YMCA Canada Honoured for Humanitarian Aid to Internees
On Saturday, September
29, a trilingual memorial plaque was unveiled in Montreal’s Stanley Street YMCA
building, recalling the educational and humanitarian aid provided by the YMCA
to Ukrainians and other Europeans imprisoned unjustly during Canada’s first
national internment operations of 1914-1920. As a follow up to a proposal
tabled by Anne Sadelain, a member of the
Descendants of Ukrainian Canadian Internees Victims Association (DUCIVA), the
Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation, Ukrainian Canadian Congress and
Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko acted to realize this
initiative, and so recognize the “Y’s” help.
Wreaths were also laid by these organizations and representatives
of the Ukrainian Canadian community of