In remarks before the House of Commons, Trudeau admitted that the government caused “pain and hardship,” for “those who were interned, their families, and the Italian Canadian community,” according to a press release from his office.
“Canadians of Italian heritage have helped shape Canada, and they continue to be an invaluable part of the diversity that makes us strong,” he said. “Today, as we acknowledge and address historical wrongs against the Italian Canadian community, we also show our respect for their great contributions to our country.”
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“To the men and women who were taken to prisoner of war camps or jail without charge, people who are no longer with us to hear this apology, to the tens of thousands of innocent Italian Canadians who were labeled enemy alien, to the children and grandchildren who have carried a past generation’s shame and hurt and to their community … We are sorry,” he added, according to The Washington Post.
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Suzanne Snizek has performed and presented extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Dr. Snizek’s ground breaking research on Music in WWII British Internment Camps has been published by Böhlau Verlag-Vienna, Routledge-New York, the Council of Europe, Berghann-New York, Armand Colin-Paris, and on line by the World ORT website. A former winner in the national “Flute Talk” Magazine Competition, the UArts Concerto Competition, the New York Flute Club Competition and the Mid-South Young Artist Flute Competition, Dr. Snizek performed with the ESO (National Orchestra of Taiwan) and was an active freelance orchestral and chamber musician before receiving her DMA at UBC (Vancouver) in 2011. Currently an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, Dr. Snizek released her critically acclaimed CD entitled Chamber Music (Re)Discoveries in 2016, and subsequently received the 2017 REACH award for Excellence in Creative Expression from the University of Victoria.
Kansas Cityâs Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps
Kansas Cityâs Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps
Understanding History During âA Very Turbulent Moment Right Nowâ
In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria gripped the United States.
Early in World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 commanding that âall persons of Japanese ancestryâ be moved into internment camps.
The U.S. the government called them âassembly centers.â But some historians now believe that âconcentration campsâ might have been more accurate.
Although there werenât any camps in the Midwest, a small group of college-aged Japanese American students from internment camps landed at Park College in 1942.
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