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NOTICE: This website is an entirely volunteer initiative which is financed and maintained by Melynda Jarratt with the assistance of one dedicated volunteer, Annette Fulford, who updates the Press Room and the Calendar on a regular basis. The website is not financed by any Canadian federal or provincial government department nor does it receive any financial assistance from any philanthropic organization. If you would like to help contribute towards the maintenace of this website, please write to Melynda Jarratt.
November 1, 2006: Heritage Minister Bev Oda says "NO" to Year of the War Bride. Read the letter here:
Dear R.H. Addington:
Thank you for your correspondence of October 6, 2006, regarding the 60th anniversary of the arrival in Canada of the War Brides.
I appreciate your advising me of your views and have carefully noted your comments on this matter. While the Government of Canada acknowledges the vital role that war brides played in building our nation, it does not plan to proclaim 2006 as the Year of the War Bride.
I regret that my reply could not be more favourable. Please accept my best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Bev Oda, P.C., M.P.
c.c.: Mr. Charlie Angus, M.P. Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia, M.P.
October 23, 2006 - Fundraising campaign for Joe Taylor's Supreme Court battle. Click here to find out how to make a donation.
October 4, 2006 - Senator Romeo Dallaire and MPs Andrew Telegedi (Liberal Associate Critic for Citizenship and Immigration) and Bill Siksay (NDP Critic for Citizenship and Immigration) hold press conference on Parliament Hill in support of Joe Taylor's citizenship. Click for more information.
NEW!! List of original archival documents from the war time Immigration Branch clearly stating that War Brides are Canadian citizens.
September 30, 2006 - Calling it a "stupid" decision by a "cynical" federal government, War Bride historian Melynda Jarratt condemns Tory move to appeal war bride child Joe Taylor's successful bid for citizenship in a BC Federal Court. Click for more.
September 1, 2006 - He's a Canadian Citizen! Joe Taylor wins case against Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Read for more. Read the official four page summary and / or full decision of Justice Martineau on the Federal Court website or download the 538 k Word document.
New Brunswick War Brides Reunion: September 29-October 1, Fredericton, NB.
War Bride Pins: Only a few left and at an affordable price too! Dainty full colour metal lapel pins with the 60th Anniversary logo from the Diefenbaker Center, University of Saskatchewan. Write to Terresa A. DeMong for more information on how to purchase these beautiful pins. Click to see picture.
July 18-20, 2006 - Nova Scotia War Brides Reunion in Halifax at Pier 21 and the Lord Nelson Hotel. Click here for more information. July 12, 2006 - Nova Scotia declares Year of the War Bride. Click here to read the motion in Hansard.
July 1, 2006 - Bev Tosh's One Way
Passage opens in Halifax at Pier 21's Chrysler Welcome Pavilion.
Click here to download PDF or read more about the exhibit here.
June 13, 2006 - Ontario
Declares Year of the War Bride! Click
here to find out what's happening across Canada.
May 31, 2006 - War Bride child, Joe
Taylor in BC Federal Court: Fights to retain his citizenship.
Click here to learn more about Joe Taylor.
Thousands of War Brides and their children are assumed
to be affected by citizenship laws made during or after the
war, although many of them may not be aware. Read more about
Joe Taylor here and read the Globe
and Mail article and Vancouver Sun articles Loss
of citizenship a mystery for son of war bride and Judge
asked to rule on status of war brides, kids
April 3, 2006 - British
Columbia declares 2006 Year of the War Bride, becoming the
fourth province in Canada to do so!
March 30, 2006 - PEI serves notice that it will declare 2006 Year of the War Bride becoming the 3rd province in Canada to do so!
March 4, 2006 - War Bride exhibit
One Way Passage opens at the Diefenbaker Center, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. Click
for more.
February 9, 2006 -
Manitoba Declares 2006 Year of the War Bride,
becomes second province in Canada to do so! Click
for more.
February 9, 2006
- 60th anniversary
commemorative event at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
to mark the arrival of the Mauretania II as the first
dedicated all War Bride sailing under the auspices of
the Canadian Wives Bureau.
Year of the War Bride 2006 - New
Brunswick becomes first province in Canada
to declare 2006 Year of the War Bride - British
Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchwan, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova
Scotia are following suit. Find out what's happening in every
province across Canada. Click here
for more information about this initiative.
Passport / Citizenship
Problems ? Are you a War Bride or the child of a War Bride
who has experienced difficulties obtaining a new passport
because of citizenship issues relating to your arrival in
Canada as a serviceman's dependent? Read about War Bride son
Joe Taylor's heartbreaking
struggle with Citizenship and Immigration Canada to obtain
his citizenship. Recent hearings of the Parliamentary
Committee on Citizenship and Immigration touched upon
this issue and that of Lost
Canadians. See News and Events
to your right.
A new book which features a fully researched chapter on Canadian War Brides is Voices of the Left Behind: Project Roots and the Canadian War Children of World War Two . Click here for more information about the book and how to purchase it through Dundurn Press.
This website was researched and developed by Canada's leading experts on War Brides as a gift to all Canadians - from war brides and their husbands, to their children and grandchildren, from students and researchers to writers and academics who are exploring this area of Canadian history for the first time. Because this is any entirely voluntary undertaking, we ask that you request permission to use any of the information found on this website as it is fully copyrighted .
If you're looking specifically for War Bride Passenger Lists , we recommend Debbie Beavis, a British researcher who has done a considerable amount of work in this area and is familiar with the War Bride story. Debbie can be contacted by email at marine@beavis.co.uk . Debbie also runs the War Bride Listserv .
If you're a filmmaker, researcher or writer with a burning question about the Canadian War Brides, or if you have an announcement to make about an upcoming book, film, or event in your community, you can contact us.
To mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, we have a special section on a wonderful book called The Scarlet Dawn , which was written by Father Raymond Hickey, padre of the North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick. Father Hickey landed with his men of the North Shore at Saint Aubin sur Mer at 8:10 am, June 6, 1944.
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