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This exhibition presents recent works of art by Bev Tosh, a Canadian contemporary artist who interprets some of the personal stories of women who married Canadian military personnel during and after the Second World War. These "war brides" are women she has met and corresponded with over the past six years in Canada, England, New Zealand, and the United States. Their stories, of finding and sometimes losing love, represent the leap of faith taken by thousands in order to build lives far from home. During the Second World War, 44,000 women came to Canada, alone or with their children, as the wives of Canadian military personnel. A further 1,000 came to Newfoundland and Labrador. Another 4,000 left Canada as the wives of Commonwealth military personnel who had trained in Canada during the war. Many others married American, Norwegian, Polish, or other Allied soldiers stationed or trained here. While the details of each woman's story are unique, as a group, they share an extraordinary history. Today, several hundred thousand Canadians are the descendants of war brides.
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