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The video for Voices of the Silenced was directed by Gordon Gordey for The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers of Canada. Voices of the Silenced is a contemporary Ukrainian Canadian narrative folk dance theatre work with video exploring the unjust internment of Ukrainian Canadians as “enemy aliens” in Canada during WWI. These “enemy aliens” were subjected to having to carry registration identity papers, often pay monthly registration fees, and were under constant surveillance. Of the 80,000 who were registered under the authority of the Act, 8,579 were deemed: “enemy aliens”. The majority of “enemy aliens” were Ukrainians and were arrested and interned in 26 makeshift encampments located mostly in Canada’s frontier hinterlands. They were forced into hard labour clearing land for roads, building bridges, and building the railway.

Voices of the Silenced - Premiere Performance, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton: November 17, 2012.

19 memorial cards with the image of Jesus. Collected at various funerals.

18 memorial cards with different image of Mother Mary. Collected at various funerals.

40 memorial cards with very slight variations of the same image of Mother Mary. Collected at various funerals.

40 memorial cards: 15 with the image of Mother Mary and 25 with the image of Jesus. Collected at various funerals.

26 memorial cards with a variety of religious images including Jesus, individual Saints, and Bishops. Collected at various religious holidays and events at the church.