Travelling exhibit to explore experience of First World War soldiers who returned to Canada

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage, yesterday announced funding of $62,012 for the Canadian Centre for the Great War that is located in Montreal.

Funding of $51,501, provided through the Museums Assistance Program, will go toward the creation of A Better World: Post-War Social Movements and Canadian Veterans, a new travelling exhibit on the return of First World War veterans. This funding will also allow the public to discover numerous archival documents and photographs related to the social movements of the 1920s after the First World War.

In addition, $10,511 in support was provided to the organization through the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund.

Minister Guilbeault said, “This travelling exhibit, which will be shown in five cities across the country, will allow citizens to explore archival documents in order to understand Canadian soldiers’ return home and how they reintegrated into society after the war ended.”

The Canadian Centre for the Great War presents personalized narratives that relate the experiences of Canadians during the First World War.

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