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Cupp Fall 20 0 Newsletter Canada-Ukraine FALL 200 NEWSLETTER CUPP CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM CUPP FALL 200 NEWSLETTER 200 CUPP NEWSLETTER Issue #2 List of CUPP 200 interns and MPs .........3 How impartial is the Canadian Speaker of Parliament? ...........................................5 T. Fox: "Dreams are made possible if you try" .......................................................6 W. Hazlitt: "If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory" ...7 Election Lottery of Forecast of Ukrainian Halloween..................................8 Interview with Stig Hedlung, Swedish Local Council Deputy ..............................0 Karatnycky: "Yanukovych earned the benefit of our doubt in those areas CUPP interns in where he has fallen short" ......................2 front of the Motyl: "Would you buy a used car from Parliament of Yanukovych?" .........................................4 Canada. Photo Can One really Compare the EU and credit: CUPP. Russia as Offering Ukraine Similar Opportunities and Benefits? (opinion) .6 Reply to Dmytro Tabachnyk's Interpre- tation of Ukrainian Nationalism ..............6 History of CUPP students an opportunity to work and study in the Canadian Parliament, and "We deliberately isolate ourselves. On July 16th, 1990, the Ukrainian We get information processed by other gain experience from which genera- countries "second hand" ........................8 Parliament adopted the Declaration of tions of Canadian, American and West Sovereignty which declared that Par- Civil Society and Ukraine (Western European students have benefited. perspective) ..............................................9 liament recognized the need to build On the basis of academic excellence, Grounds and Contemporary the Ukrainian state based on the Rule knowledge of the English or French Development of Civil Society in Ukraine of Law. On August 24, 1991, the Ukrai- and Ukrainian languages, and on in- (Ukrainian view) .......................................2 nian Parliament adopted the Decla- terest in the parliamentary system of European Forum Alpbach (summer ration of Independence, which the memoirs) ..................................................23 government, university students from citizens of Ukraine endorsed in the ref- Ukraine can apply for a CUPP schol- The CACTUS crop Ukrainian Style erendum of December 1, 1991. Also in arship. It is hoped that CUPP will con- (summer memoirs) ..................................24 1991, Canadians celebrated the Cen- Looking for Ukrainian Spirit Far Away tribute to the education of future lead- tennial of Ukrainian group immigration ers of Ukraine. from Ukraine ............................................26 to Canada. To mark the Centennial, On a Life-Changing Conference Experi- In 2009, during the 19th year of ence (summer memoirs) .........................27 organizations planned programs and CUPP's operation, 25 students ar- Learning from the Grape Cluster or projects to celebrate this milestone in rived from Ukraine to complete a two- It Is Time to Visit Moldova! .....................28 Canada's history. month internship with Members of History of the Ukrainian Cooperative The Chair of Ukrainian Stud- Parliament, Ministers and Senators Movement in Canada and the Return of ies Foundation of Toronto decided to (please see Issue 1 of the Newsletter the Idea of Credit Unions to Ukraine mark the Centennial by establishing by the Diaspora (Part ) ..........................30 for complete list of CUPP Interns). In the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary the course of the Program, the Interns CUPP 200 intern Diary (Sep. 27th) .......3 Program for university students from CUPP 20 applicant Diary (Sep. 27th)..32 meet with political and social opinion Ukraine. The Canada-Ukraine Par- leaders of Canada. CUPP 200 Walking Tour of Parliament liamentary Program gives Ukrainian Hill .............................................................33 CUPP Alumni Pursuing Graduate Studies ......................................................36 People who worked on this Newsletter: Editorial board: Evhenia Viatchaninova, Stanislava Tsarkova, Ilya Filatov, Contact Us Yurii Medentsii, Nadia Fedoriv, Valeria Trush, Oleksandr Pankiv, Iryna Krasnosh- Chair of Ukrainian tan, Ihor Bardyn, Lucy Hicks. Studies Foundation Layout and design: The Basilian Press. Cover design by: Ilya Filatov. 620 Spadina Avenue Newsletter printed by: The Basilian Press, 265 Bering Avenue, Toronto, On- Toronto, Ontario, tario L5A 3MA, Canada. Canada M5S 2H4 Photo credit: Ilya Filatov. Tel.: (416) 234-9111 Fax: (416) 234-9114 Front cover: Photo of Montmorency Falls which CUPP 2010 visited in October. Montmor- www.KATEDRA.org ency Falls / Chute Montmorency are a large waterfall on the Montmorency River north of Quebec City. The falls are 84 meters high and are 30 meters higher than Niagara Falls. 2 CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM FALL 200 NEWSLETTER CUPP PARTICIPANT'S NAME & UNIVERSITY MP AND SCHOLARSHIP NAME Solomia BOBROVSKA Andrew Kania University of Lviv Brampton West, Ontario (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) Dr. Maria Fischer Slysh Scholarship Bohdan BOLONNYY Hon. Jason Kenney, Calgary Southeast, Alberta Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs Gerard Kennedy, High Park-Parkdale, Ontario Queen Mary University of London Humeniuk Family Scholarship Solomia BORSHOSH Peter Goldring University of Lviv Edmonton Centre-East, Alberta (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) William Chewchuk Scholarship Nadia FEDORIV Mark Warawa Yaroslav the Wise National Law Academy of Ukraine Langley, British Columbia, John Sopinka Scholarship Ilya FILATOV Ed Komarnicki Volodymyr Vernadsky National Tavrida University Souris-Moose Mountain Saskatchewan Antin Hlynka Scholarship Lilia IBADOVA Rick Dykstra Yaroslav the Wise National Law Academy of Ukraine St. Catherine, Ontario John and Myroslava Yaremko Scholarship Kyrylo KORZH Hon. Dan McTeague Zaporizhia Institute of Economics and Information Technologies Pickering – Scarborough East, Ontario Dopomoha Ukraini Foundation Scholarship Andriy KRIL Hon. Laurie Hawn Kyiv-Mohyla University Edmonton Centre, Alberta (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) Ramon Hnatyshyn Scholarship Iryna KRUTENKO Patrick Brown Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University at Cherkasy Barrie, Ontario Yuriy and Oksana Fedyna Scholarship Bohdan KUSHPLER Stephen Woodworth Lviv Polytechnic Kitchener Centre, Ontario, (Lviv Polytechnic National University) Emil Telizyn Scholarship Kateryna LYSENKO Hon. Maria Minna Sevastopol National Technical University Beaches-East York, Ontario Michael Starr Scholarship Ivan MATVEICHENKO Sukh Dhaliwal Sevastopol National Technical University Newton-North Delta, British Columbia Malanchuk Family Scholarship Yurii MEDENTSII James Bezan Uzhorod National University Selkirk-Interlake, Manitoba Josef and Maria Siecinsky Family Scholarship Aishe MEMETOVA Borys Wrzesnewskyj Kyiv-Mohyla University Etobicoke Centre, Ontario (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) Walter Surma Tarnopolsky Scholarship CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM 3 CUPP FALL 200 NEWSLETTER Mykhaylo PALAHITSKYY Gerald Keddy Kyiv-Mohyla University South Shore, Nova Scotia (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) Christina Bardyn Scholarship University of Vienna Oleksandr PANKIV Borys Wrzesnewskyj University of Lviv Etobicoke Centre, Ontario (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) Senator Raynell Andreychuk Boston University Olha SOROKIVSKA Bonnie Crombie Lviv Polytechnic Mississauga – Streetsville, Ontario (Lviv Polytechnic National University) Michael Rebryk Scholarship Illia SYMONENKO Hon. Scott Brison Kyiv-Mohyla University King – Hants, Nova Scotia (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) Mazurenko Family Scholarship Valeria TRUSH Borys Wrzesnewskyj University of Kyiv Etobicoke Centre, Ontario (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) Senator Raynell Andreychuk Scholarship Stanislava TSARKOVA Mike Wallace Kyiv-Mohyla University Burlington, Ontario (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) Senator Martha Bielish Scholarship University of Chernivtsi (Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University) Volodymyr VENHER Claude Gravelle Kyiv-Mohyla University Nickel Belt, Ontario (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) Vasyl Kereliuk Scholarship Evhenia VIATCHANINOVA Hon. Jason Kenney University of Kyiv Calgary Southeast, Alberta (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) Senator David Tkachuk Scholarship CUPP 2010 interns in the Parliamentary Library. 4 CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM FALL 200 NEWSLETTER CUPP How impartial is the Canadian Speaker of Parliament? CUPP interns tried to sort it out... Valeria TRUSH University of Kyiv Intern to Borys Wrzesnewskyj, M.P. 2010 Senator Raynell Andreychuk Scholarship On a rainy Thursday, September 30, Speaker never participates in a de- 2010, I arrived at an MP's office a lit- bate (and only votes in case of a tie). done! tle earlier than usual to make several He presides over the legislature to I also would like to mention that calls to the Lviv District Council to start maintain balance and facilitate the or- Mr. Milliken has some connections working on my unique project assigned derly functioning of the business of with Ukraine which he has visited by my MP Borys Wrzesnevskyj. While Parliament. He conducts Parliament twice the last time in September 2009. talking with the deputy of the gover- so as to allow a fair representation of Moreover, he is willing to contribute nor and checking our CUPP group speakers from all parties, during de- to the improvement
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