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Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

The History of Wartime Internment in Canada

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Episode 240: Canada has had a long and embarrassing history of race relations, starting with the indigenous peoples who’d lived here for thousands of years prior to the arrival of European colonizers. Our nation has also facilitated the mass internment of people perceived as threats to our national security during war time. As World War I raged in Europe, internment camps were set up to house Ukranians, Germans, Turks and Bulgrians. Of the more than 8500 detainees involuntarily held in camps across the country, a small percentage were women and children, the dependants of the men being held. Other internees included homeless people, conscientious objectors, and members of outlawed cultural and political associations. At the outset of World War II, a number of Canadian citizens of German and Italian decent, as well as Jews who were immigrating to Canada, fleeing Europe were rounded up and put into internment camps. After the Japanese attack on the United States in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, on 7 December, 1941, North Americans were afraid. The Second World War had come far too close to home. Just over a month after the Pearl Harbour attack, a process began which saw the mass internment of Japanese Canadians from 1942 until 1949. Many of the detainees, including women and children, had been born in Canada. The country they’d grown up to love had uprooted them from their homes, seized their properties and taken away their rights and freedoms. Dark Poutine is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sources: Internment in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia Internment of Japanese Canadians | The Canadian Encyclopedia The Canadian Race Relations Foundation — Legalized Racism Japanese Canadian History – The Politics of Racism Hastings Park Internment Centre - vancouvertraces Japanese Canadian Historic Sites in BC: Journeys of Home | Super, Natural BC Hastings Park 1942 | Internment at Hastings Park Tashme: A forgotten internment camp remembered - Fraser Valley Current Tashme | Historical Project Canada’s Internment Camps – Canadian History Ehx “Enemy Aliens” - The Internment of Ukrainian Canadians | Canada and the First World War From Racism to Redress: The Japanese Canadian Experience Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress | CMHR Japanese Internment Japanese Canadian Historic Places - Heritage BC HOME PAGE – Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Internment in Canada: WW1 vs WW2 – All About Canadian History Vanishing B.C. Japanese-Canadian internment sites in the Slocan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like it was so it was all wrapped up.

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It was so obvious where it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so gas.

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For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so for that one change me a little joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

0:35.7

Welcome to dark putine I am Mike brown the dude who began this thing and across the table is Matthew stocked and the guy who does this thing with me.

1:03.1

Hi everybody. Hi Matthew how are you I am good I I met up with a fan on last week where where in a cafe cafe near my place in a cafe near your place and was it somebody who we know from online or just somebody who randomly ran into you.

1:25.0

I was there on an online or there you go I want mentioned names okay we had a very nice time walking Steve. Oh that's nice yes so yeah walk and Steve which is how is he.

1:38.2

He is good that's good.

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3:06.2

Canada has a rather embarrassing history of race relations starting obviously with the indigenous peoples who lived here for thousands of years prior to the arrival of European colonizers.

3:36.0

But there's been more our nation has also facilitated the mass internment of people perceived as threats to our national security during war time.

3:46.8

As World War One raged in Europe internment camps were set up to house Ukrainians Germans Turks and Bulgarians of the more than 8500 detainees involuntarily held in camps across the country a small percentage were women and children the dependence of the men being held.

4:05.9

Other internees included homeless people conscientious objectors and members of outlawed cultural and political associations.

4:15.2

At the outset of World War Two a number of Canadian citizens of German and Italian descent as well as Jewish refugees who were fleeing Europe and emigrating to Canada were rounded up and put into internment camps.

4:28.7

After the Japanese attack on the United States and Pearl Harbor Hawaii on 6th of December 1941 North Americans were even more afraid.

4:38.2

The Second World War had come far too close to home.

4:41.6

Just over a month after that attack a process began which saw the mass internment of Japanese Canadians from 1942 until 1949.

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