SEPT 20 – Internment camps are a sad part of Canadian history. During World War I thousands of Ukrainians were sent to internment camps across Canada, stripped of their rights and belongings and forced into labor. 

The film “Run, Nawrocki Run” being screened at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, tells the story of one of the filmmaker’s ancestors who was plucked from the street by police and arrested simply for being Ukrainian and thrown into the Banff internment camp. 

Filmmaker Norman Nawrocki, whose mother was Ukrainian and father was Polish, will introduce the film and following the film will give a violin concert with his sister.