Pictures taken at Book and Web launch and Exhibit launch of Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of WWII.

1. Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of WWII
Event Pictures
Project by Columbus Centre of Toronto

2. March 31, 2012
Book and Website Launch
Left: Licia Canton, President of Association of Italian Canadian Writers
(AICW), introducing the co-publication, Beyond Barbed Wire.
Right: Domenico Capilongo, reading from his article in AICW’s publication, Behind
Barbed Wire.

3. Book and Website Launch cont.
Left: MP Joe Oliver taking the stage to address the crowd.
Right: View of guests.

4. Book and Website Launch cont.
Left: Individuals who interviewed or donated towards the project
receive their framed certificates of contribution.
Right: Granddaughters of Timmins internee stand beside display banner
profiling their grandfather.

5. May 31, 2012
Exhibit Launch
Left: View of audience during welcoming remarks and special presentation.
Right: Pal Di Iulio, CEO of Columbus Centre, welcomes the crowd.

6. Exhibit Launch cont.
Left: Lucy Di Pietro, Project Director, during special presentation to the
families.
Right: Special acknowledgement to the families of internees, all of whom
donated and/or interviewed towards the projects.

7. Exhibit Launch cont.
Left: Children of internees stand present at ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiling of
Commemorative Wall.
Right: Eldest two cutting the ribbon.

8. Exhibit
Top left: Commemorative Wall and display case
leading up to exhibit room.
Bottom left: Close-up of names on
Commemorative Wall.
Right: Commemorative Wall highlighting around
600 internees and about 100 others who were
briefly detained.

9. Exhibit cont.
Left: Introductory Wall.
Right: Section 1, Life in Canada.

10. Exhibit cont.
Left: Section 1, Life in Canada and Section 3, Becoming the Enemy (Internee
Wall).
Right: Computer station with easy access to www.ItalianCanadianWW2.ca

11. Exhibit cont.
Left: Section 4, Italian Canadians Today, with view of archival letter and apology
plaque gifted to son of internee by Windsor City Police.
Right: Section 3, Becoming the Enemy (Life in Camp), with view of artworks
produced by an internee.

12. Exhibit cont.
Top left: Touch-screen video monitor
Bottom left: Section 3, Becoming the Enemy
with view of monitor
Right: Video monitor with (blackboard)
internee silhouette.

13. Exhibit cont.
Left: Section 3, Becoming the Enemy with view of display cases.
Right: Feedback Wall with comments from opening night.