Sir Clifford Sifton,, was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal politician. He was best known for being Minister of the Interior in 1896 to 1905, under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was responsible for
Clifford Sifton
Sifton and his family in 1910
Mrs. Clifford Sifton in 1903, by William James Topley
Ukrainian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian-born people who immigrated to Canada.
Clifford Sifton
…people to come to western Canada. While many of the immigrants came from Britain and the United States, there was also, to Canada, a large influx of Ukrainians, Scandinavians, Doukhobors from Russia, and other groups from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He famously defended the "stalwart peasants in sheep-skin…
Post-independence Ukrainian fifteen-kopiyka stamp commemorating the centennial of Ukrainian settlement in Canada, 1891–1991
Commemorative plaque and a statue entitled "Why?" / "Pourquoi?" / "Чому (Chomu)?", by John Boxtel at the location of the Castle Mountain Internment Camp, Banff National Park
Commemorative statue entitled "Never Forget" / "Ne Jamais Oublier" / "Ніколи Не Забути (Nikoly Ne Zabuty)", by John Boxtel; and damaged plaque at the cemetery of the Kapuskasing Internment Camp, Kapuskasing, northern Ontario
Ukrainian Mandolin Orchestra in May 1945