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Stephen Downes

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This is a part of our history that has to a large degree been expunged and forgotten, but during the first world war internment camps were set up across Canada to isolate "so-called 'enemy aliens' -  immigrants who'd come to Canada from countries that were fighting against the British Empire." The records of these camps were destroyed in the 1950s. One such camp was located in Brandon, not far from where I used to live, and this project will recreate the camp as an interactive virtual reality (VR) experience. Brandon University has a more detailed press release about the project. It is being co-developed with Assiniboine Community College. Here's more information about the internment camps.

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