Zac
Code
JMP Thesis
He/Him
Internment History, German History, Fascism
Current Work
MA Thesis
Supervisor: Dr. Alexander Freund
Project Title: Forgotten Prisoners: The History of German-Canadian Internment During the Second World War (tentative).
Description: This research addresses the lives of German-Canadian individuals who had to endure internment in Canada during the Second World War. The primary aspect of this research is to identify and analyze experiences of German-Canadian internees from before their internment to eventual release, which has so far been neglected in the historiography. Additionally, with the analysis of individual internees’ experiences, a secondary question of this research is to examine the lives of internees’ family members and depict what the family’s experience was outside the camp. What were the experiences for German-Canadian wives and children while husbands were taken away to remote internment camps? Using previously unanalyzed collections of personal and business correspondence, this research hopes to provide a more substantial narrative of German-Canadian internees and their families experiences during the Second World War.
Awards, Recognition & Funding
- Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS M) (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), 2023-2024
- Tri-Agency Top-Up Award (The Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba), 2023
- Friends of Our History Scholarship (The Winnipeg Foundation), 2023
- Senator Thomas Crerar Scholarship (The Winnipeg Foundation), 2023-2024
- Tri-Agency Master’s Supplemental Award (TMSA) (The Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba), 2024-2025
- Moffat Family Scholarship in Canadian Social History (The Winnipeg Foundation), 2024
Teams & Committees
History Graduate Students’ Association (May 2024 – Present)
Vice-President
Joint Senate Committee (JSC) (December 2024 – Present)
UW Student Rep
Projects & Publications
Code, Zac. “Interned ‘in the Interest of Public Safety’” German-Canadian Studies (blog), Blog of German-Canadian Studies at the University of Winnipeg, December 9, 2024. https://uwgcs.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/interned-in-the-interest-of-public-safety/
Conferences:
- Presenter and panelist, “The Conveniently Forgotten: Historiography of German-Canadian Internment During the Second World War” Presented at the 30th annual Underhill Colloquium. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. March 2024.
- Presenter and Semi-Finalist, Three-Minute Thesis Competition at the University of Winnipeg, “Left Behind and Forgotten: the History of German-Canadian Families and Internment During the Second World War.” March 2025.
- Presenter, “Canada’s Eyes on Germans: The History of Canada’s Fear Mongering Campaign During the Second Word War” Presented at the Global Forum on Bigotry & Hate. Canadian Museum of Human Rights (CMHR), Winnipeg, Manitoba. September 2025.
Education
MA, University of Manitoba – Current Program
BA (with Distinction), Honours in History, Simon Fraser University (2022)