Ottawa - The eighth annual conclave of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association will be held in Montreal, 
Quebec, September 27-30.

Whereas the conclave deliberations are private, the public is invited to the unveiling of a trilingual bronze 
plaque recalling the help offered to Ukrainian and other European internees by the YMCA’s Military Service 
Department, under the direction of Mr. F. S. Shepard. During Canada’s first national internment operations 
of 1914-1920, YMCA educational and recreational services were provided to internees at the Fort Henry, 
Petawawa & Kapuskasing camps in Ontario, Spirit Lake in Quebec, Morrissey and Vernon camps in British 
Columbia and the camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia. It is likely that other camps were also visited by the YMCA’s 
Internment Camp Work committee.

The plaque is being unveiled at North America’s first YMCA, 1440 Stanley Street, Montreal, on Saturday, 
September 29, 2007, at 11 am. The public is cordially invited to attend this event followed by a reception and the 
launch of Marsha Skrypuch’s most recent book, Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment 
Diary of Anya Soloniuk (published by Scholastic Canada, 2007).