Monthly Archives: May 2022

A Canadian sniper in Ukraine: Numbers, deaths and homecoming

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An item from the Legion Magazine.

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Canada’s first pararescue women
Scientists claim to have solved mystery of Gulf War illness

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A Canadian sniper in Ukraine: Numbers, deaths and homecoming

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

It was early morning and sniper Wali, his Canadian compatriot and two Ukrainian soldiers were in a trench at the far end of a wooded windbreak separating expansive farm fields in eastern Ukraine.

Huddled among leafless trees, they were essentially the point men in the defence of a village on the approaches to the strategic city of Mariupol. Russian troops and tanks were staging a measured advance across the fallow fields on three sides.

 

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Military Milestones
The Parliament bombing of 1966

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Canada’s second major WWI battle

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

In May 1915, Canadian troops entered their second major battle of the First World War, on the western front near Festubert in the Artois region of France.

On May 9, the British had suffered 11,000 casualties attacking nearby Neuve-Chapelle. A week later, Field Marshal Douglas Haig ordered another attack involving two Canadian brigades, hoping for a breakthrough.

 

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A letter from Dan Dayton

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An item from the organization formerly known as the World War One Centennial Commission.
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One-year anniversary of Daily Taps @ the WWI Memorial showing bugler

Happy Anniversary to Daily Taps at the WWI Memorial!

Dear Friend

Thanks to your support we have been able to render taps every evening at 5PM at the national WWI Memorial in Washington, DC for one full year, rain or shine. We’ve put up some images and links and Memorial Day notes just click below:

Memorial Day 2022

In cooperation with Taps for Veterans this honor has been a symbol of commitment.  Our buglers, always in Doughboy Uniform, have been loyal and steadfast in their duty.  In snow, rain, wind…and interestingly in the face of navigating the U.S. Secret Service who were guarding dignitaries at the Willard Hotel across the street. (We’re now good friends).

So today we salute Taps for Veterans.

We’ll continue to raise funds with the goal to guarantee that taps will be sounded at the WWI Memorial in perpetuity.

Support Daily Taps

We are also delighted to support Taps for Veterans and their partner CBS News in Taps Across America. Taps will be sounded at the WWI Memorial on Memorial Day at 3PM, and of course again at 5.

Learn more: Taps Across America

For those of you who live in DC, and the tri-state area that PBS station WETA serves, I hope you will be able to enjoy a documentary we’ve put together on the making of the new National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C.. It will air at 8PM on Memorial Day and again on Tuesday 5/31. [See WETA Airing Schedule] It is called: Last Battle: The Fight for America’s World War I Memorial.

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So please enjoy you upcoming Memorial Day weekend, and remember who we are saluting.

All the best,

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Dan Dayton

Executive Director, WWI Centennial Commission
Chairman/CEO, Doughboy Foundation
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The Doughboy Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit funded by philanthropic contributions. Our mission is to keep the story of WWI in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the Armed Forces, and how WWI changed America, will never be forgotten.
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Your invitation to celebrate!

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Note this up-coming event from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.

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Reimagining a BC Museum; Fulbright in Canada grants

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A newsletter from a fellow Canadian organization in the Bay Area.  And we thank the folks at the Canadian Studies Program at UC Berkeley for their continued support.
Canadian Studies Announcements
In This Issue:
In the News
  • Royal BC Museum slated for almost $1 billion overhaul
Grant opportunity
  • Fulbright Research Chairs in Canada
External Events
  • Memorial Day Service
IN THE NEWS
Royal BC Museum Slated for Almost $1 Billion Overhaul
The Royal BC Museum in Victoria will receive a major overhaul under a new proposal by the government of British Columbia. On May 13, premier John Horgan announced a $789 million grant to completely rebuild the complex at its current site by 2030. The project – the most expensive museum in Canadian history – has drawn fierce criticism, yet proponents argue that the redevelopment isn’t just a practical necessity – it’s a moral one.
The provincial government contends that the project is long overdue. The museum is one of British Columbia’s most popular attractions, drawing almost a million visitors a year before the pandemic. However, the current buildings, which date to 1968, have been deemed seismically unsafe and inadequate by modern conservation standards. The government has already made plans to move the BC Provincial Archives, previously housed in the museum, to a new, $224 million building outside Victoria due to the risk of flooding at the current site.
Practical concerns aside, project leaders also see an opportunity to build a more inclusive museum in the spirit of Indigenous reconciliation. Tourism minister Melanie Mark said the new museum will take the “diverse stories of British Columbians and Indigenous peoples out of the shadows and into the light”. Indigenous activists have long insisted that museums recognize the colonialist intent of their collections, and make museum spaces more welcoming to Indigenous visitors and other minority groups.
The Royal BC Museum is considered a leader in this space, and has already undergone several major changes in recent years. In 2021, the museum released a “Report to British Columbians” apologizing for the institution’s colonial history and announcing a new curatorial policy that elevates Indigenous voices and prioritizes object repatriations.
Last semester, Canadian Studies hosted a discussion with two of the Indigenous cultural experts at the forefront of efforts to “decolonize” the collection. Lou-Ann Neel helped develop the museum’s Indigenous Repatriation Handbook, and overseas efforts to return cultural goods to their tribes of origin. Meanwhile, Michelle Washington has spearheaded plans for a “living museum” that includes present-day Indigenous societies. Thanks to efforts like theirs, the new museum will include Indigenous ceremonial and cultural spaces, where sacred and ritual objects can be used for their intended purpose.
The museum has already begun dismantling exhibits deemed to promote colonialism, beginning with its historical collections and widely-criticized exhibits on Indigenous societies in the province. In January, it also permanently closed the “Becoming B.C.” exhibit, which centered on interactive, walk-through sets showing life in a 19th-century BC town. The exhibit’s narrative was argued to privilege the history of European settlers over other groups. The exhibit will eventually be replaced by one that covers the diversity of BC’s many Native and immigrant inhabitants.
The museum is slated to close in September, and will remain shut for most of the next decade, with a projected completion date of 2030 at the earliest. However, the museum will continue to stage travelling exhibitions from its permanent collection.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Fulbright Research Chairs in Canada
Deadline: September 15, 2022
Fulbright Canada is accepting applications for more than 50 Fulbright Research Chairs at top Canadian institutions. These grants are available to US scholars, and support research with Canadian colleagues for a four to nine month period. Awards are available with start dates of September 2023 and January 2024.
Applicants can apply for awards in several categories.
  • 4-month Research Chairs are available in multiple categories across various disciplines
  • 9-month Distinguished Chairs are offered by Carleton University to scholars with 10 years of experience in the topics of arts and social sciences; public affairs; entrepreneurship and social innovation; and environmental science.
  • Postdoctoral research awards provide funding to promising new scholars to establish a research base
Please note these awards are only open to US citizens. Click here to see full application requirements and procedures.
Interested applicants are encouraged to sign up for the webinar “Preparing a Successful Application for a Fulbright in Canada“, scheduled for 12 pm PT on June 8.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Memorial Day Service
Sunday, May 29 | 11:00 am PT | Colma | RSVP here
Join Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, for their annual Memorial Day Service, supported by the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) Arkansas Division. The service will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion plot in Greenlawn Cemetery at 1100 El Camino Real in Colma.
This event will be webcast live; if you are unable to attend in person and wish to view the online stream, please register above.
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Canadian Studies Program | Univ. of California, Berkeley, 213 Moses Hall #2308, Berkeley, CA 94720

Final Reminder: Join Us For Our Memorial Day Service – Sunday, 29 May 2022

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Join the Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion (representing the San Francisco Bay Area) for their annual Memorial Day Service, supported by our  U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) Arkansas Division. The service will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion plot in the Greenlawn Cemetery on 1100 El Camino Real in Colma, California. If you are unable to attend in person and wish to view the online stream, please register at:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j2HCF92YRtOV1orcTmlUOg

More information can be found at https://royalcanadianlegionus25.com/memorial-day-service/