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Daniel Byers is a historian at Laurentian University, who taught for a number of years at the satellite campus it maintained in Barrie until 2017, and since then at its main campus in Sudbury.  He was born and raised in Orillia, and currently also makes that city his home.

Topic

When we think of Canada’s army in the Second World War, we might tend to concentrate on its contributions fighting in Hong Kong, Italy, France, and North-West Europe.  But throughout the war both volunteer and conscripted soldiers also served in North America, at their height numbering three full divisions (as compared to five that served overseas) – and a small portion even briefly participated with U.S. troops in their campaign to retake the island of Kiska from Japan in the north Pacific.  This talk will focus on these Canadians’ experiences of being called up and serving their country closer to home during the war years.