Yes, indeed.
One of the challenges, too, is that the collective memory of the two world wars is so strong. There's plenty of history that's been written about these things. There's plenty of access to the historical records and to documents, and to the participants in those tremendous and dramatic events. In the case of modern service, many of the official records are, necessarily, still classified, and the numbers of my colleagues who research and write in the area of modern service are far fewer. There are not as many books on the bookshelves for people to pick up something and learn about these events. The information available on the Internet is pretty thin.
One thing we're looking at doing, both in the commemoration advisory group and here at UNB, is to try to find ways to get more documents out there, more evidence, more testimonies, more interviews with people like Master Corporal Smith.
I'm going to have to follow up with you afterwards Master Corporal, and Major MacLellan as well, and Mr. Borne. These are all people whose memories of service we need to capture. If we can't release official documents, maybe we can get more video testimony with veterans made available, so that students can look at that in the classroom, and the general public can use it too.
In my opinion, as an educator now myself—this is my second profession—that's where my personal focus is going to be, and the focus of our team here.