Join us for a reception recognizing the men and women who were lost in World War One, with "The World Remembers Project." VIU is taking part in The World Remembers Project, an international remembrance, education and reconciliation project begun by Canadian actor and director R.H. Thomson.
=0D=0A=As part of five years of remembrance recognizing the centenary of WWI, VIU’s History department and its Canadian Letter and Images (CLIP) project invite the public to view the display of names, and remember the men and women who lost their lives in the Great War 100 years ago. As dusk falls between Oct. 4 and Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, the names of more than 519,000 soldiers killed in World War One will appear, one by one, on a digital screen in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Welcome Centre (Building 300). More than 519,000 names of soldiers who lost their lives from the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Turkey, Belgium, Australia, the Czech Republic, Italy, New Zealand, Slovenia and the former British Indian Army will appear. The display runs for eleven hours each day, with each name programmed to appear at a precise day, hour and minute.
=0D=0A=For those who wish to remember a person who was killed in WWI, they can learn the exact time it will appear on the screen, and also on the website, by entering the name at www.theworldremembers.org.
=0D=0A=The screen displaying The World Remember Project names is visible from just outside the Welcome Centre, for those who wish to come to campus once the names begin running each evening at 8:30 pm.
=0D=0A=At the Oct. 8 reception, Dr. Stephen Davies, History professor and CLIP project director, will provide a background on the project and its significance, followed by brief remarks from Dr. Nilson, followed by a reception with refreshments.
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