CIUS Newsletter 2007
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies 450 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8 Ukrainian Canadian Program Receives Major Endowment from Peter and Doris Kule Th e Ukrainian Canadian Program (UCP) at CIUS has become the benefi - ciary of a very large donation from two renowned patrons of education, Drs. Peter and Doris Kule. In recognition of this outstanding gift , the Ukrainian Canadian Program will be elevated in status and renamed the Kule Ukrainian Canadian Studies Centre at CIUS. Over the last decade, the retired Ed- monton philanthropists have contrib- uted more than eleven million dollars to academic programs at the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan College (Edmonton), and St. Paul University (Ottawa). Th eir generosity has made them the leading benefactors of Ukrai- nian studies in Canada. In late 2006 the Kules established an endowment fund of $100,000 at CIUS toward the UCP’s Diaspora Studies Initiative, and in July 2007 they donated an additional $900,000 for a second endowment in support of research on Ukrainians in Canada. Th e million-dollar total will eventually be doubled through the Government of Alberta’s matching gift s program, and a further fi nancial com- Drs. Peter and Doris Kule mitment from CIUS will actually triple the humanities in general, core funding At the same time, the founding of the amount of money devoted to the has been reduced over the years to a the Kule Ukrainian Canadian Studies development of Ukrainian Canadian bare minimum, making it necessary for Centre at CIUS will make possible an studies. Th e Diaspora Studies Initiative CIUS and the Ukrainian Canadian Pro- expansion of the work of the former will operate under the umbrella of the gram to seek grants and outside sources UCP. Over the last few years, the new Centre, whose work it comple- of revenue simply to keep pace with Program has had to struggle to meet ments and enhances. infl ation. Th e accrued interest from the both the escalating demands and the Th e donation from Drs. Peter and Kule endowment will be used to help new opportunities that have arisen Doris Kule provides long-term fi nancial relieve some of the fi scal pressures expe- within this fi eld. Given the ubiquity of stability for the conduct of scholarly rienced by the UCP, while also ensuring modern communications, the UCP is research on the history of Ukrainians greater self-suffi ciency for Ukrainian being called upon to provide ever more in Canada. As has been the case with Canadian studies within CIUS. continued on page 21
CIUS Newsletter 2007 1 From the Director
appointment is a prodigious feat, since a vital link to CIUS’s pioneer days Thanking the it capped a two-year world-wide search and part of our institutional memory. by Harvard’s Department of History. Although we are not related, having Kules, Saying While the appointment unquestion- the same surname brought moments ably recognizes Serhii’s accomplish- of confusion and humor. For exam- Farewell, and ments, intelligence, and dedication, it ple, Christmas greetings, particularly is also due, I believe, to the favourable from Ukraine, sometimes assumed Focusing on academic climate at the University of that CIUS was being administered by Mazepa Alberta and CIUS. On a personal level, a husband-and-wife team. On behalf I have benefi ted greatly from my close of the staff of CIUS, I would like to In reviewing the events of the last association with Serhii, and I believe thank Khrystyna for her many years of academic year, I am especially heart- that for the past fi ft een years the “three service and wish her the best in pursu- ened by the donation of one million musketeers” (as Serhii, Frank Sysyn, ing her passion—the development of dollars from Drs. Peter and Doris Kule and I have been referred to in the pro- modern downtown premises for the to transform the Ukrainian Canadian fession) have been an innovative and Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Program into the Kule Ukrainian productive trio in developing the fi eld Museum of Alberta. Canadian Studies Centre at CIUS. of early modern Ukrainian history. Th e director’s column aff ords me Th is contribution is eventually to be the opportunity to mention a number matched by the provincial government of signifi cant events that could not be and by CIUS, which has undertaken featured in this issue owing to lack of to provide a spending allocation from space. In the course of the last year, its own funds equivalent to a $1-mil- CIUS continued to develop close rela- lion endowment. When fully in place, tions with our partners in Ukraine. the Kule Ukrainian Canadian Studies On 7 May, Professor Serhii Plokhii Centre, incorporating the Ukrainian attended a dinner given by the Hon- Diaspora Initiative, will have a steady ourable Peter G. MacKay, Minister of income from the equivalent of a $3- Foreign Aff airs of Canada, in honor million endowment. of His Excellency Arseniy Yatsenyuk, While the study of the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Aff airs of Ukraine. experience in Canada is a core respon- In conversation with Mr. Yatseniuk, sibility of the Institute, the program has Professor Plokhii informed the newly been inadequately funded. Th ere were appointed member of the Ukrainian no endowments specifi cally intended cabinet about the role of CIUS in the for Ukrainian-Canadian studies, and development of Canada’s academic and the program had to be carried out on cultural ties with Ukraine. In April, the basis of temporary grants and a CIUS hosted a lecture by Dr. Ihor shrinking operating budget. Estab- Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to lishing a fi rm fi nancial basis for the Zenon E. Kohut, director of CIUS Canada. Dr. Ostash discussed with the Ukrainian Canadian Program was one Institute’s staff further possibilities for of my priorities for the second term of I expect that this collaboration will academic exchanges with Ukraine and my directorship. Th anks to the gen- continue. I would like to thank Serhii gave high marks to the eff orts of CIUS erosity of Drs. Peter and Doris Kule, for his long service at CIUS, includ- in this regard. Visits to CIUS by Profes- CIUS has taken a large step toward the ing special thanks for serving as acting sor Ihor Pasichnyk, the president of the fulfi llment of that goal. director of CIUS from January to June Ostroh Academy, and Iryna Matiash, Th e joyous news of the Kule dona- 2007, thus enabling me to take my sab- the director of the Ukrainian Archives tion compensated somewhat for the batical. All of us at CIUS wish Serhii and Documentation Research Insti- bittersweet duty of saying farewell the best in his new endeavour. tute (Kyiv), included presentations to to colleagues and friends. Dr. Serhii Th e Institute also said farewell to both the academic and the Ukrainian Plokhii has left CIUS in order to take our fi nancial offi cer, Khrystyna Kohut. community and helped promote our up the position of Mykhailo S. Hru- Khrystyna has served the Institute in cooperation with academic institutions sevsky Professor of Ukrainian History a variety of administrative positions in Ukraine. So did the visit to CIUS by at Harvard University. For Serhii, this since the late 1970s. As such, she was Professor Yurii Makar of the Yurii Fed-
2 2007 CIUS Newsletter From the Director kovych National University in Cher- nivtsi and Professor Maryna Hrymych of the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. CIUS is looking for new ways to expand our ties with scholars in Ukraine and foster student exchanges between the University of Alberta and our Ukrainian partners Finally, through the Kowalsky Pro- gram for the Study of Eastern Ukraine, CIUS has made important contribu- tions to the study of the Mazepa era. As every year, the Program supported the summer archeological excavations of Mazepa’s capital, Baturyn, which Th e CIUS Edmonton offi ce is moving to Pembina Hall, featured in this photo, after being located was sacked by the Russian army in in Athabasca Hall for about thirty years. 1708. On 27-29 May 2004, at a CIUS co-sponsored international confer- Serhii Pavlenko to collect documents Canadian Institute of ence held in St. Petersburg, Dr. Tatiana of the Mazepa era. Th e fi rst mammoth Tairova-Yakovleva of St. Petersburg volume (Doba het’mana Ivana Mazepy Ukrainian Studies University announced that a portion v dokumentakh, 1142 pp.) of this series 4-50 Athabasca Hall of Ivan Mazepa’s archive, which was has just been published in Kyiv, and University of Alberta believed to have been destroyed in the another volume is in preparation. Fi- Edmonton, AB T6G 2E8 course of the assault, had been found nally, during her visit to CIUS, Tatiana in St. Petersburg. Th e discovery of un- Tairova-Yakovleva discussed her most (eff ective 1 April 2008: known letters by and to Ivan Mazepa recent book, Mazepa (Moscow, 2007), 4-30 Pembina Hall commissioned by one of the leading University of Alberta led Dr. Tairova-Yakovleva to conclude Edmonton, AB that Mazepa’s archive was not burned Moscow publishing houses. Written T6G 2H8) in Baturyn but appropriated by the in a popular style, this book will give Russian readers a much more nuanced Telephone: (780) 492–2972 commander of the Russian troops. Th e FAX: (780) 492–4967 Kowalsky Program at CIUS has helped portrait of Mazepa than the traditional E-mail: [email protected] support Dr. Tairova-Yakovleva and her image of “separatist” and “traitor.” CIUS Web site: www.cius.ca In closing, I would like to thank colleagues in their search for Hetman CIUS Newsletter Mazepa’s archive and library. Th e fi rst Drs. Peter and Doris Kule once again Reprints permitted with volume of these eff orts has just been for their most generous gift and extend acknowledgement published by Dr. Tairova-Yakovleva, my heartfelt thanks to all our donors, ISSN 1485–7979 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40065596 who currently heads the Centre for who have responded so positively to Ukrainian Studies at St. Petersburg our needs. Together we will continue Editors: Bohdan Klid and Myroslav University. On 11 May 2007, Dr. building an institute of excellence. Yurkevich Finally, for those who wish to visit Ukrainian translation: Mykola Soroka Tairova-Yakovleva visited CIUS for a Design and layout: Peter Matilainen formal launch of Ukrainian Sources us in person or contact us by mail, Ukrainian inputting assistance: Iryna Pak on Ivan Mazepa in Russian Archives please note that the Toronto offi ce of (Getman Ivan Mazepa: Dokumenty iz CIUS has moved and the Edmonton To contact the CIUS Toronto Offi ce arkhivnykh sobranii Sankt-Peterburga, offi ce will move as of 1 April 2008. Our (Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project, new Edmonton offi ce address is given Journal of Ukrainian Studies, CIUS Press, vyp. 1 (St. Petersburg, 2007). Th e or Peter Jacyk Centre), please write c/o: volume will be distributed by CIUS in the box to the right of this column. Press, and the Kowalsky Program will 256 McCaul Street, Rm. 302 University of Toronto continue this joint project with St. Toronto, ON Petersburg University, anticipating the Zenon E. Kohut, Director M5T 1W5 publication of further volumes. At the Telephone: (416) 978–6934 same time, the Program sponsored Fax: (416) 978–2672 a project by the Chernihiv historian E-mail: [email protected]
CIUS Newsletter 2007 3 Interview Fifteen Years with CIUS: A Conversation with Serhii Plokhii As Professor Serhii Plokhii was pre- important initiatives that have come to school in Ukraine in the 1970s-80s paring to leave to leave CIUS in order fruition. At some point, I recall, I was and was quite successful in terms of to take up his new position as Mykhai- helping you proofread entries for the publications and number of historians lo S. Hrushev sky professor of Ukrai- Encyclopedia of Ukraine; now it’s there, involved in its work. Th e idea behind nian history at Harvard University, he and more and more entries are appear- that school was to preserve real profes- recorded the following conversation ing on the Internet. It’s the same with sionalism in a discipline controlled with the direc tor of the CIUS Toronto the HTP. So daily work at CIUS yields by Communist Party offi cials. It had Offi ce, Dr. Frank E. Sysyn. visible results that infl uence scholar- to fi ght the ideologization of histori- ship in a way that diff ers from the work cal knowledge and the dictate of party You are about to leave CIUS aft er of an average North American centre historians, whose interests were limited 15 years in Edmonton, so it’s a good to the twentieth century and the his- time to evaluate your experience tory of the Communist Party and the here. What were your fi rst impres- working class. Th e historians in Dni- sions of the Institute and the Uni- propetrovsk worked on early modern versity of Alberta, and what major Ukrainian history (sixteenth to eigh- developments have you seen in that teenth centuries) and basically tried to period? maintain the standards set by scholars For me it was, of course, an abso- who published in the pre-Soviet era, lutely new experience, being part of an before 1917 in eastern Ukraine and academic institute in the West. Th us I before 1939 in Galicia. Th e training I initially accepted what I found at the received was highly positivist, focusing University of Alberta and the Institute mainly on the study of sources at the without question. I assumed that this expense of theoretical generalization, was how things were supposed to be, which, given the prevalence of party how Western institutions work, and control, was largely impossible in any how Ukrainian studies are conducted case. We saw this as a way of preserv- in the West. Now, looking back, I see ing true scholarship. Our approach that in fact CIUS is a unique institu- made the works produced by members tion: what happens here is diff erent of the Dnipropetrovsk school attractive from what occurs on other campuses. to scholars in the West, such as you At most North American universities, and others at Harvard. Th at was prob- Ukrainian studies or Slavic studies or institute. My perception of what is ably why I was invited to the University are largely under the aegis of Centres normal has changed, leading to greater of Alberta. of Russian and East European Stud- appreciation of the role played by CIUS Once I came to Canada, I received ies, which focus mainly on supporting over the last fi ft een years. a unique opportunity to acquaint language courses and post-doctoral myself with major trends in Western You came as a historian already research. Board members of such cen- scholarship and assess what had hap- formed; you had already held major tres are not usually involved in their pened in historical writing since 1917. positions in Ukraine as a professor day-to-day activities. In that respect, Having a good background in terms and administrator. How have you CIUS is unique: it has a diff erent man- of knowledge of historical facts and changed as a historian since you ar- date, a diff erent goal, and a diff erent sources helped me assimilate these rived? What have you gained from way of doing things. Most importantly, new trends and, to a degree, reinvent contacts with historians at the Uni- it undertakes long-term scholarly proj- myself as a scholar. By reading your versity of Alberta and elsewhere? ects. One of them was, of course the works and those of other historians, I Encyclopedia of Ukraine; another is the I came to Canada from the Univer- taught myself to think diff erently and Hrushevsky Translation Project (HTP), sity of Dnipropetrovsk, the home of take unconventional approaches. What in which I was intimately involved. a unique school of historical source resulted is diffi cult for me to assess, When you look back aft er 15 years, studies led by Mykola Kovalsky (1929- but I now take a diff erent approach to you see that you were part of certain 2006). It was certainly the only such history, and I don’t think that such a
4 2007 CIUS Newsletter Interview transformation could have occurred Ukraine. You also begin to consider of foreign aff airs of Ukraine, Borys had it not been for my time at CIUS. themes and topics that would never Tarasiuk, and the vice-president of the Th e University of Alberta generally occur to you under diff erent circum- Ukrainian Catholic University and provided a unique environment for stances. So Hrushevsky is always in the co-founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki sharing ideas. We probably have here background when you work on your Group, Myroslav Marynovych. Th e the largest concentration of special- own projects, read new literature, or program co-sponsored the translation ists in Ukrainian studies, whether in deal with students. into Ukrainian and publication in Lviv history, literature, or language, out- of Professor Bociurkiw’s book on the You also initiated and developed the side Ukraine, and certainly in North liquidation of the Ukrainian Greek Program on Religion and Culture America. Catholic Church by the Stalin regime. at CIUS. What was your motive, It also arranged the publication of At the Institute, you have been in- and could you indicate some of the the materials of the First Sobor of the volved largely with the Jacyk Centre program’s achievements? Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox and especially with the Hrushevsky Th e Research Program on Religion Church (1921) and supported research Translation Project. What would you and Culture, originally known as the projects by young scholars in Ukraine. like to say about your experience with “Church Studies Program,” has been I am especially grateful to the Ukrai- the project? What has it given you, nian community for its support of the and how do you evaluate its signifi - program’s activities. My special thanks cance? go to Professor Bohdan Medwidsky Th e HTP is the fi rst truly interna- and Ms. Stefania Yurkiwska for their tional project in which I have partici- continuing support over the past de- pated, and it’s international not only cade and more. in the sense of contacts between his- CIUS has many projects and activi- torians in Canada and the US. I used ties involving Ukraine and attempts to deal very closely with historians in Ukraine; there were consultants in to infl uence scholarly develop- Poland and in other countries, so it ment there. Because you came from was a unique and exciting way to be Ukraine, you were able to play a key introduced to a truly multinational role in this endeavour. Looking back group of scholars and to international at 15 years of such contacts, what do scholarship as such. Th e Hrushevsky you think of them? project brings together the two worlds Th e HTP was one of the very early to which I think I belong—that of projects, going back to 1991-92, that traditional Ukrainian scholarship and involved real co-operation with Ukraine that of Western academia. Th e HTP is and its scholars. It was not just about concerned with translating Hrushevsky helping Ukrainian scholarship survive not only into English but also into diffi cult times, although that element the language of modern scholarship. Serhii Plokhii’s groundbreaking study discuss- was there. It involved cooperation It tries to reconcile more traditional es the role of religion in the Cossack revolts of based on equality. Th e project required scholarship with the demands of the the late sixteenth and early seventeenth cen- the expertise available in Ukraine, and turies, as well as in the Khmelnytsky Uprising modern reader and contemporary of the mid-seventeenth century in that respect it was something new, historiography, which has proved very ahead of its time. Th e fact that I ended useful to me personally. Th e project a signifi cant part of my CIUS identity. up at CIUS and the Peter Jacyk Centre also forces you to read Hrushevsky. Th e program was founded in 1996 at was to some degree a result of that new In the past, I approached his History the initiative of Professor Bohdan Bo- approach. I hope that as our coopera- of Ukraine-Rus as you approach any ciurkiw, who donated his library and tion develops we will ask Ukrainian work of such large scope, looking for archive to CIUS in order to establish a scholars not only to help us with bib- certain themes that interest you; cer- resource base for such a program. In liography, verifi cation of personal tain episodes. When you work on a recognition of Professor Bociurkiw’s names, and the clarifi cation of certain translation, you read the volume from gift , the library bears his name, and facts, but also with writing introduc- beginning to the end, more than once, CIUS holds an annual Bohdan Boci- tions to our volumes and rethinking and this is a great way to educate your- urkiw memorial lecture that features Hrushevsky’s contribution in a way self about the history and culture of such speakers as the former minister that will appeal to readers in the West
CIUS Newsletter 2007 5 Interview
portunity for us on a number of levels. For the family it was a chance to see and experience another world. I had had such an opportunity before and wanted my wife and children to experi- ence it as well. Th en our stay extended for a year and longer. For the fi rst four or fi ve years we kept thinking, okay, another half a year, and then we are going back to Ukraine. At fi rst we wanted our children to learn as much English as possible and to expose them to the benefi ts of the Western system of education. When we realized that we would probably be staying, we natural- ly began looking diff erently at Canada, the community around us, and our goals in terms of language and cultural experience. Overall, we appreciate the support given to us by the Ukrainian community at large and its individual members. We were really privileged in as well as in Ukraine. Th at would help about opening new horizons, think- that regard, especially in comparison bring Ukrainian historiography into ing in diff erent ways, challenging the to people who came later. Th ese days, the world scholarly mainstream. existing “truths.” Scholarship is about a family with young children arriving not knowing and discovering, perhaps One way in which CIUS diff ers from from Ukraine is nothing unusual. We knowing the direction but not the out- most other area-studies institutions were really spoiled by the attention we come. Th e community, on the other is in its mandate to deal with the received and feel profound gratitude hand, is oft en prepared to support Ukrainian-Canadian community and to those who supported us, especially projects whose benefactors already its close connection with this com- during the fi rst years. I am sure that know or think they know the answer. munity. In coming to CIUS and to our experience with the Ukrainian Th ere is an inbuilt tension between Canada, you also became part of a community in Edmonton enriched our these two tendencies. On the one hand, Ukrainian community that was new life both culturally and emotionally. universities in general and CIUS in Wherever we go, our Edmonton expe- to you. I wonder what you would particular should serve the interests of have to say about its role in your rience will stay with us as something the community; on the other hand, the very memorable and precious. development and how you see its academy should be true to its calling relation to the Institute’s future. of opening new horizons and perspec- You are going to Harvard, where you Ukrainian studies in North America tives. How do you balance these some- will take the Hrushevsky chair and be would be probably impossible without times confl icting demands? I think that active in the Ukrainian Research In- the support of the Ukrainian com- CIUS has been largely successful in stitute. What plans do you have, what munity. Th at support takes a variety meeting that challenge. do you see for your own research, and of forms, from using political infl u- what you would like to achieve in this You did not come to Canada by ence to establish institutions such as new position? yourself but with a wife and young CIUS to donating funds for individual children. Your decision to stay here I see my new appointment as a projects. Th e Jacyk Centre would not was not made abruptly; it evolved recognition of the work done at the exist without such a donation. Th ere over time, with great consequences Institute and at the Jacyk Centre. Th e are community expectations about the for your family’s development. What selection process was rigorous, and I tasks and character of Ukrainian schol- had to compete with scholars repre- do you think of the experience? arship, and these compete with the senting diff erent institutions and histo- internal demands of academia and the We came with the expectation of riographic traditions from all over the personal and group agendas of scholars staying in Canada for fi ve months, world. I credit my success to the atmo- in our fi eld. Scholarship is fi rst of all perhaps half a year. It was a great op- sphere created at the Institute over the
6 2007 CIUS Newsletter Interview last 15 years, which allowed someone Institute and CIUS Press were created appropriate standard. My experience like me to work as productively as I in the mid-1970s as a way of introduc- shows that the level of editorial work at did. I think of my appointment at Har- ing Ukrainian studies into Western CIUS is higher than at the best univer- vard as a new frontier and a new op- academia, which did not consider sity presses in the world, but there are portunity. Academia, politicians, and them a legitimate fi eld of research. It no younger editors entering the fi eld. people in general tend to pay atten- was then very diffi cult to publish books Th ere are ever fewer people who are tion to things that happen at Harvard on Ukrainian subjects with academic equally at home in English and Ukrai- and that are said there. It is important presses, or major ones at any rate. All nian and can undertake such tasks. Th e to use this opportunity to infl uence this has changed by now, partly as a goals and activities of Ukrainian-stud- the direction of new scholarship on result of the productive work of these ies institutions in the West need to be Ukraine. It seems to me that there is a institutions and partly because of the rethought. One possible solution is, of need for a new approach to the devel- change of political and cultural cli- course, to pool resources and improve opment of Ukrainian studies in North mate. Th e emergence of independent co-operation between HURI, CIUS, America. Th e old approach, introduced Ukraine gave new impetus and legiti- and other centres of Ukrainian studies by the founding fathers of Ukrainian macy to the development of Ukrainian in North America. I strongly believe in studies in the 1970s, is in need of major studies. On the other hand, there is the globalization of Ukrainian studies revision. a great lack of people qualifi ed to and will work toward that end. Why is such a revision necessary? conduct new research and publish its Because Ukrainian institutions in results. Th e older generation of schol- North America are entering a new era. ars is reaching retirement age. Th ere My own experience at the University are fewer and fewer people capable of of Alberta shows this quite well. Th e editing the books that we write to an Khrystyna Kohut Khrystyna Kohut, a long-time non-academic staff member of CIUS, retired on 30 June 2007. Ms. Kohut, who holds a B.A. from the University of Alberta and studied library science at the University of Toronto, began work at CIUS as a library assistant in 1978. In 1979 she took a year off to as- sist her parents, Hryhory and Stefania Yopyk, with their restaurant (Astoria). In September 1980 she rejoined CIUS as an administrative clerk in the main offi ce and assumed offi ce administra- tive duties in 1984-85. In 1986 she also took on responsibility for donor stewardship. From the 2000-2001 academic year until her retirement, as its president in 1992-93. She was a relocation project. Th e new mu- she was a fi nancial offi cer responsible founding member of the Ukrainian seum is to be housed in the Lodge for the CIUS budget. Canadian Social Services of Edmonton. Hotel (a municipal historic site) in Ms. Kohut is well known in Ms. Kohut has been president of downtown Edmonton. CIUS wishes Edmonton’s Ukrainian community. the Ukrainian Canadian Archives her success in this worthy endeav- A member of the Ukrainian Profes- and Museum of Alberta (UCAMA) our—a continuation of the pioneer- sional and Business Club of Edmon- since 1992. She is currently working ing work of her parents, who were ton from the late 1970s, she served full-time at UCAMA, especially on its UCAMA co-founders.
CIUS Newsletter 2007 7 New Publications New Publications genocide of 1932-33. Because of his personal charisma and the infl uence he exerted on his contemporaries, as well as the daunting complexity of his lyrical texts, Khvyli- ovy the writer was long overshadowed by Khvyliovy the cultural leader. Pliushch’s revolutionary interpretation of Khvyliovy’s prose, poems, and es- says shows him not as a political fi gure and sympathizer of communist ideol- ogy (albeit with a strongly Ukrainian national character) but as a masterful writer who developed a sophisticated code of transcendental symbols and ideas closely linked to the mystical teachings of anthroposophy. Focusing on Khvyliovy, Pliushch reinterprets much of what has been assumed about An Innovative Study of a the Ukrainian culture of the 1920s and uncovers mystical elements in the Long-Awaited Ukrainian Charismatic Writer works of other Ukrainian and Russian Published by CIUS Press in as- “revolutionary” writers. Genealogy Guidebook sociation with Fakt Publishers (Kyiv), A mathematician by education, Published Ioho taiemnytsia abo prekrasna lozha Leonid Pliushch is well known as a In order to satisfy a growing North Khvyl΄ovoho (His Mystery, or Khvyl- former dissident and an outspoken American demand for help in explor- iovy’s Beautiful Lodge) by Leonid critic of human-rights abuses in the ing family roots in Ukraine, CIUS Pliushch is a groundbreaking and USSR. He was arrested by the KGB in Press has published John D. Pihach’s innovative study of the literary legacy 1972 and incarcerated in a psychiat- Ukrainian Genealogy: A Beginner’s of the charismatic leader of the Ukrai- ric institution. Pressure from French Guide. Th e book deals primarily with nian cultural renaissance of the 1920s, mathematicians led to his release and tracing Ukrainian ancestry in Eu- Mykola Khvyliovy. expulsion from the USSR in 1976. rope, but consideration is also given A brilliant writer and essayist, Since then, Pliushch has resided in to North American records that are Khvyliovy also played a key role in France. His autobiography U karnavali specifi cally Ukrainian or relate to the the creation and activity of Ukrainian istoriï (History’s Carnival), published immigrant experience. Because the literary and cultural organizations. in 1977, has been translated into overwhelming majority of people of A founder of the Hart literary group English, French, Italian, and Ger- Ukrainian origin in Canada and the in 1923, he soon became dissatisfi ed man. Leonid Pliushch debuted as a United States have roots in western with its toeing of the offi cial line and literary scholar with his Ekzod Tarasa Ukraine or southeastern Poland, the left to establish the Urbino group and, Shevchenka (Taras Shevchenko’s Exo- guide concentrates on the resources later, the elitist Vaplite. Khvyliovy was dus), published by CIUS Press in 1986. of those regions. Although this hand- the primary instigator of the “Literary He is also the author of numerous es- book is intended primarily for those of Discussion” of the 1920s—a pivotal says and articles of literary scholarship Ukrainian ancestry, it also off ers mate- event in Ukrainian intellectual history and criticism. rial that may be very useful to other whose signifi cance went far beyond Ioho taiemnytsia is available in ethnic groups with roots in Ukraine. issues of literary form and style. His hardcover for $59.95 (plus taxes and Th e book consists of twelve chap- suicide in 1933 was interpreted as a shipping; outside Canada, prices are in ters, three appendices, a bibliography, desperate act of protest against Stalin’s U.S. dollars). and an index. It also contains nu- terror in Ukraine and the famine- merous maps, charts, and personal
8 2007 CIUS Newsletter New Publications documents that enhance its usefulness. at Vancouver Community College. He Berezhany region of western Ukraine, Readers will fi nd valuable advice on spent many years travelling across Asia Bychinsky emigrated to the United various practical issues of genealogi- and Europe; in the course of his trips States in 1904 before relocating to cal research, ranging from accessing to Eastern Europe, he conducted ge- Canada three years later with his new archival information to working with nealogical research in several archives. wife, Anna Kurylo, an American-born factual evidence. Currently, he works as a weather daughter of Lemko immigrants. Th e Chapters 1 and 2 discuss general observer and is the library chairperson couple lived in Winnipeg, Edmonton, topics preliminary to research and of the East European Genealogical and the Vegreville area from 1907 to off er an overview of relevant litera- Society in Winnipeg. Mr. Pihach is also 1910 before moving back to Pennsyl- ture and library resources, a closer the author of several articles on Gali- vania for six years. From 1917 to 1919 look at genealogical societies, and cian genealogy. they resided near Canora, Saskatche- a brief survey of Ukrainian history, Ukrainian Genealogy is available in wan. Th ey then returned to Winnipeg, with emphasis on emigration issues. a paperback edition for $34.95 and in where Sigmund edited the newspaper Chapter 3 examines problems as- hardcover for $64.95 (plus taxes and Kanadiis΄kyi ranok (Canadian Dawn) sociated with personal names and shipping; outside Canada, prices are in until 1928. During the next two years, includes a useful chart of fi rst names U.S. dollars). Sigmund and Anna lived and worked and their possible interlingual trans- as Protestant missionaries in western literations and variations. Chapters Ukraine, aft er which they permanently 4 and 5 outline the early religious quit Europe for North America, spend- experience of Ukrainians in North ing the remainder of their lives in the America and explain ways of locating state of Michigan. church records. Th e crucial question In Canada, Sigmund served for a of determining the proper name of time as the editor of Kanadiis΄kyi farm- one’s European ancestral community er (Canadian Farmer), while simulta- is addressed in chapter 6. Chapter neously overseeing the publication of 7 explains the essentials of locating the fi rst collections of original Ukrai- places on a map, describes historical nian-Canadian writing. Among his administrative divisions, and looks at many literary achievements, Sigmund the many types of maps that pinpoint wrote biographies of Martin Luther the location of an ancestral village and and Jan Hus, as well as a book about even an actual home. Resources for Protestantism; translated Lew Wallace’s learning the history of specifi c regions novel Ben Hur into Ukrainian; wrote a are covered in chapter 8, while chap- groundbreaking Ukrainian-language ters 9 and 10 are devoted to metrical history of Canada; and, with his wife, (church-registered) birth, marriage, Anna, played a major role in assist- and death records, which constitute ing Dr. Alexander Jardine Hunter in the principal resources for genealogi- the translation and publication of Th e cal research. Th e last two chapters, 11 First Publication of Major Kobzar of Ukraine (1922), featuring and 12, survey Austrian land records Interwar Immigrant Novel selected poems by Taras Shevchenko. and other specifi c documents. Several CIUS Press, in collaboration with In the realm of prose fi ction, appendices describe Ukrainian trans- Piramida Press of Lviv, has published Bychinsky wrote a handful of short literation schemes and present a guide a major novel dealing with the pio- stories set in the New World, several of to various languages and scripts that neer Ukrainian experience in West- which appeared in the Lviv journal Lit- were used in record-keeping. Th ey ern Canada. Titled Kliuch zhuravliv: eraturno-naukovyi visnyk (Literary and also provide instructions for genea- Povist’ z zhyttia ukraïns΄kykh emi- Scientifi c Herald). He began work on logical research for members of other grantiv v Kanadi (A Flight of Cranes: his novel, A Flight of Cranes, during the ethnic groups with roots in Ukraine A Tale from the Life of Ukrainian early 1930s and completed it in 1945. and list useful Web sites. Emigrants in Canada), it was written Despite Bychinsky’s eff orts to publish Th e author of Ukrainian Genealogy, by the prominent community activ- his manuscript in Winnipeg, the epic John D. Pihach, received his B.Sc. de- ist, editor, translator and Protestant tale never made it into print. Th e novel gree in physics from the University of minister Sigmund (Zenon) Bychinsky tells the story of Oleksander (Sandyk) British Columbia and studied fi ne arts (1880–1947). A native of Urman in the Fedak and his wife, Anna, who emi-
CIUS Newsletter 2007 9 New Publications grate with several of their neighbours in 1997, Wozzeck is one of the most from a village in the Carpathian foot- hotly discussed literary works in today’s hills to rural Saskatchewan. Describ- Ukraine. It functions as a key repre- ing their decision to leave, the trip sentative of contemporary Ukrainian overseas, and the diffi cult fi rst years culture outside the country’s borders. on a homestead, the novel documents Wozzeck off ers a postmodern exer- the gradual adaptation of the Fedaks cise in the construction and deconstruc- and their fellow emigrants to their new tion of a text in which the author traces the boundaries of a self through an on- lives on the Canadian prairies. Assimi- slaught of references and word games. lation, discrimination, participation Th e novel itself represents an innovative in electoral politics and the Great War, search for a new form of literature with and bitter religious rivalries among which to express the existential con- Ukrainians are among the many issues cerns of contemporary man. Question- dealt with in the novel, which includes ing and challenging many established loosely autobiographical episodes, as truths governing society, Izdryk upends well as historical events. Th e book con- the world, sends it crashing down and cludes with the aged Sandyk and his then attempts to assemble its pieces into wife making a return visit to Ukraine, a form with which he can fi nd peace where they poignantly realize how Ca- and understanding. nadianized they have become, having Wozzeck and His Author Yuri Izdryk, born in the western lived abroad for so many years. With the recent publication of Yuri Ukrainian industrial city of Kalush Sigmund Bychinsky’s Kliuch Izdryk’s novel Wozzeck, the Canadian in 1962, is a key fi gure in post-Soviet zhuravliv, published in hard cover only, Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press Ukrainian culture. As a writer, visual can be purchased from CIUS Press for off ers its latest installment in a series of artist and musician, Izdryk, both alone $49.95. Outside Canada, prices are in English translations of major achieve- and in collaboration with other intel- U.S. dollars. ments in post-Soviet Ukrainian litera- lectuals, has been responsible for many ture. Like Yuri Andrukhovych’s Rec- of the lasting artistic achievements of reations, which CIUS Press published this period. He is the author of four Journal of Ukrainian Studies Two issues of the Journal of immigration to and community life in of fi ve recent books on Ukrainian Ukrainian Studies appeared in the Belgium from 1920 to 1950 is provided economic migration to European course of 2007: volume 31, nos. 1–2 by the Belgian researchers Machteld countries and new immigrants to (Summer–Winter 2006), and volume Venken and Idesbald Goddeeris. In his Ukraine, Valerii Polkovsky’s evalua- 32, no. 1 (Summer 2007). contribution, the Ukrainian historian tion of a new dictionary of contem- Volume 31 consists of six ar- Yuri Shapoval argues that half a cen- porary Ukrainian, and Th omas Pry- ticles, four review articles, and seven tury aft er Stalin’s death his regime still mak’s account of the achievements of regular book reviews. Th ree of the awaits a proper assessment. Svitlana the Ukrainian Historical Association articles deal with Ukrainian immi- Maksymenko, a theatre historian from and its journal, Ukraïns’kyi istoryk, gration. Professors Wsevolod Isajiw, Lviv, describes Iosyp Stadnyk’s work as on the fortieth anniversary of their Vic Satzewich, and Eugene Duvalko director and actor of the Lviv Ukrainian founding. show how ethnic social networks Th eatre under the German occupation Th e fi rst issue of theJournal of help recent immigrants fi nd jobs and in 1941–42. Finally, the philosopher Ukrainian Studies for 2007 deals with establish themselves economically in Larysa Dovha analyzes Inokentii Gizel’s Ukrainian literature (three articles) Toronto. Oleh Wolowyna gives a sta- views on conscience in his treatise of and political developments in Ukraine tistical analysis of the ethnic, gender, 1669, Peace with God for Man. (two articles). Th e second issue, which age, and occupational characteris- Th e review articles consist of George will come out at the end of the year, tics of the latest wave of Ukrainian Liber’s assessment of the late Roman is devoted to the eminent literary immigration to the United States. Korohodsky’s biography of Oleksander scholar Dmytro Chyzhevsky on the A detailed history of Ukrainian Dovzhenko, Serge Cipko’s examination thirtieth anniversary of his death.
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Ordering CIUS Press Publications Th e most authoritative CIUS publications can be ordered online (www.utoronto.ca/cius); by e- history of Ukraine mail ([email protected]); by phone (780-492-2973); by fax (780-492- 4967); or by writing to: CIUS Press 430 Pembina Hall University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2H8 volumes of prose: Wozzeck (1997), the 1830s. Th irdly,Wozzeck , an opera, Ostriv Krk ta inshi istoriï (Th e Island of was written by Alban Berg and staged in Krk and Other Stories, 1998), Podviinyi Berlin in the 1920s. Leon (Double Leon, 2000), and AMTM Izdryk’s Wozzeck is divided into (2005). Since 1990 he has been the edi- two major sections, “Night” and “Day,” tor of the literary and visual-arts journal which are almost equal in length. Mir- Chetver (Th ursday), having, in the late roring reality, the “Day” section features 1990s, recast it from being a voice for more physical action than “Night,” but his own generation of writers to acting both parts consist mostly of contempla- as a much-needed forum for Ukraine’s tion and dreams. Full of word games youngest literary talents. and intertextuality, the novel undoubt- Izdryk’s novel Wozzeck was origi- edly presented a challenge to its trans- History of nally published in its entirety in 1997 lator. Fortunately for the English-lan- Ukraine-Rus΄ by Lileia-NV, a relatively small but guage reader, Marko Pavlyshyn is very prestigious publisher of contemporary well acquainted with Izdryk’s creative VOLUME NINE, BOOK ONE Ukrainian belles lettres that focuses on, output and has a produced an excellent Th e Cossack Age, 1650–1653 but is not restricted to, the writers of translation. Th e novel’s various allusions the so-called Stanislav Phenomenon. have been well researched and clearly by Mykhailo Hrushevsky Including, among others, Yuri Andruk- annotated by Pavlyshyn; for the sake No period in Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s hovych, Taras Prokhasko, and Yaroslav of further illumination, the translator rule was as rich in international and Dovhan, the Stanislav Phenomenon is a occasionally refers to previous publica- dynastic intrigue as the years 1650 to loose grouping of creative individuals in tions that have supplied commentary 1653. In an eff ort to break with the the city of Ivano-Frankivsk (known as on the novel. Izdryk’s particularly sharp Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanislav from 1939 to 1962) who were use of irony, also a potential source of the hetman spun his diplomatic plans among the most active promulgators of diffi culty for a translator, is well ren- from Venice to Moscow, while Cos- new Ukrainian culture in the 1990s. dered into English. Th e publication sack military victories and defeats Wozzeck was translated into English also includes an introductory essay by shaped the fate of Ukraine. Th e by Professor Marko Pavlyshyn, director Pavlyshyn that introduces the reader to volume off ers a penetrating analysis of this dramatic era. of the Mykola Zerov Centre for Ukrai- Wozzeck’s author and off ers a brief but Volume 9, book 1 of the History can nian Studies and head of the School of comprehensive survey of the cultural be purchased for $119.95 (plus $21.24 Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at milieu in post-Soviet Ukraine, as well taxes and shipping). Outside Canada, Monash University in Melbourne, Aus- as a bibliography of other English-lan- prices are in US dollars. tralia. As Dr. Pavlyshyn points out in guage analyses of this scene. Orders can be placed online by credit his introductory essay, there were three Th e book is available in a paperback card via a secure Internet connec- Wozzecks who preceded Izdryk’s liter- edition for $24.95 and in hardcover for tion (at
CIUS Newsletter 2007 11 CIUS News CIUS News Historical Memory and Controversial Issues of World War II in Ukraine More than 60 years aft er the end of World War II, diff erent historical memories of that war and disagree- ments over its nature and the roles of its combatants oft en elicit emotional and highly politicized disputes. In order to address some of these controversies, CIUS sponsored and organized two major events on Ukraine in World War II in the 2006-7 academic year. A workshop on “World War II in Ukraine: Collective Memory in the Light of History” was held on 29 No- vember 2006. Th e idea of organizing such an event arose when CIUS invited Vladyslav Hrynevych, a senior research associate at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, to Edmonton. In some of his publications on World Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) company photographed in 1947 in the American zone of oc- War II, Dr. Hrynevych has outlined the cupation, Germany. construction of the Soviet myth of the tion of contending views of World War Dr. Bohdan Klid (CIUS) analyzed the war and, following Ukraine’s indepen- II by political forces in the Ukrainian texts of songs about World War II in dence, its partial deconstruction and the electoral campaigns of 2002-6. Vlady- Ukrainian rock music. At the fi nal ses- creation of a competing national myth. slav Hrynevych considered the histo- sion, Vladyslav Hrynevych spoke about Ukraine remains deeply divided with riography of World War II as a factor recent historical writings on World War regard to collective memory of the war. in contemporary Ukrainian politics. II in Ukraine, with particular attention Co-sponsored by CIUS and the Per Anders Rudling (Department of to problems still requiring research. Department of History and Classics at History and Classics) presented a paper Th e second event, the annual the University of Alberta, the workshop on “Th e Great Patriotic War” and the Shevchenko Lecture, co-sponsored by consisted of four panels and a fi nal making of modern Belarus. Th e third CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional round-table session. Th e fi rst panel panel featured Dr. David Marples (De- and Business Club of Edmonton, was featured papers by Dr. Serhii Plokhii partment of History and Classics and delivered on 30 March 2007 by Dr. (CIUS and the Department of History CIUS), who reviewed recent literature Peter J. Potichnyj, a leading authority and Classics) and Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk on the Waff en-SS Division Galizien. Dr. on Ukrainian wartime insurgency, who (Departments of History and Germanic Peter Potichnyj (Professor Emeritus of spoke on “Th e Ukrainian Insurgent and Russian, University of Victoria). Political Science, McMaster University), Army (UPA): What Have We Learned Dr. Plokhii spoke on recent attempts to spoke on the Litopys UPA as a source 65 Years aft er Its Founding?” commemorate the 1945 Yalta Confer- for the study of the national-libera- In his lecture Dr. Potichnyj ad- ence, while Dr.Yekelchyk discussed the tion struggle in Ukraine. At the fourth dressed some of the key controversies initiation of Soviet mass political rituals panel, Jars Balan (CIUS) discussed his surrounding the UPA. Th e fi rst con- in Kyiv in 1943-45. At the second panel, father’s memoirs of World War II. Dr. cerns the common practice of confl ating Dr. Bohdan Harasymiw (Professor John-Paul Himka (Department of His- the Organization of Ukrainian Nation- Emeritus of Political Science, University tory and Classics) shared his thoughts alists (OUN), especially the faction led of Calgary) spoke about the exploita- on Daniel Mendelsohn’s book Lost, and by Stepan Bandera (OUN-B), with the
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UPA, giving rise to the joint acronym (Fedun), and others, not on the integral- tion period, the guest speaker drew OUN-UPA. Professor Potichnyj pointed nationalist ideas of Dmytro Dontsov, on his own wartime experiences. Dr. out that this hyphenated designation who came to prominence between the Potichnyj, who comes from the vil- was fi rst used by Soviet security organs wars. Professor Potichnyj also discussed lage of Pawłokoma (Pavlokoma) near to discredit the UPA by linking it with the Polish-Ukrainian confl ict, stress- Przemyśl (Peremyshl), now in Poland, the OUN’s integral-nationalist ideology ing its long history and suggesting became a guerrilla soldier at the age of of the 1930s. While acknowledging the that land hunger was partly to blame fourteen aft er the mass killing of his important role played by OUN mem- for the ferocity of the struggle and the fellow villagers by Polish Home Army bers in the UPA, Dr. Potichnyj stressed involvement of peasants in the Volhyn- (Armia Krajowa) soldiers in March that the latter was subordinate to the ian tragedy of 1943, when many Polish 1945. Dr. Potichnyj served in the UPA Supreme Ukrainian Liberation Council civilians were slaughtered. Other factors until 10 September 1947, when the (Ukraïns΄ka Holovna Vyzvol΄na Rada), included plans to incorporate Vol- remnant of his company (36 soldiers), an underground governing body more hynia into Poland, German and Soviet led by Mykhailo Duda (Hromenko), broadly based than the OUN-B. Th e meddling, and the inability of Polish crossed from Soviet-occupied Austria second controversy concerns estimates and Ukrainian underground leaders to to the US-controlled zone of Germany. of the number of people involved in the reach an understanding. With regard He earned his Ph.D. in political science UPA and underground activities gener- to the Holocaust, Dr. Potichnyj noted from Columbia University in 1966 and ally. Th e Soviet-sponsored image of the that although the Ukrainian populace began his academic career that year as UPA as a collection of undisciplined was aware of the mass murder of Jews professor of political science at McMas- bands of gangsters has fuelled the third in Ukraine, there is no documentary ter University in Hamilton, Ontario. He controversy. Here, Professor Potichnyj evidence to support the assumption that retired in 1995. stressed the UPA’s resemblance to a the UPA welcomed or supported it. Th e Th roughout his career, Dr. Potichnyj regular army, noting Soviet eff orts to greatest failure of the Ukrainian under- has had a particular interest in relations create armed groups that looked like ground leadership, however, was that it between Ukrainians and their neigh- UPA units and imitated them. Professor did not issue condemnations or procla- bours. He organized scholarly confer- Potichnyj also discussed controversies mations of concern. Dr. Potichnyj also ences on this subject that resulted in the related to ideology, concluding that the pointed out that he knew of no instance publication of the following books by ideology of the UPA was based largely of Jewish leaders attempting to contact CIUS Press, which he edited or co-ed- on the democratic wartime writings the Ukrainian underground leadership. ited: Poland and Ukraine: Past and Pres- of Osyp Diakiv (Hornovy), P. Poltava During the lecture and in the ques- ent (1980); Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Historical Perspective (1988); and Ukraine and Russia in Th eir Historical Encounter (1992). Since 1975 Dr. Potichnyj has served as editor-in-chief of the documentary series Litopys UPA, of which 61 vol- umes have been published to date. He is co-editor of Political Th ought of the Ukrainian Underground: 1943-1951 (Edmonton, 1986), published by CIUS Press. He is also the author of a docu- mentary history of his native village, Pavlokoma, 1441-1945: istoriia sela (Lviv and Toronto, 2001). Th e events sponsored by CIUS showed that much remains to be done in examining controversies related to World War II. Th e two events also demonstrated considerable scholarly and public interest in the remembrance and analysis of the course of World War Peter Potichnyj spoke on the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) during a workshop on WW II in Ukraine II in Ukraine.
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11 October. Olena Prystayko (Centre for Peace, Conversion 1 March. Lubow Wolynetz (Curator of Folk Art Collec- and Foreign Policy of Ukraine, Kyiv), “Ukraine’s Pros- tions, Ukrainian Museum, New York City), “Ukrainian pects for European Integra- Folk Culture: Its Role and tion” Importance in Ethnic Identity 23 November. Iryna Matiash Formation.” Sponsored by the (Ukrainian Archives and Peter and Doris Kule Centre Documentation Research for Ukrainian and Canadian Institute, Kyiv), “Ukrai- Folklore nian Archival Studies since 16 March. His Excellency Independence: Gains and Ihor Ostash (Ambassador of Losses” Ukraine to Canada). Ambassa- 24 November. Showing of dor Ostash spoke on Canada- “Zvorotnii bik viiny” (Th e Ukraine relations and develop- Other Side of the War), a ing co-operation in education three-part series on World and scholarship. War II that appeared on Олена Пристайко Ігор Жук 19 March. Ihor Pasichnyk Ukrainian TV. Introduction (Rector, Ostroh Academy by Vladyslav Hrynevych, historical consultant for the National University). Following a short documentary fi lm series (Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National on the rebirth of the Ostroh Academy, Professor Pasich- Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv) nyk spoke on “Th e Ostroh Academy as a Factor in the 29 November. “World War II in Ukraine: Collective Memo- Education of Ukraine’s Elites Today.” ry in the Light of History” (A workshop on the collective 30 March. Peter J. Potichnyj (Professor Emeritus of Political memory of World War II in Science, McMaster Univer- Ukraine) sity), “Th e Ukrainian Insur- 7 December. Danuta Ma- gent Army (UPA): What Have zuryk (Preparatory School We Learned 65 Years aft er for Foreign Students, Ivan Its Founding?” (Forty-First Franko National University, Annual Shevchenko Lecture.) Lviv), “Teaching Ukrainian Co-sponsored by the Ukrai- to Foreign Students: Issues nian Professional and Business and Approaches” Club of Edmonton 16 January. Rev. Dr. Paul Babie 17 April. Ihor Zhuk (Ukrai- (School of Law, University nian Catholic University, of Adelaide, Australia), Lviv, Ukraine), “Th e Leopolis “Christianity, Metropolitan Project: An Electronic Archive Andrei Sheptytsky, and Pri- о. Павло Бабій Тетяна Таїрова-Яковлева of the Art of Ukraine” vate Property in Ukraine.” 11 May. Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva (Department of History (Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture) and Ukrainian Studies Centre, St. Petersburg Univer- 23 January. Dominique Arel, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, sity, Russian Federation), “Ukrainian Sources in Russian University of Ottawa, “Th e Issue Th at Keeps Coming Archives on Ivan Mazepa.” Dr. Tairova-Yakovleva also Back: Language Politics in Post-Orange Ukraine” discussed her recent publications, Getman Ivan Mazepa: 15 February. Mykola Chaban (author and journalist, Dni- Dokumenty iz arkhivnykh sobranii Sankt-Peterburga, propetrovsk, Ukraine; John Kolasky Memorial Fellow), vyp.1 (St. Petersburg, 2007), and Mazepa (Moscow, 2007). “Cultural Wars in Eastern Ukraine: Th e Russian Factor”
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recent public debates in Russia, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Cambridge Annual and the United States on the legacy of the Yalta Conference of February 1945. He discussed the impact of the chang- Lecture ing international situation on In February 2007, the Stasiuk Program held its fi ft h the ways the above countries’ annual lecture on contemporary Ukrainian studies in co- governments and political operation with the Centre for Russian and East European leaders, journalists, mass me- Studies (CamCREES) and the dia, and parliaments interpret Ukrainian Students’ Society the importance of the Yalta at Cambridge University. Dr. agreements, and he described Andrew Wilson, senior lec- the narrative strategies used turer in Ukrainian studies at by the agreements’ “winners” the School of Slavonic Studies, and “losers” to represent their University of London, spoke vision of the past. Professor on “Aft er the Orange Revolu- Plokhii showed how the Yalta tion: Th e Nature of Post-Soviet debates refl ected the above Serhii Plokhii with Myron Dylynsky Democracy in Ukraine and nations’ political agendas and Russia” to an enthusiastic foreign-policy goals, as well as national traditions, fears, audience of about 120 people. prejudices, myths, and internal confl icts, and how the Rus- Th e lecture was preceded by Andrew Wilson sian “imperial” historical narrative and pan-Slavic ideal a new venture, the Stasiuk have lost their universal appeal since the collapse of the Ukrainian Workshop for graduate students and research- USSR. ers, led by Dr. Wilson and Dr. David Marples, the director of the Stasiuk Program. About 16 students took part in a lengthy seminar that continued for almost four hours and The 2007 Danylo Husar focused on the nature of democracy in post-Soviet Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Th e lecture series has reached the end Struk Memorial Lecture of its initial exploratory fi ve-year term. It has clearly been Since 2000, Professor Maxim Tarnawsky has organized very successful, and aft er a meeting between Dr. Marples, the annual Danylo Husar Struk memorial lectures as part of CamCREES staff (Dr. Simon Franklin, Dr. David Lane, Dr. the Danylo Husar Struk Program in Ukrainian Literature at Hubertus Jahn, and Dr. Ray Scrivens), and representatives the Toronto Offi ce of CIUS. Th is year’s lecture was deliv- of the Ukrainian Students’ Society, Oksana Trushkevych and ered on 18 May in University Dr. Alex Orlov, it was agreed that the series would enter a College at the University of second fi ve-year phase. Th e scheduled speaker for the sixth Toronto by Professor Myroslav annual lecture in February 2008 is Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk, as- Shkandrij of the University of sociate professor of history at the University of Victoria. Manitoba, a prominent Cana- dian specialist in Ukrainian literature and art. He is the The 2007 Wolodymyr author of Modernists, Marxists, and the Nation: Th e Ukrainian Dylynsky Memorial Literary Discussion of the 1920s (CIUS Press, 1992), Russia and Lecture Ukraine: Literature and the On Friday, 23 March 2007, at the Munk Centre for Discourse of Empire from Na- International Studies at the University of Toronto, Professor poleonic to Postcolonial Times Serhii Plokhii, acting director (January- June 2007) of CIUS, Myroslav Shkandrij (2001), and Jews in Ukrai- associate director of the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian nian Culture (forthcoming, Yale University Press), and the Historical Research, and, from July 2007, Mykhailo Hru- translator of Th e Cultural Renaissance in Ukraine: Polemical shevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard Uni- Pamphlets, 1925–1926 by Mykola Khvyliovy (CIUS Press, versity, delivered the second annual Wolodymyr Dylynsky 1986). Memorial lecture, titled “Remembering Yalta: Th e Politics Professor Shkandrij’s lecture was titled “Kyiv under the of International History.” Professor Plokhii analyzed the German Occupation, 1941–43: Dokiia Humenna’s Mem-
CIUS Newsletter 2007 15 CIUS News oirs.” Dokiia Humenna (1904–96) wrote and published many novels, 1948–51). Professor Shkandrij exam- debuted as writer in 1924 in So- stories, and essays, the best-known ined Humenna’s novel Khreshchatyi viet Ukraine. As a postwar politi- of which is the sweeping chronicle iar (1956) and her unpublished war- cal refugee in the United States, she Dity chumatskoho shliakhu (4 vols., time diary (preserved at the Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg), discussing their The following seminars and lectures portrayal of life in Kyiv during the years 1941–43, a controversial time were sponsored or co-sponsored by that is little documented in Ukrainian literature. Humenna’s two accounts the CIUS Toronto Offi ce are all the more interesting because 2 October. Iryna Matiash (Ukrai- rial Lecture.) Co-sponsored by they pay attention to the tragic fate of nian Archives and Documenta- the Shevchenko Scientifi c Society Kyiv’s Jewish population under Nazi tion Research Institute, Kyiv), of Canada rule. Professor Shkandrij compared the “Ukrainian Archival Work in the 23 March. Serhii Plokhii (Depart- account in Humenna’s diary with the Fift een Years since Independence: ment of History and Classics later novel and suggested reasons for Gains and Losses.” Co-sponsored and Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian their discrepancies. He characterized by the Petro Jacyk Program for Historical Research, CIUS, Uni- Humenna’s achievements as a writer the Study of Ukraine versity of Alberta). “Remember- and assessed her importance for con- 6 November. Roman Serbyn (Pro- ing Yalta: Th e Politics of Interna- temporary readers, particularly in light fessor Emeritus, Université du tional History.” (Second Annual of discussions about the Holocaust and Québec à Montréal), “Th e Ukrai- Wolodymyr Dylynsky Memorial Jewish-Ukrainian relations. nian Famine of 1933 in Light of Lecture.) Co-sponsored by the Sound recordings of Professor the UN Convention on Geno- Petro Jacyk Program for the Shkandrij’s lecture and all seven previ- cide.” (Annual Ukrainian Famine Study of Ukraine ous Struk memorial lectures can be heard at
16 2007 CIUS Newsletter Focus on Donors Focus on CIUS Donors The Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies Th e Canadian Foundation for Robert F. Clark supports the Ukrai- ta. Since 1999 the Stephania Bubniuk Ukrainian Studies (CFUS) was found- nian Canadian Program at CIUS and Award in Journalism Studies has been ed in 1975 by the Ukrainian Canadian was used to fund the Robert Franklin given annually to a student in the fi nal Professional and Business Federation Clark Graduate Fellowship in Ukrai- year of journalism studies for work of (UCPBF), and until 1979 it was called nian Language and Literature at the specifi c interest to Canada’s Ukrainian the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian University of Toronto. Income from community. Since 1997 the CFUS Studies Foundation. Since its estab- the Robert F. Clark Book Fund enables Presidents’ Memorial Scholarship has lishment in 1976, CIUS has benefi ted CFUS to purchase and place books in been awarded to encourage deserv- greatly from the generous fi nancial Ukrainian studies in Canadian univer- ing undergraduate students to pursue support of CFUS. A large part of the sity libraries. Th e John Stashuk Fund, Ukrainian studies for up to three years. more than $3 million that CFUS raised endowed in memory of former CFUS Income from the Yaroslav P. Holowacz in the community (and, in the case of Fund provides ongoing support for the the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, from the upkeep, cataloguing, and extension of governments of Canada, Manitoba, the scholarly book collection of the late Saskatchewan, and British Columbia) Dr. Holowacz of Toronto at the library has been awarded to the Encyclope- of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy National dia of Ukraine project, the Ukrainian University. In 1999, with the support of Language Education Centre (ULEC), Professor Struk’s wife, family, friends, the Hrushevsky Translation Project, and colleagues, CFUS created the and various publications of CIUS Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Endow- Press. CFUS paid for the printing of ment Fund to support the publication all fi ve volumes of the Encyclopedia of of Ukrainian literary studies. Since Ukraine (1984–93), for the prepara- 2002, income from the Michael and tion and printing of the encyclopedia’s Daria Mucak Kowalsky Endowment Index and Errata volume (2001), and Fund has been used to help fund schol- for honoraria to the encyclopedia’s arships for needy students at the Kyiv editors and authors. Since 2004, CFUS Mohyla Academy National University has donated $96,000 in support of the and scholarships for students from EncyclopediaofUkraine.com project, president John Stashuk, is used to sup- southern and eastern Ukraine study- the Ukrainian Canadian Program, and port Ukrainian studies in British Co- ing at the Taras Shevchenko National the publication of Manoly R. Lupul’s lumbia. In 1999 the fi rst CFUS Award University of Kyiv. Politics of Multiculturalism: A Ukrai- for Contribution to Ukrainian Studies CFUS has undertaken projects to nian-Canadian Memoir (2005),Yuri was given to the late CIUS associate ensure the widest possible placement Izdryk’s Wozzeck (2006), and John D. director, scholar, and translator Profes- of Encyclopedia of Ukraine sets in li- Pihach’s Ukrainian Genealogy (2007) sor George S. N. Luckyj, who, in turn, braries in Ukraine and North America. by CIUS Press. used the capital to establish the George A tax-deductible gift of $250 to CFUS CFUS has established several funds S. N. Luckyj Fund, from which future makes it possible to place one set in a and award programs in Ukrainian grants for the publication of Ukrainian library designated by the donor. studies. Since 1982, on the basis of an literary studies and translations will be CFUS has been headed by promi- endowment established in 1976 by the awarded. In 1997 the fi rst CFUS Award nent members of the Ukrainian-Cana- late Osyp and Josaphat Neporany of for Contribution to the Development dian community: Stanley Frolick, Q.C. Toronto, CFUS has funded the annual of Ukrainian Studies was given to for- (1975–76), the Hon. Justice Walter Sur- Neporany Fellowship in Ukrainian mer CFUS president and former chan- ma Tarnopolsky (1976–77), Dr. Orest studies, which is awarded to a doctoral cellor of the University of Alberta Dr. Rudzik (1977–79), Dr. Peter Savaryn, student or postdoctoral fellow cho- Peter Savaryn, who, in turn, created the Q.C. (1979–83), John Stashuk (1983– sen by CIUS. Income from a bequest Petro and Olya Savaryn Fund for the 87), Dr. Louis Melosky (1987–91), My- made by the late CFUS board member support of Ukrainian studies in Alber- roslav Diakowsky (1991–97), Chrys-
CIUS Newsletter 2007 17 Focus on Donors A Lasting Tribute
As a lasting tribute to the memory of his wife and sons, Jaroslaw Hal- chuk has established the Mykhailo, Volodymyr and Olia Halchuk Memo- rial Endowment Fund at the Cana- dian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Mr. Halchuk has been obliged to bid the fi nal farewell to his wife, Olia, 26 Olga Kuplowska, current president of CFUS years ago and to both his sons in the short span of three years. tine Stodilka-Curkowskyj (1997–2000), Olia was born on 2 March 1927 and, since 2000, Olga Kuplowska. in Kyiv, where she completed her Many other community members from secondary education. During the various parts of Canada have served war she was transported for forced on the CFUS Board of Directors. Th e labour to Germany, where she met CIUS director is an ex offi cio member and married Jaroslaw Halchuk in of the executive. 1946. A year later they emigrated to Th e Halchuk family Since early 2007, the CFUS offi ce Belgium, and in 1951 they settled in operation of the Canadian Broadcast- has been located at the St. Vladimir In- Sudbury, Ontario. Here Olia joined ing Corporation. Volodymyr Halchuk stitute in Toronto. For further informa- the Ukrainian Women’s Organiza- passed away in Sudbury at the age of tion or to make a donation to CFUS, tion of Canada [OUK — Orhaniza- 57 on 27 August 2004. please contact tsiia ukraïnok Kanady] and became Mykhailo Halchuk was born secre tary and later president of the in Belgium in 1948. He completed Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Sudbury chapter. In 1972, Olia and high school and Ukrainian school in Studies Jaroslaw relocated to St. Catharines, Sudbury and then studied theology 620 Spadina Avenue where she worked for the Ukrainian at Trinity College at the University Toronto, ON Credit Union until her death on 10 of Toronto. Ordained as an Angli- Canada M5S 2H4 October 1981. can minister, the Reverend Halchuk tel.: (416) 766-9630 Th e elder of their two sons, worked at an orphanage for the fax: (416) 766-0599 Volodymyr, was born in Karlsruhe, children of Chernobyl in Ukraine and e-mail: [email protected] Germany, and became a respected served as curator of St. Luke’s Angli- Web site: www.cfus.ca community leader in Canada. He can Church in Burlington and pastor attended the Royal Military Col- of St. Brendan the Navigator Anglican lege, attaining the rank of lieuten- Church in Port Colborne, Ontario. ant, and graduated from Laurentian Th rough the Church of England, he University. Volodymyr was active continued his ministry in Zagreb, in community and political aff airs. Croatia, for two years, returning to He chaired the Sudbury Council of Canada in 2006. Mykhailo Halchuk the Ukrainian Canadian Congress died suddenly in St. Catharines on 31 (UCC), served as president of the May of this year. Ukrainian National Federation and Jaroslaw Halchuk has established the UCC Ontario Provincial Council, the Mykhailo, Volodymyr and Olia and belonged to the Canadian Civil Halchuk Memorial Endowment Liberties Association. In 1999 he Fund with a donation of $50,000. Th e made a presentation on behalf of the proceeds of the fund will support UCC to the Canadian Radio-Televi- the scholarly, research, and student- sion and Telecommunications Com- oriented activities of the Canadian mission on the programming and Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
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July 1921. Upon graduating from the village school, Mr. Boyko was admit- ted to the only secondary school in Ternopil but never attended, as it was closed by the Polish authorities before his courses began. He then enrolled in an agricultural program at a school founded by Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky in Mylovannia (Stanyslaviv [Ivano-Frankivsk] region), from which he graduated in 1936. Mrs. Boyko enrolled in the pedagogical institute in Ternopil. Upon completion of their studies, both returned to Denysiv, where Mr. Boyko began work at a dairy cooperative. He was later arrested on a charge of underground nationalist ac- tivity but released for lack of evidence. The Ivan and Zenovia Boyko Endowment Fund Ivan and Zenovia Boyko married in 1939, left Ukraine in 1944, and made Th e fi rst endowment fund of 2007 at in particular, Mr. Boyko replied their way to Canada in October 1948 the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian that the Institute plays a highly with their daughters, Halia (now living Studies was established by Ivan and important role in collecting and in Edmonton), who was born in Deny- Zenovia Boyko of Edmonton. Together disseminating information about siv, and Vera (Saskatoon), who was born with their daughter, Lydia, and their Ukraine and Ukrainians, for which in Germany. Th ey settled in Edmonton, grandchildren, Chrystyna and Denis, the Internet off ers an excellent fo- where the family grew to include Ok- they visited the Athabasca Hall offi ces rum. On a more personal level, Mr. sana (Australia), Lydia (St. Albert), and of CIUS in early January and met with Boyko said that he wanted to pay the youngest, Natalka (Campbell River, Dr. Zenon Kohut to decide where best a lasting tribute to his late mother, BC). Mr. and Mrs. Boyko have been to invest in the work of the Institute. A Kateryna Shchybylok, who narrowly staunch supporters of the Ukrainian number of options had been presented escaped exile to Siberia and was Catholic Church and other Ukrainian to them during earlier meetings. persecuted by the Soviet authorities organizations in Canada. Th eir fi nal decision was to support because of her son’s political activi- When complete, the
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Ukrainian ethnography and Catholic In a League of their Own religious education, the University of Alberta also now boasts a Kule Folklore Donors Peter and Doris Kule Centre in Ukrainian and Canadian When it comes to supporting Ukrai- in Alberta’s booming economy. Now Ethnology (formerly known as the Peter retired, the couple have been long-time nian studies, Peter and Doris Kule have and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian members of St. Josaphat Ukrainian virtually no peers. Th ey were among the and Canadian Folklore), as well as the Catholic Church and have served on the earliest major donors to the Canadian Diaspora Studies Endowment and the boards of several organizations associ- Foundation for Ukrainian Studies dur- Kule Ukrainian Canadian Studies Cen- ated with the cathedral parish and the ing its fund-raising drive on behalf of tre at CIUS. Peter and Doris Kule have Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmon- CIUS at its founding more than thirty made still other substantial donations ton. A trusted fi nancial advisor to the years ago. Th eir latest gift to the Insti- to the Business and Arts faculties at the tute, resulting in the establishment of the Edmonton Eparchy under four diff er- University of Alberta and the Menno- Kule Ukrainian Canadian Studies Centre ent bishops, Peter Kule has also been nite Centre for Newcomers. at CIUS, is but another milestone in an active over the years with the Ukrainian In recognition of these unprece- impressive and growing list of achieve- credit union movement in Alberta and dented contributions to scholarship and ments marking a lifetime of public and education, Peter and Doris Kule have Ukrainian community service. received numerous awards. In 1998 they Born in Stratyn in western Ukraine were presented with honorary doctoral (now in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast), Peter Kule immigrated to Canada at the age of degrees from St. Paul University in Ot- seventeen with his mother and brothers. tawa, a rare distinction for laypeople, Aft er landing in Halifax on 28 Decem- much less for a married couple. In 2004 ber 1938, the family reunited with Peter’s Peter Kule received a lifetime achieve- father (who had preceded them) in Two ment award from the Mennonite Centre Hills, Alberta, northeast of Edmonton. for Newcomers in Edmonton for help- Quickly picking up English and then ap- ing fund its “Stay in School” program at prenticing as an accountant, by 1945 Pe- Queen Elizabeth High School. Honor- ter had launched a successful practice as ary doctorates of law were conferred on a public accountant. In 1944 he married Peter and Doris Kule at the University Doris Radesh, a native of Boian, Alberta, of Alberta’s convocation ceremony on 8 and the daughter of Bukovynian immi- June 2005. A year later, Peter Kule was grants. Doris had already embarked on awarded the prestigious Fellow of the an equally rewarding career as a school- Peter and Doris Kule on their wedding day Chartered Accountants designation, the teacher, which she continued in Edmon- the provincial council of the Ukrainian profession’s highest recognition. And ton following their marriage. Canadian Congress. He continues to sit in October 2007 both Peter and Doris In 1945 Mr. Kule opened a public ac- on the board of directors of St. Michael’s Kule received the Shevchenko Medal in counting offi ce in downtown Edmonton Extended Care Society in Edmonton Education from the Ukrainian Cana- that was subsequently joined by John despite serious challenges to his health dian Congress. Peach to form Kule, Peach and Com- in recent years. Peter and Doris Kule have led rich pany. In 1977, with the retirement of Since the late 1980s, Peter and Doris and rewarding lives characterized by Mr. Peach, young partners were added Kule have contributed more than $11 hard work, perseverance, and humility. to create Kule, Pasnak and Company. million to academic and educational Th ey appreciate the many blessings that Th e business then expanded to become programs across Canada. Th eir gen- they have enjoyed during more than six Kule Pasnak Anderson. On 1 January erosity has established two endowed decades of married life. Th e Canadian 1990 a merger took place with Kingston chairs at St. Paul University in Ottawa, Institute of Ukrainian Studies is most Ross. Th e company then became known one in liturgy and the other in Eastern grateful for their far-sighted decision as Kingston Ross Pasnak and developed Christian theology and spirituality, to create the Kule Ukrainian Canadian into the largest independent accounting and a chair in Ukrainian commu- Studies Centre—a legacy that will ben- fi rm in Canada. Meanwhile, Peter Kule nity and international development efi t scholars, students, and the Ukrai- made numerous investments, chiefl y at Edmonton’s Grant MacEwan Col- nian Canadian community for many in the hotel industry, which fl ourished lege. Besides similarly named chairs of generations to come.
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UCP Endowment old newspapers, books, and archival settlement. Furthermore, the Program Continued from page 1 collections (many of them in languages is now beginning to focus attention on other than English), as well as sponsor- the postwar immigration of Displaced advice and assistance to a wide vari- ing academic conferences and publi- Persons in anticipation of the writing ety of individuals working on issues cations, Ukrainian Canadian Studies of the third installment of the Insti- related to the Ukrainian experience in at CIUS has been endeavouring to tute’s multivolume history of Ukrai- Canada. For instance, in the last year provide Canadianists and the general nians in Canada. Finally, the UCP is the UCP has helped not only students public with the most up-to-date fi nd- about to launch a new publishing ven- and scholars but also novelists, in- ings in the fi eld. It is a slow and oft en ture, CANU Books, that will specialize dependent researchers, journalists, painstaking process, but the new Kule in Ukrainian-Canadian titles. and fi lmmakers looking for guidance, Centre at CIUS will have the resources Meanwhile, thanks to the digi- facts, sources, or statistical data. Th us to commission fresh and thorough tization of periodical literature and the UCP is not an “ivory tower” but studies by qualifi ed researchers in archival materials, research methods in many ways a “storefront operation” order to enlarge the body of reference have evolved to include searches of that is doing its best to serve a broad material about the Ukrainian heritage databases that are becoming acces- sible online. Valuable information can now be gleaned from formerly obscure or hard-to-sift sources. While this is a great improvement over combing newspapers and journals in hard copy or microfi lm, the digitally retrievable fonds still require a patient, fl exible, and systematic approach to yield com- prehensive results. Of course, digital technology is also making it possible to disseminate information about Ukrai- nians in Canada over the Internet—an increasingly important tool of scholarly and public investigation. Th e rapidly changing face of the Ukrainian community has raised several issues with major implications for the conduct of Ukrainian Canadian studies. For instance, the arrival of a fresh wave of immigrants from post- CIUS staff and friends of Peter and Doris Kule celebrate the establishment of the Kule Endow- Soviet Ukraine and growing interac- ment for the Study of the Ukrainian Diaspora. Seated (L-R): Doris and Peter Kule, Zenon Ko- tion between Canada and Ukraine, hut. Standing (L-R): Serhii Cipko, Jars Balan, Mike Kawulych, Serhii Plokhii, Elsie Kawulych, involving the Canadian government, Bohdan Klid, Anna Biscoe community groups, and individuals, community ranging from academic in Canada. has opened up whole new areas of specialists to the general public. For several years, much of the eff ort cooperation that transcend traditional As part of its mission, Ukrainian in Ukrainian Canadian Studies at CIUS borders in our dramatically shrink- Canadian Studies at CIUS is keen to has been directed toward investigations ing world. Indeed, with the founding improve the quality of information of the interwar era in preparation for of several diaspora studies centres in about Ukrainians in Canada. Although the publication of a groundbreaking Ukraine, requests for information and much work has been done over the account of the Ukrainian community project support are routinely being years by well-intentioned authors and in the turbulent interwar decades. Th e directed to CIUS as interest in Ukrai- publishers, some of their eff orts have UCP has also been gathering informa- nians abroad steadily grows. Th e latter been plagued by factual errors and tion on contemporary Ukrainian life has been paralleled by a notable surge misinterpretations that keep reap- in Canada, besides continuing to add in the curiosity of Canadians of Ukrai- pearing in newer sources. By con- to the base of knowledge previously nian descent about their ancestry and sulting primary documents, such as accumulated on the period of pioneer ethnic identity, evident in the prolifera-
CIUS Newsletter 2007 21 Focus on Donors tion of Ukrainian genealogical societies Pam’iatky. Th e publication was across the country. Even recent im- compiled by Dr. Iryna Matiash, migrants to Canada are beginning to director of the Ukrainian Archives discover the rich Ukrainian legacy of and Documentation Research In- their adopted homeland, taking pride stitute (Kyiv), following a research in more than a century of Ukrainian trip to Canada that was funded Canadian achievement. by CIUS and largely co-ordinated A few examples will illustrate the through the eff orts of the UCP. scope and multifaceted nature of Th ese are but a few instances of how CIUS’s commitment to documenting the Ukrainian Canadian Program has and sharing the wealth of the Ukrai- been striving to off er useful services nian Canadian experience: while fulfi lling its research mandate. • From January to March 2007, we Another relatively recent develop- assisted Ivan Patarak, a doctoral ment has been the precipitous collapse student from Chernivtsi Univer- in the membership of some long- sity, in his research on Ukrainian standing institutions in cities and rural church history in Alberta. Enjoy- areas, owing to the demographic and ing ready access to extensive fi les structural transformation of the Ukrai- Ivan Patarak of Chernivtsi University con- of photocopied materials and the nian community in Canada. Increas- reference library in our Edmon- ducted research on Ukrainian church history ingly, CIUS has been fi elding queries in Alberta in January-March 2007 ton offi ce, Mr. Patarak was able to from organizations and families wish- such major endeavours as the Inter- gather a vast quantity of informa- ing to dispose of Ukrainian libraries net Encyclopedia of Ukraine and the tion during his relatively short that are no longer being utilized. To Kalyna Country Ecomuseum. Given stay in Canada, which CIUS also prevent them from being pulped or the nature, breadth, and impact of the supported with a grant. dispatched to the landfi ll, the UCP, in activities cited above, the importance • We provided a list of English- collaboration with the Ukrainian Pio- of the Kule endowment to Ukrainian language sources on the political neers’ Association of Alberta and the Canadian and diaspora studies can history of Bukovyna in the early Alberta Ukrainian Heritage Founda- hardly be exaggerated. Indeed, with twentieth century to a Manitoba tion, has taken on the task of sending the creation of the new Kule Ukrainian fi ction writer working on a book Ukrainian Canadian publications to Canadian Studies Centre at CIUS, both with Ukrainian characters. universities and educational centres Ukrainian and Canadian scholarship • We were able to fi nd supplemen- across Ukraine so as to build up their stand to profi t for many years to come, tary details for a capsule biography non-Soviet collections. Th e UCP has while enriching the storehouse of pub- of the pioneer-era author Maria also been overseeing a research project lic knowledge about Ukraine’s place in Adamowska, whose memoiristic for the Ukrainian Canadian Archives world culture. sketches are included in a collec- and Museum of Alberta, which is tion being compiled by a scholar preparing to move to a new facility that at Queen’s University for a book by will serve as an invaluable resource for Fitzhenry and Whiteside. the preservation of the Ukrainian heri- • We have assisted with the promo- tage in the province. It is worth noting tion of the Canadian feature fi lm that such partnerships are becoming Your donations to Act of Imagination (which features more common because they are a new immigrants from Ukraine), mutually benefi cial and cost-eff ective CIUS are an writing a letter of support to way of advancing some of the goals of investment in the Telefi lm Canada and advising the Ukrainian Canadian studies. producers on how to advertise the Of course, Andrij Makuch, Jars future of Ukrainian movie eff ectively in the Ukrainian Balan, and Serge Cipko have all re- Canadian community. mained engaged in various research studies. • Andrij Makuch, Jars Balan, and and writing projects as part of their Orest Martynowych contributed ongoing work for the UCP. A number items to a special Canadian is- of their papers and books are now in sue of the archaeographic journal press, and they are contributing to
22 2007 CIUS Newsletter Аwards Awards Th e Marusia and Michael Scholarship and Dorosh Master’s Fellowship is awarded annually to a student Fellowship Recipients writing a thesis on a Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic (2007-8) in education, history, law, hu- Every year, the Canadian manities, arts, social sciences, Institute of Ukrainian Stud- women’s studies, or library ies awards scholarships and sciences. Th is year it was fellowships to outstanding presented to Oriana Masiuk of undergraduate and graduate Edmonton and Stephen Telka students on the basis of their of Ottawa, both pursuing a academic standing, scholarly master’s degree at the Insti- Dmytro Kuznyetsov pursuits in various fi elds of tute of European and Russian Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Ca- Studies, Carleton University (Ottawa). Oriana’s interest is nadian studies, and involve- post-Soviet Ukrainian domestic politics, especially language ment in the Ukrainian com- policy. Her thesis is a case study of a non-profi t initiative, munity. Ne bud baiduzhym, created For the 2007-8 academic Svitlana Maluzynsky in the aft ermath of the Orange year, Svitlana Maluzynsky was Revolution through the col- the recipient of the Leo J. Krysa Family Undergraduate laborative eff orts of singers of Scholarship. Svitlana will be entering her fi nal year of un- fi ve popular rock groups in dergraduate studies, majoring in Ukrainian, at the Depart- Ukraine. Th ey are committed ment of German and Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba. to using Ukrainian exclusively Eligibility for the scholarship requires excellent grades in in their music and daily lives. Ukrainian-content courses, which Svitlana easily fulfi lled, In her thesis, Oriana will ex- and community involvement, again easily demonstrated amine the failure of state-led through her active participation in All Saints Ukrainian Or- initiatives and Ukrainization thodox Church, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Winnipeg, policies to promote the Ukrai- the Ukrainian Students’ Union, and the Teen Touch Help- nian language, necessitating Oriana Masiuk line Council, to name but a few of her activities. the development of “cool” Th e Steven Kobrynsky Memorial Scholarship is off ered strategies to involve young people. Her thesis is entitled biennially to an undergradu- “Th e Politics of Cool: Ne bud baiduzhym as a Vehicle for ate at the University of Alberta the Institutionalization of Offi cial State Language Policy in who demonstrates outstanding Ukraine.” Oriana’s research achievement or profi ciency took her to Ukraine during in the Ukrainian language. the autumn of 2007. Stephen’s Th is year two students, both area of interest is mid-twenti- enrolled in the School of Busi- eth-century Ukrainian history, ness and seeking a Bachelor of and his thesis will examine the Commerce degree, were recip- experience of forced laborers ients. Yuri Broda, specializing from Ukraine in Nazi Ger- in accounting, has completed many (1942-46). His research two years of the program, and took him to Ukraine, Russia, Dmytro Kuznyetsov, special- Yuri Broda and Germany during the sum- izing in fi nance and manage- mer and autumn of 2007. ment science, has completed his fi rst year of studies. In his Stephen Telka letter of acceptance, Dmytro said that he was honoured to receive the award.
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Th e Helen Darcovich Memorial Doctoral Fellowship is Galizien and how their experi- awarded annually to a doctoral student who has completed ence still aff ects the present- all degree requirements and is writing a dissertation on a day understanding of Ukraine Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic in education, his- abroad. Th is award comes tory, law, humanities, arts, so- from the combined resources cial sciences, women’s studies, of the Mykhailo Onufri- or library sciences. Th is year iovych Samytsia, Dmytro the fellowship was presented and Stephania Kupiak, and to Mariya Lesiv of Ivano- Marusia and Ivanko Kharuk Frankivsk, a doctoral student Memorial endowment funds. in the Department of Mod- Oleksandr Melnyk, a doctoral ern Languages and Cultural student in the Department of Studies, University of Alberta. History at the University of Oleksandr Melnyk Th e title of her dissertation is Toronto, is continuing work “Neo-Paganism between East on his dissertation, a study of power, culture, and memory and West: National Identity in Ukraine from the beginning of the Soviet-German war in Building in Ukraine and the June 1941 to the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. Funding for Ukrainian Diaspora.” Her Mariya Lesiv his award came from the Peter Jacyk and Helen Darcovich work focuses on the revival of Memorial endowment funds. Oleksandr was also one of the pagan folklore by the Ukrainian urban intelligentsia in the recipients of the Helen Darcovich Memorial Doctoral Fel- North American diaspora aft er World War II and in post- lowship in 2006-7. Soviet Ukraine. In addition to the scholarships and fellowships present- Two additional doctoral fellowships were awarded this ed, CIUS awarded thirty-nine research grants. Qualifying year, one to Olesia Khro- theses, dissertations, and research projects must be devoted meichuk and the other to to a Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic, and copies of Oleksandr Melnyk. Olesia, a master’s theses and doctoral dissertations are retained by citizen of Ukraine, is study- CIUS. Dr. Serhii Plokhii, acting director of CIUS, comment- ing in the Department of ed on the high quality of applications for graduate awards. Social Sciences at the School He also noted that there is a revival of Ukrainian studies at of Slavonic and East European the graduate level, thanks largely to students from Ukraine Studies, University College enrolled at the University of Alberta and elsewhere. London. Her area of interest CIUS academic awards are disbursed from accrued is the Ukrainian liberation interest on endowment funds. In the 2007-8 academic year, movement, and she is writing the total of stipends allocated for all scholarships, fellow- a dissertation on “Post-WWII ships and grants exceeded $135,000. For more information Displacement: Th e Case of the Olesia Khromeichuk on CIUS scholarships and grants, requirements, and appli- Waff en SS ‘Galicia.’” Th is work cation data, please visit the CIUS web site at www.cius.ca or will examine displaced soldiers of the Waff en-SS Division contact the CIUS offi ce. Did you know that CIUS awards over $100,000 annually in scholarships, fellowships and research grants to students and scholars?
For information on applying for a scholarship, fellowship or grant, please visit the CIUS website: http:www.cius.ca
24 2007 CIUS Newsletter Аwards University of Alberta Exchange with Lviv University Begins Second Year In September 2007, the student exchange program between the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv University) and the University of Alberta (U of A) entered its second year of existence. During the fi rst year, two students from Lviv University studied at the U of A: Olena Dudych from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Volodymyr Pavlychenko from the Faculty of International Relations. Ms. Dudych spent the entire 2006-7 academic year at the U of A, while Volody- myr Pavlychenko was here for the winter 2007 semester. Ms. Dudych took courses related to her fi eld of study, for example, in second-language acquisition, as well as a course in accounting that she would not have been able to take at Lviv University. Besides two history courses and a course in psychology, Mr. Pavlychenko took a sociology course on Canadian society. Christina Palamarchuk and Katherine Howell are Uof A exchange From the U of A side, Tim Starchuk of the Faculty of students studying at Lviv University during the 2007-8 academic year Business studied at Lviv University in the fall 2006 semester, taking courses on the fundamentals of tourism, history of took two fi rst-year Ukrainian language courses at the U of Ukraine, world cultures, and laws of the European Union. A. Both are highly committed to improving their Ukrainian Before departing for Lviv, Tim Starchuk said that improv- language skills. ing his Ukrainian language skills was an important factor in Katherine Howell was fortunate enough to receive an his choosing to study at Lviv University. Upon his return to Alberta government award and a grant from the Ukrainian Edmonton in January 2007, his facility in Ukrainian had im- Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko to fund her stay proved considerably. Mr. Starchuk expressed regret that he at Lviv University. Christina Palamarchuk received funding had not stayed for two semesters, which would have given from the Shevchenko Foundation. Both Olena Dudych and him time to visit Lviv’s many museums and better acquaint Volodymyr Pavlychenko of Lviv University received scholar- himself with the city’s remarkable architectural heritage. ships of $1,500 each from University of Alberta International During the 2007-8 academic year, two students from that covered travel expenses. Under the terms of the exchange the U of A, Katherine Howell and Christina Palamarchuk, agreement, students from Lviv University do not pay tu- will be going to Lviv. Ms. Howell has completed her fourth ition at the U of A. Ms. Dudych was able to fi nd on-campus year of study, majoring in sociology and Ukrainian language employment during her stay, and during the 2006-7 academic and literature. Christina Palamarchuk is entering her fourth year CIUS received donations for both Ms. Dudych and Mr. year of study, majoring in psychology and minoring in Pavlychenko to help them with their living expenses (from linguistics. Ms. Howell is planning to stay for one semester; Ukrainian Canadian Social Services of Edmonton, Catherine Ms. Palamarchuk for the full year. Both hope to become Szabo, Anna Biscoe, and the Ukrainian Cultural Society of involved in extracurricular activities, such as singing in a Penticton, BC). St. John’s Institute reduced its rate to help choir or joining a student campus group, and perhaps doing subsidize Mr. Pavlychenko’s stay. volunteer work. Th ey are also looking forward to learning In the long run, a dedicated endowment fund is needed about contemporary Ukrainian culture and experiencing to provide consistent support for exchange students. A life in Ukraine at fi rst hand. $100,000 endowment would provide a minimum of two Christina Palamarchuk has never been to Ukraine annual scholarships of about $2,000 each. Th e U of A has before, while Katherine Howell was there for three weeks committed itself to match donations for scholarships. in 2001 as a Ukrainian dance-group performer. Katherine Some small contributions toward such an endowment have Howell has taken many Ukrainian courses at the U of A already been received: the fi rst came from the Ukrainian and is a graduate of the Ukrainian-English bilingual school Cultural Society of Penticton, BC. Please contact the direc- program in Edmonton, while Christina Palamarchuk was tor of CIUS, Dr. Zenon Kohut, for more information. in the bilingual school program until grade 6 and recently
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New graduate scholarship for students from Ukraine A new graduate scholarship, specifi cally for students Secretariat in 1984 and chaired the Ontario Energy Board from Ukraine, has been established at the University until her retirement in 1991. Her parents were immi- of Alberta. Applicants must be newly admitted full- grants from Ukraine who came to Canada to start a new time students in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and life and make their fortune. Stefan Wychowanec worked Research in the fi elds of science and technology. Th e as a miner in Sudbury and then bought a small hotel in recipient must be fl uent in both Ukrainian and English. Toronto. He died in 1988, just short of his eighty-fi ft h Th e Stefan and Pelagia Wychowanec Graduate birthday. His wife, Pelagia, was a homemaker: sociable Scholarship is valued at $20,000 per year and has been and artistic, she liked to read biographies of famous established by Stephanie Wychowanec, a lawyer by pro- people. She died in 2000 at the age of ninety-one. fession, in honour of her parents, who had a deep respect Once admitted to a full-time program in the Faculty for education but were unable to obtain higher degrees of Graduate Studies, a student from Ukraine may apply to because of circumstances beyond their control. Although an eligible department for the Stefan and Pelagia Wycho- she resides in Ontario, Ms. Wychowanec chose the wanec Graduate Scholarship. A master’s student may University of Alberta because it is the home of CIUS receive the scholarship for two years, subject to review and because she feels that Alberta is in a good posi- at the end of the fi rst year, while a doctoral student may tion to invest in education. She hopes that scholarship receive the scholarship for four years, subject to review recipients will make signifi cant contributions in their each year. Th e scholarship may not be held concurrently fi elds and give Ukraine a window on the world. Ms. with another major award as defi ned by the Graduate Wychowanec chose the fi elds of science and technology Scholarship Committee at the University of Alberta (any for this award because CIUS, whose projects she has award valued at $13,000 or greater). generously supported, already covers the social sciences For a list of eligible departments and more informa- and humanities. tion, please contact Lynne Blair, Assistant Dean, Faculty Stephanie Wychowanec was one of the fi rst women of Graduate Studies and Research, at (780) 492-3499, or to hold deputy ministerial rank in the Ontario civil ser- write to [email protected]. vice. She became deputy minister of the Ontario Justice Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants Awarded (2007–8) Undergraduate Scholarships Undergraduate Scholarships Leo J. Krysa Family Undergraduate Awarded in Ukraine Scholarship Marusia Onyshchuk and Ivanko Kharuk Svitlana Maluzynsky, Department of German and Slavic Memorial Endowment Fund Studies, University of Manitoba Twenty scholarships were awarded to students from the Steven Kobrynsky Memorial Scholarship Sniatyn raion of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast enrolled at the Yurii Fedkovych University of Chernivtsi. Yuri Broda, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta Dmytro Kuznyetsov, Faculty of Business, University of Dmytro and Stephania Kupiak Fund Alberta Nine graduates of the Busk state secondary school now en- rolled at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv were awarded scholarships.
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Dr. Ivan Iwanciw and Dr. Myroslawa memorating the 75th anniversary of the 1932-33 famine- Mysko-Iwanciw Endowment Fund genocide in Ukraine. Dmytro Burim, Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Scholarships are awarded annually to students studying at Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University. Kyiv. “Sources on the History of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada, 1920s-1950s.” Graduate Scholarships Liudmyla Hrynevych, Institute of History, National Acad- emy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. To prepare and read a Marusia and Michael Dorosh Master’s paper at a special panel commemorating the 75th anniver- Fellowship sary of the 1932-33 famine-genocide in Ukraine. Oriana Masiuk, Institute of East European and Russian Serhii Lepiavko, Chair of the History of the Slavs, Chernihiv Studies, Carleton University. “Th e Politics of Cool: Ne State Pedagogical University. “Ukrainian Colonization in bud baiduzhym as a Vehicle for the Institutionalization of the Context of the History of the Great Frontier of Euro- Offi cial State Language Policy in Ukraine.” pean Civilization.” Stephen Telka, Institute of East European and Russian Stud- Iryna Matiash, Ukrainian Archives and Documentation ies, Carleton University. “Ukrainians in Nazi Germany, Research Institute, Kyiv. “Archival Collections on Ukraine 1942-46.” and Ukrainians in Canada.” Mykola Posivnych, Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrai- Helen Darcovich Memorial Doctoral nian Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Fellowship Lviv. To conduct research in the Peter Potichnyj Col- lection on Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency at the Mariya Lesiv, Department of Modern Languages and University of Toronto. Cultural Studies, University of Alberta. “Neo-Paganism between East and West: National Identity Building in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Diaspora.” Research Grants Neporany Doctoral Fellowship Anna and Nikander Bukowsky Serhiy Kostyuk, Department of Sociology, University of Sas- Endowment Fund katchewan. “Outcomes of Social Capital on Integration of Maksym Balaklytsky, V. N. Karazyn National University Immigrants in Canadian Society and Politics.” of Kharkiv, Chair of Journalism, Faculty of Philology. “Christian Periodicals in Ukraine, 1991-2007: History, Other Doctoral Fellowships Subject Matter, and Social Functions.” Olesia Khromeichuk, School of Slavonic and East European Myron Kapral and Ihor Skochylias, Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University College London. “Post-WWII Dis- Archaeography and Source Studies, National Academy of placement: Th e Case of the Waff en-SS ‘Galicia’” (Mykhai- Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv. To support the publication of lo Samytsia Endowment Fund, Dmytro and Stephania the book “Personalities. Sketches of Historical, Political Kupiak Fund, Marusia Onyshchuk and Ivanko Kharuk and Cultural Figures.” Memorial Endowment Fund). Andrii Starodub, Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Oleksandr Melnyk, Department of History, University of Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Toronto. “In Search of Twentieth-Century Modern Power, Kyiv. “Th e All-Ukrainian Orthodox Church Council of Knowledge, and the Second World War in Stalinist and 1918.” Post-Stalinist Ukraine” (Peter Jacyk Endowment Fund Maksym Yaremenko, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National and Helen Darcovich Memorial Endowment Fund). University. “Students of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries.” Post-Doctoral and Other Fellowships CIUS Exchanges with Ukraine Endowment Fund John Kolasky Memorial Fellowship Michael Ferrari, Ontario Institute for Studies in Educa- Hennadii Boriak, State Committee on Archives of Ukraine, tion, University of Toronto. “Early History of the Kharkiv Kyiv. To prepare and read a paper at a special panel com- School of Psychology.”
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Karen Krasny, Faculty of Education, York University. Teodota and Iwan Klym Memorial “Ukrainian Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs about the Ukrainian-Canadian Diaspora.” Endowment Fund Anatolii Kruhlashov, Faculty of History and International Cosbild Investment Club Endowment Relations, Yurii Fedkovych National University of Cher- Fund nivtsi. “Ukraine-Romania-Moldova: Historical, Politi- cal, and Cultural Relations in the Context of European Irena Makaryk, Department of English, University of Ot- Integration Processes.” tawa. “Shakespeare in the Undiscovered Bourn.” Ivan Patarak, Yurii Fedkovych National University of Cher- Petro Czornyj Memorial Endowment nivtsi, “Religious Institutions as a Factor in the Adapta- tion of Ukrainians in Canada.” Fund Mykhailo Kril, Faculty of History, Ivan Franko National Kowalsky Program for the Study of University of Lviv. “Old Sambir: A Historical and Cultural Eastern Ukraine Sketch.” Andrii Blanutsa, Institute of Ukrainian History, National Oleksii Sokyrko, Faculty of History, Taras Shevchenko Na- Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. “Szlachta Raids on tional University. “Th e Cossack Hetmanate in the Era of Ukrainian Lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Reforms: Traditions and Modernization.” Fift eenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries.” Wolodymyr Dylynsky Memorial Andrii Bovhyria, Institute of Ukrainian History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. To prepare an Endowment Fund academic edition of the Hrabianka Chronicle. Myron Kapral and Ihor Skochylias, Institute of Ukrainian Yurii Kotliar, Mykolaiv Educational and Scientifi c Institute, Archaeography and Source Studies, Lviv. To support the I. I. Mechnikov National University of Odesa. “Th e Insur- publication of the book “Personalities. Sketches of His- gent Movement of Ethnic Minorities in Southern Ukraine torical, Political and Cultural Figures.” (1917-31).” Natalia Khobzei, Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Volodymyr Mezentsev, Department of Slavic Languages and Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv. Literatures, University of Toronto. To support the Batu- “Th e Lviv Lexicon.” ryn Archaeological Project. Svitlana Potapenko, Institute of Ukrainian Archaeogra- Fedeyko Family Endowment Fund phy and Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences Olha Luchuk, Faculty of International Relations, Chair of of Ukraine, Kyiv. “Th e Fate of the Cossack Offi cers of Foreign Languages, Ivan Franko National University of Sloboda Ukraine during the Imperial Transformations of Lviv. “George S. N. Luckyj and his Contemporaries: Th e 1765–1802.” Image of a Scholar through the Prism of His Correspon- Yurii Savchuk, Institute of Ukrainian History, National dence.” Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. “Th e Insignia of Dr. Ivan Iwanciw and Dr. Myroslawa Ivan Mazepa.” Ivan Syniak, Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Mysko-Iwanciw Ukrainian Studies Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Endowment Fund Kyiv. “Th e Administration of New Sich as an Image of the Roman Wysocki, Institute of History, Marie Curie- Integration of Zaporizhia into the Structure of the Rus- Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. “Dmytro sian Empire, 1734–75.” Dontsov’s Activities in Canada.” Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva, St. Petersburg University, Russia. “Ukrainian Sources on Ivan Mazepa in Russian Archives.” Mykola Klid Memorial Endowment Fund Vladyslav Hrynevych, Institute of Political and Ethnic Alexander and Helen Kulahyn Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. Endowment Fund “Soviet Power and Ukrainian Society during the Second Volodymyr Kravchenko, Institute of Ukrainian Archaeog- World War: Th e Reconstruction of Political Attitudes.” raphy and Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences
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of Ukraine, Kyiv. “Volume 563 of the Lithuanian Metrica: Oksana Kis, Institute of Ethnic Studies, National Academy Textual History, Paleography, and Source Language.” of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv. “Twentieth-Century Ukraine in Women’s Memory.” Nestor Peczeniuk Memorial Endowment Nazar Lavrinenko, Chair of the History and Ethnology of Fund Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy. “Peculiarities of the Socio-Economic Situation Vladyslav Hrynevych, Institute of Political and Ethnic of the Rural Population of the Central Dnipro Region in Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. the Period 1941-1944: Eyewitness Testimonies.” «Soviet Power and Ukrainian Society during the Second Volodymyr Milchev, Chair of Source Studies, Historiogra- World War: Th e Reconstruction of Political Attitudes.” phy and Special Historical Disciplines, National Univer- Myron Kapral and Ihor Skochylias, Institute of Ukrainian sity of Zaporizhia. “Eighteenth-Century Sources on the Archaeography and Source Studies, Lviv. To support the Social History of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.” publication of the book “Personalities: Sketches of His- Oleh Pavlyshyn, Chair of Modern Ukrainian History, Ivan torical, Political and Cultural Figures.” Franko National University of Lviv. “Revolution in East- Mykhailo Kril, Faculty of History, Ivan Franko National ern Galicia in 1918-19: International and Social Aspects.” University of Lviv. “Old Sambir: A Historical and Cultural Sketch.” Stelmaschuk Extension Education Roman Serbyn, Université du Québec à Montréal. “Docu- Endowment Fund ments on the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-33.” Smoloskyp Publishers. To support work on an Internet- Marko Stech, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Uni- based museum and archive of samvydav (Ukrainian dis- versity of Toronto. To prepare an edition of Ihor Kostets- sident literature of the 1960s–80s). ky’s letters and compile a bibliography of his works. Tymofi j and Evhenia Taborowskyj Remeza Family Endowment Fund Nadiia Dyrda, Bohdan Lepky Museum, Ternopil. To publish Endowment Fund the catalogue Ukraïna vshanovuie Bohdana Lepkoho Volodymyr Rychka, Institute of Ukrainian History, National (Ukraine Honours Bohdan Lepky) and the almanac Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. “Th e Kyivan Rus Zhaivir. Past in the Cultural Memory of Nineteenth-Century Ukraine.” Nataliia Havdyda, Ternopil Oblast Public Inspectorate for the Preservation of Historical Monuments and Culture. Michael Zacharuk Memorial “Literary and Artistic Discourse in the Works of Bohdan Lepky.” Endowment Fund Olga Kich-Maslej, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, Jagiellonian Volodymyr Rychka, Institute of Ukrainian History, National University, Cracow, Poland. “Th e German Period in the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. “Th e Kyivan Rus Life and Work of Bohdan Lepky.” Past in the Cultural Memory of Nineteenth-Century Ukraine.” Research Program on Religion and Culture Endowment Fund Oleh Zujewskyj Endowment Fund Myroslav Shkandrij, Department of German and Slavic Natalia Yakovenko, Society of Researchers of East Central Studies, University of Manitoba. To conduct research in Europe, Kyiv. To translate and publish the works of Ino- the Dokiia Humenna archive. kentii Gizel (1600–1683). Marko Stech, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Mykhailo Onufriiovych Samytsia University of Toronto. To prepare an edition of Ihor Kostetsky’s letters and compile a bibliography of his Endowment Fund works. Halyna Bodnar, Institute of Historical Research, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. To work on the oral history archive at the Institute.
CIUS Newsletter 2007 29 Endowments CIUS Endowment Funds With deep appreciation for the generosity and commitment of our benefactors, hundreds of students and scholars in all parts of the world working in many disciplines of Ukrainian studies have benefi ted from the grants, scholarships and fellowships awarded annually by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Th ese awards were made possible by donations from individuals and organizations that place a high value on educa- tion and have deep respect for their Ukrainian heritage. Endowments are crucial to the support of CIUS activi- ties. We thank all our donors for their generosity and trust in CIUS to make their dreams and wishes a reality. Endowments are listed in order of establishment. Only accrued income is used to fund projects, scholarships, grants, and subsidies. Amounts listed below are as of 31 August 2007. If you would like to make a contribution to CIUS or establish an endowment, please use the form provided on the centre page.
Krysa Family Scholarship Endowment from the fund provides scholarships for students from the Sniatyn region studying at Chernivtsi National University in Fund: $32,682 the fi elds of history, political science, law, and economics. Th e fi rst endowment fund at CIUS was established by the Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation in December 1981. A mini- Stephania Bukachevska-Pastushenko mum of one undergraduate scholarship is off ered in Ukrai- nian and Ukrainian-Canadian studies annually. Archival Endowment Fund: $300,333 Th is endowment was established by Stephania Bukachevs- CIUS Endowment Fund: $811,962 ka-Pastushenko at the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Established in September 1986 with bequests from the Studies (CFUS) in Toronto with an initial gift of $100,000. estates of George Deba (Vancouver) and Katherine Miskew In January 1987, CFUS transferred the funds to CIUS, (Edmonton), as well as many contributions from individuals and they were matched two-to-one by the government of and organizations in Canada and the United States. Income Alberta. Income from the fund supports archival research, from the fund supports a broad range of CIUS projects and cataloguing of existing collections, and publication of re- activities. In April 1996, a $10,000 bequest from the estate search aids. of Steven Kobrynsky of Canora, Saskatchewan, established the Steven Kobrynsky Memorial Scholarship, awarded every Ukrainian Professional and Business two years to an undergraduate who excels in the study of Club of Edmonton Endowment Fund: the Ukrainian language. $600,625 Volodymyr and Daria Kubijovyč Th is fund, established in April 1987 and matched two-to- one by the government of Alberta, made it possible for the Memorial Endowment Fund: $431,095 Ukrainian Language Education Centre (ULEC) to under- Established in November 1986 with a bequest from the es- take its activities. Income is used to fund the development, tate of Professor Volodymyr Kubijovyč and matched two-to- publication, and implementation of the Nova resource series one by the government of Alberta. Initially, income helped for students and teachers in bilingual schools. It also funds fund the Entsyklopediia ukraïnoznavstva, the Encyclopedia the professional development of teachers. of Ukraine, and the Shevchenko Scientifi c Society branch in Sarcelles, France. It now supports the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project. Michael and Daria Kowalsky Endowment Fund: $2,000,000 Marusia Onyshchuk and Ivanko Established by Daria Mucak-Kowalsky and the late Michael Kowalsky (1908–2000) of Toronto in December 1987 to Kharuk Memorial Endowment Fund: fund academic research, scholarships, and scholarly pub- $142,058 lications. Th e government of Alberta matched the initial Established in December 1986 by Petro Malofi j. Income donation of $100,000 two-to-one. In 1998, 1999, and 2000
30 2007 CIUS Newsletter Endowments the Kowalskys increased the capital of their endowment by $51,200 in May 1994. Until 1996, accrued interest sup- $1,650,000 and requested that the entire fund be used for ported scholarly research and publications in Ukrainian and the newly established Kowalsky Program for the Study of Ukrainian-Canadian studies. At the request of the donor, Eastern Ukraine. Th is includes funding for the Kowalsky the fund now supports the Research Program on Religion Eastern Institute of Ukrainian Studies, founded at the V. N. and Culture (formerly called the Ukrainian Church Studies Karazyn National University of Kharkiv in 2000. Program). Petro Czornyj Memorial Endowment Nestor and Zenovia Salomon Memorial Fund: $30,000 Endowment Fund: $26,667 Established in June 1988 with a $10,000 bequest, which was Established by Wasyl and Halyna (née Khomyn) Salomon matched two-to-one by the government of Alberta, from the (Toronto) in December 1988 in memory of their relatives estate of Petro Czornyj (Toronto). Initially income from the Nestor Salomon and Zenovia Salomon (née Lopushanskyi). fund supported work on the Encyclopedia of Ukraine; today Th e initial gift of $15,000 was designated for the support of it provides grants to scholars from Ukraine. Ukrainian language and literature projects. Cosbild Investment Club Endowment Juchymenko Family Endowment Fund: Fund: $105,546 $5,000 Established in June 1988 by individual contributions from Established by Ivan Juchymenko (Islington, Ontario) in Jan- members of a private Toronto investment club. Th e initial uary 1989 to fund scholarly research in Ukrainian history, donation of $33,500 was later augmented by club members with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. and matched two-to-one by the government of Alberta. Income from the fund supports scholarly publications in Alexander and Helen Kulahyn Ukrainian studies. Endowment Fund: $29,000 Established by Alexander and Helen Kulahyn (Sardis, B.C.) in Peter Jacyk Endowment Fund: May 1989 to provide research grants and scholarships to ju- $3,012,023 nior and senior scholars in the fi eld of Ukrainian legal studies. Established by the late Peter Jacyk (1921–2001, Mississauga, Ontario) in June 1988; his initial contribution of $1,000,000 Dmytro Stepovyk Ukrainian Studies was matched two-to-one by the government of Alberta. Accrued interest supports the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrai- Endowment Fund: $4,000 nian Historical Research at CIUS. Its major project is the Established by Dmytro Stepovyk (Kyiv) in May 1989 to fund English translation of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s fundamental scholarly research and publications in Ukrainian art history. ten-volume History of Ukraine-Rus. Research grants are also awarded to scholars in Ukrainian studies. Helen Darcovich Memorial Endowment Fund: $180,336 Stasiuk Family Endowment Fund: Established by Dr. Vlas Darcovich (Edmonton) in July 1989 $1,496,595 in memory of his wife, Helen (Olena), née Michalenko. Established in July 1988 with a bequest from the estate Proceeds from the fund support Ph.D. students writing dis- of Eudokia Stasiuk (Toronto). Th e initial contribution of sertations on a Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic in $350,000 was matched two-to-one by the government of Al- pedagogy, history, law, the humanities and social sciences, berta. Th e accrued interest supports the Stasiuk Program for women’s studies, or library science. A minimum of one doc- the Study of Contemporary Ukraine and CIUS publications. toral fellowship is awarded annually. Anna and Nikander Bukowsky Dr. Ivan Iwanciw and Dr. Myroslawa Endowment Fund: $117,680 Mysko-Iwanciw Endowment Fund: Established by Anna and the late Nikander Bukowsky $128,929 (Saskatoon) in November 1988 with an initial donation Established by Dr. Myroslawa Iwanciw (née Mysko) of of $10,000; augmented by $50,000 in February 1993 and Elmwood Park, Illinois, in August 1989. Until 2001, income
CIUS Newsletter 2007 31 Endowments funded a scholarly exchange between York University (To- across Canada. It provides fellowships for Ukrainian scholars ronto) and an institution in Ukraine. It now funds scholar- and professionals to conduct research and study in Canada. ships for students at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University. Vasil Kravcenko Endowment Fund: $10,000 CIUS Exchanges with Ukraine Established by the late Dr. Vasil Kravcenko (Hanover, Ger- Endowment Fund: $35,791 many) in February 1991 to fund scholarships and research Established by individual donors from all parts of Canada in grants for scholars in Ukrainian studies. November 1989. Th e fund was created to foster the develop- ment of academic exchanges with Ukraine. Nestor Peczeniuk Memorial Endowment Fund: $74,000 Marusia and Michael Dorosh Established by Jaroslawa and Sonia Peczeniuk (Sudbury, Endowment Fund: $100,000 Ontario) in December 1991 to provide research grants for Established by the late Michael Dorosh (Toronto) in No- scholars in Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian studies. vember1989 to provide fellowships for students pursuing a master’s degree in Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian stud- Wolodymyr Dylynsky Memorial ies. A minimum of one fellowship is awarded annually. Endowment Fund: $51,175 Petro and Ivanna Stelmach Endowment Established by Myron Dylynsky (Toronto) in December 1991. Until 2007, the endowment also received matching Fund: $150,000 funds from Xerox Canada. Th e fund provides research or Established by Petro and Ivanna Stelmach (Mississauga) in publication grants in Ukrainian studies to scholars affi liated November 1989 to provide research grants and scholarships with academic, cultural, and educational institutions in Lviv. in Ukrainian studies. Since 1993, the fund has been used to support the Institute for Historical Research at the Ivan Mykola Klid Memorial Endowment Franko National University of Lviv. Two annual scholarships for history students at Lviv National University were initi- Fund: $38,450 ated in 1995. Established in December 1992 by Maria Diakunyk (Kitch- ener, Ontario) and her three children, Dr. Bohdan Klid (Ed- Oleh Zujewskyj Endowment Fund: monton), Myroslav Klid (Mississauga, Ontario), and Maria Zadarko (Kitchener) to fund fellowships and research grants $20,000 in Ukrainian studies. Established by the late Dr. Oleh Zujewskyj (Edmonton) in December 1989 to support the publication of literary works Teodota and Iwan Klym Memorial by Ukrainian writers living outside Ukraine. Endowment Fund: $35,353 Tymofi j and Evhenia Taborowskyj Established in April 1995 with a bequest from the estate of Teodota Klym (Edmonton). Th e fund supports CIUS schol- Endowment Fund: $20,500 arly activities, including fellowships, publications, and the Established by the late Tymofi j and Evhenia Taborowskyj organization of conferences, primarily in co-operation with (Toronto) in April 1990 to fund the research and publica- Chernivtsi National University. tion of works by scholars in Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Ca- nadian studies. Research Program on Religion and Culture Endowment Fund: $38,570 John Kolasky Memorial Endowment Formerly named the Ukrainian Church Studies Program En- Fund: $750,788 dowment Fund. Th is fund was established in November 1995 Th is fund was originally established in May 1990 as the with a bequest from the estate of Harry Bratkiw (Edmonton) Ukraine Exchange Fellowship Endowment Fund by the late and donations from St. John’s Fraternal Society (Edmonton) John Kolasky (Surrey, B.C.), Pauline and the late Peter Kind- and St. Andrew’s College (Winnipeg). Th e fund off ers fellow- rachuk (Vernon, B.C.), William and Justine Fedeyko (St. Al- ships, supports independent research, and facilitates research bert, Alberta), and many organizations and individuals from and publication by scholars in the fi eld of religious studies.
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Shwed Family Endowment Fund in Busk State Secondary School who go on to study economics, political science, law, and international relations at the Ivan Memory of Ostap and Vera Shwed: Franko National University of Lviv. $30,060 Th is fund, originally named the Ostap Teofi l Shwed Memo- Celestin and Irena Suchowersky rial Endowment Fund, was established in April 1996 by Vera Endowment Fund: $63,000 Shwed and her four sons, Eugene, Dennis, Philip, and Mark. Established in September 1999 by Dr. Celestin (Mykola) Following the death of their mother, her sons renamed the Suchowersky (Edmonton). Th e fund off ers fellowships at the fund in honour of the family and in memory of their par- M.A. or Ph.D. level to residents of Bukovyna to study at the ents. Th e fund supports projects at the Ukrainian Language universities of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Toronto, or other Ca- Education Centre that promote teacher professional devel- nadian universities in the disciplines of sociology, psychol- opment and the improvement of language courses. ogy, economics, or Ukrainian studies, which, according to Dr. Suchowersky, are fi elds underrepresented in Ukraine. Stephen and Olga Pawliuk Endowment Fund: $50,000 Fedeyko Family Endowment Fund: Established in August 1996 by Olga Pawliuk (Toronto), $72,707 initially to support the Hrushevsky Translation Project and Established in November 2000 by William and Justine then to support research and publishing in Ukrainian and Fedeyko (St. Albert, Alberta). Th e endowment supports the Ukrainian-Canadian history. Ukrainian Canadian Program by funding scholarly re- search, conferences, community outreach activities, and the Stelmaschuk Extension Education publication of works in this fi eld. Endowment Fund: $30,400 Established in October 1996 with a $10,000 donation from Michael Kowalsky and Daria Mucak- Professor Paul Stelmaschuk and Mrs. Anna Stelmaschuk Kowalsky Scholarship Endowment (Kelowna, B.C.) and $10,000 from the late Mrs. Nancy Shem- Fund (2000): $24,000 eluck-Radomsky (Edmonton) and Mrs. Mary Orchuk. Th e fund supports extension education in Ukraine by assisting Established in December 2000 by Daria Mucak-Kowal- Ukrainians engaged in this fi eld or planning to work in it. It sky (Toronto). Th e primary purpose of the fund is to off er scholarships to graduate students in Ukraine and Canada in can also be utilized by distance-learning workers from Canada selected disciplines. Scholarships are intended for students to help educate prospective extension workers in Ukraine. studying at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, the Ivano-Frankivsk National University, and the Kyiv-Mohyla Michael Zacharuk Memorial Academy National University. In Canada, scholarships are Endowment Fund: $10,000 for those studying at any Canadian university, with prefer- Established in November 1996 by Mary Zacharuk (Two ence to students at the University of Alberta. Hills, Alberta), in memory of her husband, Michael (1908– 1996). Th e fund supports scholarships and publications in Michael Kowalsky and Daria Mucak- Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian studies. Kowalsky Encyclopedia of Ukraine Remeza Family Endowment Fund: Endowment Fund: $100,000 Established in April 2004 by Daria Mucak-Kowalsky $100,000 (Toronto). Th e fund supports the preparation, editing, and Established in December 1998 by Sylvester Remeza of Ot- updating of entries pertaining to Ukrainian history in the tawa (1914–2002). Th e fund supports research and publica- Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. tions pertaining to the work and legacy of Bohdan Lepky. Mykhailo Onufriiovych Samytsia Dmytro and Stephania Kupiak Fund: Endowment Fund: $215,000 $50,000 Established in November 2005 by Mykhailo Onufriiovych Established in December 1998 by Stephania Kupiak (Milton, Samytsia (Edmonton) in memory of his father, Onufrii Ontario). Th e fund off ers scholarships to graduates of the Ivanovych Samytsia; his mother, Anastasia Dmytrivna
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Samytsia (née Stoianovska); and his wife, Maria Hryhorivna diaspora within the framework of the Ukrainian Canadian Samytsia (née Sharyk), with a donation of $208,500 from Program at CIUS. Mykhailo Samytsia and $5,000 from the estate of Maria Samytsia. Th e fund is designated in support of students and Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian the scholarly and research activities of CIUS. Studies Endowment Fund: $79,120 Stephen and Olga Pawliuk Ukrainian Established by the Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian Studies (Edmonton) in October 2006 to commemorate its fi ft i- Studies Endowment Fund: $50,000 eth anniversary, with an initial donation of $75,000. Th e Established in January 2006 by Olga Pawliuk in support of amount was later increased by additional funds from the the scholarly and research activities of CIUS, with priority school and individual donors. Th e fund will provide travel to online computer-based initiatives. grants to post-secondary students who wish to continue their studies in Ukrainian at universities in Ukraine. Dr. Ivan Iwanciw and Dr. Myroslawa Mysko-Iwanciw Ukrainian Studies Ivan and Zenovia Boyko Endowment Endowment Fund: $57,105 Fund: $30,000 Established by Dr. Myroslawa Iwanciw (née Mysko) of Established by Ivan and Zenovia Boyko (Edmonton) in Elmwood Park, Illinois, in April 2006 in support of CIUS January 2007 in support of the Internet Encyclopedia of activities, with priority to Ukrainian students and scholars Ukraine Project. Th e fund was created as a tribute to the conducting research in Ukrainian studies. memory of Mr. Boyko’s mother, Kateryna Boyko (née Shchybylok), and as a gift to the Boykos’ grandchildren. Peter and Doris Kule Endowment for It promotes computer-based access to information about the Study of the Ukrainian Diaspora: Ukraine and Ukrainians. $104,200 Established in September 2006 by Drs. Peter and Doris Kule Mykhailo, Volodymyr and Olia (Edmonton) with an initial donation of $100,000. Addition- Halchuk Memorial Endowment Fund: al contributions have been received from individuals and $50,000 organizations. Th e fund supports the study of the Ukrainian Established by Jaroslaw Halchuk (St. Catharines, Ontario) in July 2007 in memory of his sons, Mykhailo and Volody- myr, and wife, Olia. Proceeds from the fund will support the scholarly, student and research activities of CIUS. Only the accrued interest from Peter and Doris Kule Ukrainian endowments is used to fund Canadian Studies Centre Endowment projects, scholarships, grants, Fund: $900,000 Established by Drs. Peter and Doris Kule (Edmonton) in and subsidies. Information August 2007. Th anks to this endowment, the Ukrainian about donors who established Canadian Program will be renamed the Kule Ukrainian Ca- nadian Studies Centre at CIUS. It supports the expansion endowments was gleaned of the Institute’s multifaceted commitment to documenting and sharing the wealth of the Ukrainian Canadian experi- from CIUS annual reports and ence. newsletters. Please contact us in case of omissions or errors.
34 2007 CIUS Newsletter Endowments Winners of the Kowalsky Essay Competition in Ukraine Th e Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine was estab- lished in 1998 through the vision and outstanding generosity of the late Michael Kowalsky and Daria Mucak Kowalsky of Toronto. Th eir objective was to create a centre for scholarly research on problems of national re- vival in Ukraine, especially with regard to Ukrainian identity in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the country. Th e director of the Kowalsky Program, Dr. Zenon Kohut, proceeded to establish the Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian Institute at the V. N. Kara- zyn National University of Kharkiv and appoint Dr. Volodymyr Kravchenko, chair of Ukrainian studies at Kharkiv National University, as director. Dr. Kowalsky essay contest winners (L-R, with diplomas and fl owers): Olha Skorokhod (Kyiv-Mohy- Kravchenko then implemented a num- la Academy National University), Inna Sazonova (Kharkiv National Pedagogical University), ber of distinctive projects to promote and Andrii Honcharov (Donetsk National University). interest among scholars, researchers and the other to Tetiana Kovalenko, a of the fi rst, second, and third prizes and, especially, students who would third-year student in the Department also received a monetary award. Th e carry out the mission. of Philology, Donetsk National Univer- essay competition has been a success- An annual scholarly essay com- sity, for her essay, “Vasyl Stefanyk and ful endeavour in terms of the quality of petition was introduced at the out- Hryhorii Kosynka: Particularities of papers submitted, diversity of topics, set for post-secondary students. Stylistic Interaction.” and wide range of universities attended To provide more opportunities for Th is year there were two winners by contest participants. For more students, Mrs. Kowalsky donated an of the third prize: Andrii Honcharov, a information about the essay competi- additional $50,000 in May 2007 for fourth-year student in the Department tion, please visit the Kowalsky Eastern student research projects. Prizes have of History, Donetsk National University, Ukrainian Institute at the V. N. Kara- been awarded to six participants in the for his essay, “Oral History as a Source,” zyn National University of Kharkiv Seventh Annual “Kowalsky All-Ukrai- and Inna Sazonova, a fourth-year website: http://keui.univer.kharkov. nian Student Essay Competition.” First student in the Department of History, ua/keui.htm. prize went to Vladyslava Bazylevych, H. S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical a master’s student at the Institute of University of Kharkiv, for her paper, Psychology, History and Sociology, “Demographic Change in Kharkiv fol- Kherson National University, for her lowing the German Fascist Occupation paper, “A Comparative Analysis of according to Data in the Kharkiv Oblast Cossack Military Agreements with the State Archives (1941-43).” Crimean Tatars in 1624 and 1648.” Olha Skorokhod, a master’s student Two second prizes were awarded. at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National One went to Yurii Radchenko, a University, received honourable men- fourth-year student in the Depart- tion for her essay, “Citizen Reactions to ment of History, V. N. Karazyn Na- Changes of Government in Kyiv from tional University of Kharkiv, for his June 1917 to January 1918.” paper, “Ostarbeiter: Prisoners of Nazi All award recipients received a Concentration Camps (1941-1945),” certifi cate of recognition, and winners
CIUS Newsletter 2007 35 Endowments John Kolasky Memorial Fellows (2006-7)
In 2006-7 there were four recipients of the John Kolasky Memorial Fellowship: Mykola Chaban, Yaroslav Fedoruk, Vladyslav Hrynevych, and Iryna Matiash. Th e fellowship al- lows a scholar from Ukraine to conduct research and study in Canada. Th e fi rst to arrive was Dr. Iryna Matiash, director of the Ukrainian Archives and Documentation Research Insti- tute (Ukrainian acronym: UNDIASD) in Kyiv. From late September to early December 2006, she worked in several Canadian cities, gathering information on Ukrainian collec- tions in Canadian archives. Th ese included Toronto (Ukrai- nian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre, Ar- chives of Ontario, and the University of Toronto, including the Peter Jacyk Central and East European Resource Centre, the Th omas Fisher Rare Books Library, and the University Archives); Ottawa (Library and Archives Canada); Win- Vladyslav Hrynevych speaking at a workshop on collective memory of nipeg (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Consistory WWII in Ukraine archives, Ukrainian Catholic archeparchy archives, Men- nonite Heritage Centre archives, and the Ukrainian Cultural In November and early December 2006, the historian and Educational Centre–Oseredok); and Edmonton (Pro- Vladyslav Hrynevych, senior research associate at the In- vincial Archives of Alberta, University of Alberta Archives, stitute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of University of Alberta Ukrainian Folklore Archive, and the Sciences of Ukraine, was hosted by the Petro Jacyk Program Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta). for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, and by CIUS in Edmonton. Vladyslav Hrynevych has attracted the attention of scholars in the West with his publications on World War II, especially on historical memory and myths about the war. Dr. Hrynevych continued research along these lines dur- ing his stay in Canada. His research topic was World War II in present-day historiography and as a factor in Ukrainian politics. Dr. Hrynevych gathered materials on this subject, including the activities of political institutions, the mass me- dia, and academic institutions in post-totalitarian countries, and investigated related matters, such as historical and ideological myths and historical memory. He also met with scholars in Edmonton, Toronto, and Kitchener-Waterloo, where he gave lectures related to his research interests. In Edmonton Dr. Hrynevych participated in the work- Iryna Matiash, historian and archival specialist, is compiling an an- shop “World War II in Ukraine: Collective Memory in the notated guide to Ukrainian archival sources in Canada Light of History,” co-sponsored by CIUS and the Depart- On the basis of her research, Dr. Matiash will compile an ment of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. annotated guide to Ukrainian archival sources in Canada. A He also introduced and commented on the documentary special Ukrainian-Canadian issue of the UNDIASD journal fi lm Zvorotnii bik viiny (Th e Other Side of the War). Pam’iatky has just been published, featuring contributions Th e Dnipropetrovsk journalist and author Mykola Cha- from Canadian scholars and former John Kolasky Fellows, ban arrived in Canada in late January to begin his project of as well as source materials. compiling and preparing for publication eyewitness accounts Dr. Matiash also gave lectures on archival development of the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine. Since many recorded and studies in Ukraine since independence. interviews with famine survivors are preserved at the
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National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, worked on the Peter Jacyk Centre’s Hrushevsky Translation Project. Dr. Fe- doruk worked on bibliographic problems and identifi cations of personal and geographic names in volume 9, chapters 10-13, of Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus, which deals with the last years of the Khmelnytsky period (from the au- tumn of 1655 to the hetman’s death in the summer of 1657). Yaroslav Fedoruk also conducted research on European diplomacy in the years 1655-57 as it related to the Swedish attack on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1655. Dr. Fedoruk has found many print materials at the Univer- sity of Alberta Library, including works by nineteenth-cen- tury historians, that have not yet been used by historians in Ukraine.
Mykola Chaban with 1932-33 famine survivor Natalia Talanchuk. Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre (UCRDC) in Toronto, Mr. Chaban did most of his work there. During his stay, Mykola Chaban interviewed famine survivors, collected material for the volume and, together with Mrs. Iroida Wynnyckyj, the director of UCRDC, wrote an introduction to it. Th e eyewitness accounts are to be published in Ukraine by the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University Press in the series begun by Professor Yurii My- tsyk under the title Ukraïns’kyi holokost 1932-1933: Svidchen- nia tykh, khto vyzhyv (Th e Ukrainian Holocaust of 1932-33: Testimonies of Th ose Who Survived). Four volumes have appeared to date. Mr. Chaban also gave lectures in Toronto and Edmonton on “Cultural Wars in Eastern Ukraine: Th e Russian Factor.” From February to June 2007, Dr. Yaroslav Fedoruk of the Yaroslav Fedoruk, a specialist on the Khmelnytsky period, worked on Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies, volume 9 of Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus΄
“One of the best ways that the Diaspora can help Ukraine is to support and strengthen its own institutions, such as the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.”
Mykola Ryabchuk, Stuart Ramsay Tomkins Visiting Professor, University of Alberta (2007−8)
CIUS Newsletter 2007 37 CIUS Donors Donors to CIUS
Th e following donations, received between 1 September 2006 Ewaschuk, Ernest Oakville ON 500.00 and 31 August 2007, are listed in order of amount donated. Gowda, Jacob and Katherine Edmonton AB 500.00 MacTaggart, Sandy Edmonton AB 500.00 Kule, Peter and Doris Edmonton AB 1,000,000.00 Nakoneczny, Nell Winnipeg MN 500.00 Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian Studies Edmonton AB 78,700.00 Ortynsky, Nestor Canora SK 500.00 Halchuk, Jaroslaw St Catharines ОN 50,000.00 Romaniuc, Anatole Ottawa ON 500.00 Kowalsky, Daria Weston ON 50,000.00 Samycia, Orest and Marion Edmonton AB 500.00 Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko Szabo, Catherine Edmonton AB 500.00 Winnipeg MB 35,000.00 Todosijczuk, D Edmonton AB 500.00 Boyko, Ivan and Zenovia Edmonton AB 30,000.00 Lewycky, Donald Edmonton AB 450.00 Alberta Ukrainian Heritage Foundation Edmonton AB 25,000.00 Cybulsky, Andrey and Daria Trojan Montreal QC 400.00 Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies Toronto ON 25,000.00 Harrakh, Ivan Edmonton AB 400.00 Shevchenko Scientifi c Society Inc New York NY USA USD 25,000.00 Junyk, Myra and Myron Etobicoke ON 400.00 Daschuk, Michael Toronto ON 10,610.00 Strilchuk, Irene Yorkton SK 400.00 Litynsky, Walter (Estate), Windsor ON 10,000.00 Zalasky, Percy and Katherine St Albert AB 400.00 Malofi j, Petro Edmonton AB 7,000.00 Fedeyko, Eugene and Lillian St Albert AB 350.00 Fedeyko, William and Justine St Albert AB 6,500.00 Ukrainian Cultural Society Penticton BC 350.00 Darcovich, William and Isabelle Edmonton AB 5,498.14 Biscoe, David and Anna Edmonton AB 300.00 Klid, Morris Mississauga ON 5,000.00 Boretsky, Askold Washington DC USA USD 300.00 Kulahyn, Alexander and Helen Chilliwack BC 5,000.00 Diakunyk, Maria Kitchener ON 300.00 Mulak-Yatzkivsky, Arkadi Los Angeles CA USA USD 5,000.00 Klid, Bohdan and Halyna Spruce Grove AB 300.00 Petro Jacyk Education Foundation Mississauga ON 5,000.00 Kohut, Zenon and Zorianna Edmonton AB 300.00 Semotiuk, Andrij Edmonton AB 5,000.00 Komorowsky, Andrij and Irena Toronto ON 300.00 Shwed, Dennis and Wendy Kanata ON 5,000.00 Mackiw, Th eodore Albuquerque NM USA USD 300.00 Shwed, Philip Ottawa ON 3,500.00 Melnyk, Zenia Edmonton AB 300.00 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Edmonton AB 3,000.00 Stashuk, Julia Vancouver BC 300.00 Dylynsky, Myron Etobicoke ON 2,025.00 Stefaniuk, Cornell Chilliwack BC 300.00 Bishop Budka Charitable Society Sherwood Park AB 2,000.00 White, Bruce and Allison Grande Prairie AB 300.00 Pylypchuk, Ludmyla Edmonton AB 2,000.00 Blavatska, Larissa Boston MA USA USD 250.00 Slavutych, Yar Edmonton AB 2,000.00 Blawacky, Benedict and Helen Edmonton AB 250.00 Dovha, Larysa Kyiv Ukraine USD 1,700.00 Brodoway, Paul Edmonton AB 250.00 Samytsia, Mykhailo Edmonton AB 1,500.00 Galagan, Ronald Edmonton AB 250.00 Shwed, Eugene Th ornhill ON 1,500.00 Jakibchuk, Jerry and Zena St Catharines ON 250.00 Kuplowska, Olga Toronto ON 1,250.00 Mykolyn, Bohdan Hamilton ON 250.00 Alberta Pomitch Charitable Society Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Horpeniuk, Andrew Windsor CA USA USD 230.00 Alberta Ukrainian Self Reliance League Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Savaryn, Peter and Olga Edmonton AB 225.00 Anonymous 1,000.00 Yurkiwsky, Stephania Edmonton AB 210.00 Cybulsky, Irene Hamilton ON 1,000.00 Andriewsky, Olga Toronto ON 200.00 J B Rudnyckyj Memorial Fund Ottawa ON 1,000.00 Basilevsky, Alexander Winnipeg MB 200.00 Kulyk, Ada Washington DC USA USD 1,000.00 Central Products and Foods Limited Winnipeg MB 200.00 Maleckyj, Andrew Toronto ON 1,000.00 Chefurka, William and Patricia Komoka ON 200.00 McRory, Timothy Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Drabik, Vasyl Etobicoke ON 200.00 Medwidsky, Bohdan Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Fedorowycz, Alexander and Oksana Rewa Scarborough ON 200.00 Nazarevich, Alann Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Fung, Ching Willowdale ON 200.00 Peczeniuk, Jaroslawa Sudbury ON 1,000.00 Harasymiw, Bohdan and Elaine Edmonton AB 200.00 Peczeniuk, Sonia Ajax ON 1,000.00 Hnatiuk, William and Elsie Saskatoon SK 200.00 Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Edmonton) Kindrachuk, Pauline Vernon BC 200.00 Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Lesyk, Hon Anatole Montreal QC 200.00 Ukrainian Self-Reliance Association (Casino Acct) Maryniuk, Jerome and Diane Bertoy Ventura CA USA USD 200.00 Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Mojsiak, Wasyl Weston ON 200.00 Ukrainian Senior Citizens Association Edmonton AB 1,000.00 Nazarevich, Annie Winnipeg MB 200.00 Wychowanec, Stephanie Toronto, ON 1,000.00 Nosyk, Irena and Nick Kordiuk Toronto ON 200.00 Fedeyko, Dennis and Barbara Grande Prairie AB 800.00 Shevchuk, Vera Willowdale ON 200.00 Fedeyko, William and Darlene St Albert AB 700.00 Stefaniuk, Steve and Josephine Edmonton AB 200.00 Bihun, Yaroslav Washington DC USA USD 500.00 Tairova, Tatiana St Petersburg Russia USD 200.00
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Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Toronto ON 200.00 McNee, Stephanie Edmonton AB 100.00 Yosypiv, Ihor New Orleans LA USA USD 200.00 Myers, Craig and Audrey Edmonton AB 100.00 Hirnyj, Lada Toronto ON 180.00 Nadiak, O S Westmount QC 100.00 Kostash, Myrna Edmonton AB 180.00 Neczyporuk Boretsky, Halyna McLean VA USA USD 100.00 Bautista, Kenneth and Amy St Albert AB 169.00 Pastuszenko, Lubomyr and Maria Edmonton AB 100.00 Kobluk, Bill and Judy Edmonton AB 155.00 Paulson, Mary Cut Knife SK 100.00 Buba, Michael Sudbury ON 150.00 Piasta, Edward Edmonton AB 100.00 Hlibchuk, Walter and Claire Etobicoke ON 150.00 Popiwczak, Nick Sudbury ON 100.00 Kochenash, Rudolph and Stephania Toronto ON 150.00 Primak, George Pierrefonds QC 100.00 Krochak, Michael and Marie Saskatoon SK 150.00 Romanow, Walter and Yvonna Edmonton AB 100.00 Melnyk, Anton Edmonton AB 150.00 Ronish, Zoya Montreal QC 100.00 Nebesio, Maria Toronto ON 150.00 Roshak, Roman Platon Edmonton AB 100.00 Rewa, George and Oksana Toronto ON 150.00 Roslak, Maria Edmonton AB 100.00 Senkus, Roman Toronto ON 150.00 Rozumny, Jaroslav and Oksana Rozumna Winnipeg MB 100.00 Sochaniwsky, Daria Mississauga ON 150.00 Rudzik, Michael and Tatiana Toronto ON 100.00 Kowalyk, J Mississauga ON 140.00 Sawiak, Oksana Mississauga ON 100.00 Kostelnyj, Stefan Toronto ON 125.00 Shelegon, Julia Oshawa ON 100.00 Pshyk, Lawrence and Mary Anne Edmonton AB 125.00 Shepelavy, Taras and Julianne Niskaytuna NY USA USD 100.00 Serhijczuk, George and Veronica Etobicoke ON 120.00 Shepertycky, Martha Winnipeg MB 100.00 Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corp Calgary AB 100.00 Sklierenko, Bohdan and Luba Mississauga ON 100.00 Atamanchuk, Nestor and Ronnie Brandon MB 100.00 Stechishin, Zenia Toronto ON 100.00 Barida, Cecile Etobicoke ON 100.00 Sydoruk, Borys and Donna Calgary AB 100.00 Baranetsky, Adrian Short Hills NJ USA USD 100.00 Szuchewycz, Bohdan Mississauga ON 100.00 Basaraba, Joseph and Eunice Wolfville NS 100.00 Tataryn, Bohdan and Lena Th orhild AB 100.00 Baziuk, Luba Edmonton AB 100.00 Tataryn, Ivanna Edmonton AB 100.00 Bilaniuk, Oleksa-Myron Wallingford PA USA USD 100.00 †Timoshenko, Irene 100.00 Boivin, Esther and Joseph Fabrizio Cedar Valley ON 100.00 Tkaczuk, Nadia St Catharines ON 100.00 Borys, Jurij Calgary AB 100.00 Tomkiw, Ihor Eric Toronto ON 100.00 Boychuk, Ernest Saskatoon SK 100.00 Topolnisky, Eugene Edmonton AB 100.00 Brenneis, Richard and Marika Edmonton AB 100.00 Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko Richmond BC 100.00 Broadhead, Daria Hamilton ON 100.00 Wlasenko, Luba Oshawa ON 100.00 Buhel, Andrij and Halyna Mississauga ON 100.00 Woychyshyn, Eugene Ottawa ON 100.00 Bulchak, Bohdan and Alexandra Weston ON 100.00 Wray, Robert Edmonton AB 100.00 Chyz, Nina Etobicoke ON 100.00 Yakymechko, Maria Edmonton AB 100.00 Edmonton Journal Edmonton AB 100.00 Yanda, Grace Edmonton AB 100.00 Fedeyko, Joanne San Francisco CA USA USD 100.00 Yaremico, John Toronto ON 100.00 Fedeyko, Michael and Marni Edmonton AB 100.00 Zakaluzny, Roman and Irene Calgary AB 100.00 Fedeyko, Patricia Edmonton AB 100.00 Zalasky, Heather St Albert AB 100.00 Fedoriw, Roman Edmonton AB 100.00 Zalasky, Warren and Trina Edmonton AB 100.00 Fedorowycz, R Toronto ON 100.00 Zinyk, Diane Edmonton AB 100.00 Gontar, Alex and Toula Toronto ON 100.00 Dackiw, Bohdanna Toronto ON 75.00 Gorski, Th ad and LottieHarrow ON 100.00 Jakubow, Roman and Irene Orleans ON 75.00 Gulka, Paul Edmonton AB 100.00 Koziskie, Carolyn Toronto ON 75.00 Hildebrandt, Gus and Alexandra Edmonton AB 100.00 Ostrowerka, Raymond Edmonton AB 75.00 Hirnyj, Jaroslava Alliston ON 100.00 Petryshyn, Roman and Marusia Edmonton AB 75.00 Hladyshevsky, Helen Calgary AB 100.00 Shwed, Wendy Kanata ON 75.00 Hohol, Oksana Toronto ON 100.00 Waschuk, Eugene and Marta Toronto ON 75.00 Horodecka, Oxana Washington DC USA USD 100.00 Broda, Alex and Stephanna Edmonton AB 70.00 Hukowich, Andrew Toronto ON 100.00 Baydala, Walter and Stella Edmonton AB 50.00 Jaworsky, Anna Toronto ON 100.00 Boykiw, Evanna Edmonton AB 50.00 Keywan, Zonia Montreal QC 100.00 Buchok, Michael and Stephanie Hamilton ON 50.00 Klopoushak, Edward Regina SK 100.00 Burij, Anna Toronto ON 50.00 Kobrynsky, Lillian Canora SK 100.00 Chomickyj, R Sudbury ON 50.00 Kotulsky, Ivaan Toronto ON 100.00 Chomyn, Andriy Etobicoke ON 50.00 Kotyshyn, Orest Edmonton AB 100.00 Ciomkalo, Mykola and Adrianna Etobicoke ON 50.00 Kozy, Karlo Vancouver BC 100.00 Diakur, Marian Mary Edmonton AB 50.00 League of Ukrainian Canadians Edmonton AB 100.00 Drynych, Roman and Efrozyna Edmonton AB 50.00 Maciuk, Sam and Nadia St Michael AB 100.00 Dzulynsky, Orest Etobicoke ON 50.00 Malycky, Alexander Calgary AB 100.00 Epp, Ernest Th under Bay ON 50.00 Maslo, Nestor and Myrosia Edmonton AB 100.00 Faryna, Rose Edmonton AB 50.00
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Fedchun, Bohdan Windsor ON 50.00 Worobetz, Elizabeth Prince Albert SK 50.00 Hawrysh, Kate Edmonton AB 50.00 Yasinsky, Tatiana Silver Spring MD USA USD 50.00 Hohol, Michael and Maria Etobicoke ON 50.00 Andruschak, John and Irene Calgary AB 45.00 Humnicky, Michael and Judith Cupertino CA USA USD 50.00 Lobay, Ivan and Maria Orange CT USA USD 45.00 Husar, Natalka Toronto ON 50.00 Boyle, Donald Brandon MB 35.00 Kit, John St Catharines ON 50.00 Lypowecky, Nadia Etobicoke ON 30.00 Kolanitch, Walter Saint-Leonard QC 50.00 Cowan, Norman and Agnes Winnipeg MB 25.00 Kordiuk, Roman and Nadia Koshedub Etobicoke ON 50.00 Delvecchio, Glen and Olga Burlington ON 25.00 Kosc, Wieslaw and Olga North Royalton OH USA USD 50.00 Duchnij, Wasyl Edmonton AB 25.00 Koshelanyk, Andrew Winnipeg MB 50.00 Dytyniak, Maria Edmonton AB 25.00 Kucharyshyn, John and Stephania Edmonton AB 50.00 Ensslen, Oksana Edmonton AB 25.00 Lehkyj, Jaroslaw and Vincentia Amherstburg ON 50.00 Gula, Bohdan and Leonida Etobicoke ON 25.00 Leskow, Gary and Sandra Edmonton AB 50.00 Hladyshevsky, Myroslav Calgary AB 25.00 Lewycka, Luba Montreal QC 50.00 Howera, Nick Mississauga ON 25.00 Lucenko, Leonard and Larissa Bonita Springs FL USA USD 50.00 Hryhorka, Mary Red Lake ON 25.00 Lysyk, George and Orysia Oshawa ON 50.00 Humeniuk, Orest and Martha Toronto ON 25.00 Makowsky, Mitch and Marianne Edmonton AB 50.00 Iwanec, Parasia St Catharines ON 25.00 Maksymjuk, Stefan and Halyna Silver Spring MD USA USD 50.00 Kryschuk, Rt Rev Meroslaw and Nadia Edmonton AB 25.00 Mezentsev, Volodymyr Toronto ON 50.00 Kucharyshyn, Lubov Edmonton AB 25.00 Mycak, Peter Windsor ON 50.00 Leshchyshyn, Peter and Maria Rochester NY USA USD 25.00 Myhal, Helen and Myhal, Natalie Toronto ON 50.00 Luhovy-Hrycenko, Zorianna Montreal QC 25.00 Mykolenko, Nick Warren MI USA USD 50.00 Maksymiw, Osypa and Maria Toronto ON 25.00 Natziuk, Maria Ottawa ON 50.00 Papish, Bohdan and Eunice Saskatoon SK 25.00 Pawlenko, Victor and Larissa Islington ON 50.00 Pohranychny, Henry Lac La Biche AB 25.00 Pawliw, Luda Toronto ON 50.00 Sheremeta, Walter and Yaroslava Newmarket ON 25.00 Pisesky, Rudy and Sharon Edmonton AB 50.00 Skakun, Casey and Alexandra Wabamun AB 25.00 Prociw, Teodor and Maria Toronto ON 50.00 Sloboda, Lena Edmonton AB 25.00 Puziak, Antonina Toronto ON 50.00 Teply, John Toronto ON 25.00 Rapawy, Stephan and Lubomyra North Bethesda MD USA USD 50.00 Worobkevich, Leo Warren MI USA USD 25.00 Rodak, Walentina Toronto ON 50.00 Bazylevych, Eva Toronto ON 20.00 Russin, Geraldine Winnipeg MB 50.00 Hrycak, Peter and Rea Cranford NJ USA USD 20.00 Sadowsky, Sophie Edmonton AB 50.00 Kindzersky, Pearl Edmonton AB 20.00 Semeniuk, Olga Amherstburg ON 50.00 Loszuk, Irene Edmonton AB 20.00 Sicinsky, Walter and Maria Winnipeg MB 50.00 Parada, Mary Edmonton AB 20.00 Sklepkovych, Oleh and Tania Rutherford NJ USA USD 50.00 Pidkowich, Mary Willowdale ON 20.00 Smal, Emilia St Catharines ON 50.00 Tatchyn, Maria Edmonton AB 20.00 Szuch, Anhelyna Etobicoke ON 50.00 †Tatuch, Luba 20.00 Tempko, Olga Verdun QC 50.00 Vernygora, Vlad Whangaparaoa New Zealand 20.00 Tkach, Daniel Englewood CO USA USD 50.00 Boyarchuk, Luba Edmonton AB 10.00 Ulans, Roman Doylestown PA USA USD 50.00 Maceluch, Walter Toronto ON 10.00 West Mall Developments Limited Toronto ON 50.00 Fleishman, Lazar and Ekaterina Kozitskaia Sunnyvale Wiebe, John and Kathryn Bonnyville AB 50.00 CA USA USD 5.00 In Memoriam Many members of our community have paid tribute to the memory of a friend, associate or loved one who has passed away by making a donation to CIUS. Some have also asked family and friends to make a contribution to CIUS rather than buy fl owers for the funeral. We remember those in whose name gift s have been received between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007. Chris Allen Chichak Valentyn Sadovskyj Lydia Dylynsky Elsie Sharun Eva Hrehirchek James Strukalo Patricia Markowsky Frank Sysyn, Sr. Irene Nitefor-Timoshenko Melvina Trafananko Raymond Ostolosky Henry Marian Wojcicki Gladys Ponech John Zin Elaine Presiloski Midoria Zukiwsky
40 2007 CIUS Newsletter CIUS Publishes Major Guide to Tracing Ukrainian Ancestry Ukrainian Genealogy by John D. Pihach
John D. Pihach’s Ukrainian Genealogy is a guide to tracing one’s Ukrainian ancestry in Europe. Consideration is also given to North American records that are specifi cally Ukrainian or relate to the immigrant experience. Because the overwhelming majority of people of Ukrainian origin in Canada and the United States have roots in western Ukraine or southeastern Poland, the guide concentrates on the resources of those regions. This handbook is intended primarily for those whose ethnic roots are Ukrainian, although some of the material in it may be useful to other groups with roots in Ukraine.
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