"Between Generations," a unique educational technology-based project capturing a collection of war memories is being launched tomorrow in the Évangéline region of the province. Local veterans from the Wellington Royal Canadian Legion as well as other older members of the community worked with local young people to establish this collection of memories of war experiences. These memories have been captured on-line and are now available to everyone with access to the Internet and an interest in the war years.
Mitch Murphy, Minister of Technology and Environment congratulates all those involved with the project. "Between Generations" has brought together the human and technological elements required to produce this tribute to older members of our Island community. These individuals were involved in wartime events that in many ways shaped a significant portion of this century. With the benefit of technology and the enthusiasm and interest of younger Islanders, everyone in PEI and beyond, can acknowledge these Islanders who served their country both over seas and at home," said Mr. Murphy. An initiative funded by Technology PEI, the technology-based project aims at advancing the knowledge-based economy on Prince Edward Island.
Navigating through the bilingual Web site, you will find a historical overview of the Royal Canadian Legion, the local Wellington branch, and information on the two World Wars as well as the Korean conflict. Interviews conducted by youth with seniors are also featured. The young people who worked on the project found this part of the project especially significant. "Interviewing the seniors gave me an opportunity to learn about ways of life earlier in the century, including events during the war years and before. It also allowed me to develop new skills such as conducting an interview, " said Tammy Gallant of Cap-Egmont.
Coordination of this project was provided by the Conseil scolaire-communautaire Évangéline through its Community Access Program (CAP) site. "This project was definitely a learning experience for the youth. What better way to learn about your forefathers than to speak directly to individuals who were there at that time," stated Collette Arsenault, former director of the Conseil scolaire-communautaire Évangéline. Progressive Insights provided the technical support. Documents, archives, photos and other information essential to the project were supplied by the Wellington Royal Canadian Legion, the Veterans Club as well as other elderly persons from the Évangéline area. The youth, hired through different summer projects, contributed by doing interviews, researching and writing certain articles as well as formatting pages.
Between Generations can be located at www.peicaps.org/generations. The launching of the "Between Generations" Web site will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #17 Wellington, PEI, on November 5th 1999 at 4:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
For more information contact: Grant Sweet at (902) 368-6435, E-mail - glsweet@gov.pe.ca, Technology PEI; or Danielle Arsenault, Between Generations Project, (902) 854-2166.