Major General Otter, 4 January 1915 in National Archives of Canada (NAC) Record Group (RG) 24, Volume 4513, File 2</ref> |