DOCSLIB.ORG

Teviah Pimlatt the Invention of an Identity

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Teviah Pimlatt the Invention of an Identity Teviah PIMLATT CAPSTONE SEMINAR SERIES Tackling Tensions in Canadian Identity Narratives Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2020. Managing Editor Dr. Anne Trépanier Desktop publishing Sarah Pledge Dickson Editorial Board Nathaniel Bruni, Martha Attridge Bufton, Miranda Leibel, Ryan Lux, Jack Mallon, Melissa Pole, Daria Sleiman, Dr. Anne Trépanier, Lindy Van Vliet Revision Claire Dignard Copyright Notice Teviah Pimlatt © 2020. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy, or transmission of this publication, or part thereof in excess of one paragraph (other than as a PDF file at the discretion of School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University) may be made without the written permission of the author. To quote this article refer to: ―, Teviah Pimlatt "The Invention of an Identity: A Comparison of Trudeaus’ Multiculturalisms", Tackling Tensions in Canadian Identity Narratives, Capstone Seminar Series Volume 6, number 1, Spring 2020, page number and date of accession to this website: http://capstoneseminarseries.wordpress.com 2 CAPSTONE SEMINAR SERIES Tackling tensions in Canadian Identity narratives Teviah PIMLATT The Invention of an Identity: A Comparison of Trudeaus’ Multiculturalisms Abstract Despite the contemporary acceptance of multicultural policy amongst the majority of Canadians, the ideology of multiculturalism in Canada is not a piece of national identity that has appeared overnight. In fact, multiculturalism has experienced significant changes since its initial creation in the 1960s. The present comparative research works to identify and compare key aspects in presentations of multiculturalism, notably statements by Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Justin Trudeau, and ultimately argues that the presentation of multiculturalism has changed from an alternative to biculturalism which must be strictly pursued to a core, natural, and celebratory piece of Canadian national identity. The purpose of the research is to situate the results into the academic body of Canadian studies to further explore alternative methods of analyzing national identity in Canada. The paper reveals the inventive and tightly controlled nature of multiculturalism as a large piece of Canada’s contemporary national identity. Keywords Multiculturalism; Canadian national identity; nationalism; Trudeau; biculturalism; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; Justin Trudeau; Collective Rights; Individual Rights; Indigenous Rights; Colonial Multiculturalism; Settler Colonialism; Interculturalism 3 CAPSTONE SEMINAR SERIES Tackling tensions in Canadian Identity narratives Teviah PIMLATT The Invention of an Identity: A Comparison of Trudeaus’ Multiculturalisms Multiculturalism can be defined in a number of different ways. According to the Canadian Library of Parliament’s background paper on multiculturalism, multiculturalism has three distinct interpretations. The website states that multiculturalism as a sociological fact, multiculturalism as federal public policy, and multiculturalism as ideology are the three lenses through which the subject can be analyzed (Brosseau & Dewing 1). Although multiculturalism here is separated into three distinct categories, these groupings intersect with each other to determine how multiculturalism is defined, presented, and received. This paper seeks to address the development of the ideology of multiculturalism in Canada through comparative research. By comparing definitions of multiculturalism between two Prime Ministers, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Justin Trudeau, the changing presentation of multiculturalism becomes evident. Through analyzing a difference in key words and phrases between the two eras, it becomes clear how the framing and presentation of multiculturalism has been carefully constructed to become a core piece of Canada’s national heritage and identity, as multiculturalism has always acted as a tool to settle political tensions or address sociological changes in Canada. To add, critiques of multiculturalism which unsettle the solidity of the widely accepted national identity further reveal the inventive and flexible nature of the ideology of multiculturalism. However, to begin, it is first necessary to contextualize the creation of multiculturalism in its relevant political era. Setting the stage: the initial introductions of multiculturalism According to Eve Haque, ethnic minority groups and Indigenous peoples within Canada were voicing disdain towards the commission’s idea of “two founding races” during the preliminary and public hearing stages of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, as these different groups sought recognition for their distinct contributions in the history of the nation (Haque 14). Senator Paul Yuzyk and his leadership during the Thinkers’ Conference of 1968 can be used to exemplify this resistance, as during this conference, the idea of a multi-cultural nation is introduced as a refusal to accept the Royal Commission’s notion of biculturalism. The Thinkers’ Conference was held from December 13th to 15th in 1968, where the cultural rights and responsibilities of ethnic minorities and Indigenous peoples were 4 CAPSTONE SEMINAR SERIES Tackling tensions in Canadian Identity narratives Teviah PIMLATT discussed between cultural and ethnic association leaders, ministers, senators, and researchers; topics of discussion included the rights of “Indians and Eskimos,” the preservation of minority cultures in Canada, and how public policy could be developed to promote this preservation (“Program: Thinkers’ Conference on Cultural Rights”). As the Chairman of the Conference Committee, Senator Paul Yuzyk ensured that the results of the Thinkers’ Conference pertaining to “Canada’s multi-cultural tradition” were transformed into recommendations and subsequently communicated to the appropriate government levels (“Thinkers’ Conference on Cultural Rights Purpose and Committee Outline”). On December 13th, 1968 Senator Yuzyk led the conference with a speech titled, The Emerging New Force in the Emerging New Canada. Using his professional and academic background knowledge in Canadian history, Yuzyk proposed the term “multiculturalism” to define Canada’s sociological reality and history, in place of the Royal Commission’s “biculturalism” which emphasized the notion that the nation of Canada was built solely by the British and French “races” (“About Paul Yuzyk”). With pride in his Ukrainian-Canadian heritage, Yuzyk offered the contributions of Ukrainian settlers to illustrate how various ethnic groups, not only the British and French, participated in the creation of the Canadian nation. Through many sectors such as agriculture, music, culture, law, and medicine, Yuzyk claimed that Ukrainian integration into everyday society is proof that Ukrainians are “builders of Canada and qualifying partners with the British and the French” (Yuzyk 3-4). Furthermore, Yuzyk cited demographic statistics as another justification for a multicultural Canada. Using the term, “the Third element,” to refer to Canadians with heritage other than British or French, Yuzyk claimed that the demographic proportion of the Third element had changed significantly between 1868 and 1968. Skimming briefly through the history of settlement in the Canadian West, Yuzyk’s speech touched upon immigration and settlement after the entrance of Manitoba into Confederation in 1870, the creation of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and the influx of immigration seen in the 1920s and post-World War II (Yuzyk 2). Yuzyk concluded that while the proportion of the French population remained at around 30% from 1868 to 1968, the British population had declined from 57% to 44%, and the Third element population had increased significantly from 12% to 26% (Yuzyk 2). According to Yuzyk, this emergence of the Third element was extraordinary and “indicative of the emerging new factor in Canadian life” (Yuzyk 3), worthy of official recognition in the form of multiculturalism. 5 CAPSTONE SEMINAR SERIES Tackling tensions in Canadian Identity narratives Teviah PIMLATT In order to officially create policies of multiculturalism in Canada, Yuzyk recommended a number of government-assisted initiatives to increase the representation of the Third element in daily life. These included the teaching of non-official languages and culture in Canadian schools (public, secondary, and university levels), the broadcasting of national radio and television programmes on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that would “[present] the contribution of [minority] ethnic groups which would promote better understanding of … cultural heritage,” and an increased representation in “government bodies and rational institutions” (Yuzyk 5-6). Three years later, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau would agree with the idea of a multicultural Canada and announced a series of government initiatives to support a policy of multiculturalism within a bilingual framework in the House of Commons. Notably during this era, federal leadership was committed to bringing together Canadians through policy and ideology in hopes of establishing a collective national identity. As the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was a Liberal Party leader from 1968-1984 who led the country with this “philosophy of one Canada and a strong federal government” (“Pierre Elliott Trudeau”). Dubbed “Trudeaumania” by the press during his election campaign in 1968 and in the subsequent years of a successful Liberal government, the era of Pierre Elliott Trudeau leadership saw multiple political accomplishments, including
Load more

Recommended publications
  • From Britishness to Multiculturalism: Official Canadian Identity in the 1960S
    Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies Revue interdisciplinaire des études canadiennes en France 84 | 2018 Le Canada et ses définitions de 1867 à 2017 : valeurs, pratiques et représentations (volume 2) From Britishness to Multiculturalism: Official Canadian Identity in the 1960s De la britannicité au multiculturalisme : l’identité officielle du Canada dans les années 1960 Shannon Conway Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/eccs/1118 DOI: 10.4000/eccs.1118 ISSN: 2429-4667 Publisher Association française des études canadiennes (AFEC) Printed version Date of publication: 30 June 2018 Number of pages: 9-30 ISSN: 0153-1700 Electronic reference Shannon Conway, « From Britishness to Multiculturalism: Official Canadian Identity in the 1960s », Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies [Online], 84 | 2018, Online since 01 June 2019, connection on 07 July 2019. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/eccs/1118 ; DOI : 10.4000/eccs.1118 AFEC From Britishness to Multiculturalism: Official Canadian Identity in the 1960s Shannon CONWAY University of Ottawa The 1960s was a tumultuous period that resulted in the reshaping of official Canadian identity from a predominately British-based identity to one that reflected Canada’s diversity. The change in constructions of official Canadian identity was due to pressures from an ongoing dialogue in Canadian society that reflected the larger geo-political shifts taking place during the period. This dialogue helped shape the political discussion, from one focused on maintaining an out-dated national identity to one that was more representative of how many Canadians understood Canada to be. This change in political opinion accordingly transformed the official identity of the nation-state of Canada. Les années 1960 ont été une période tumultueuse qui a fait passer l'identité officielle canadienne d'une identité essentiellement britannique à une identité reflétant la diversité du Canada.
    [Show full text]
  • Senator Paul Yuzyk Protection of Human Rights in Ukrainian Ssr (1963-1986)
    SENATOR PAUL YUZYK PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINIAN SSR (1963-1986) Siromskyi R. B. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate professor, Docent of the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Lviv, Ukraine Senator Paul Yuzyk (1913-1986) belongs to the most famous Canadian statesmen of Ukrainian descent in the XX century. He was born in Pinto (Sas­ katchewan) on the Canadian prairies. Paul's father, a coal miner who came to Canada during the first wave Ukrainian immigration, eventually moved the fami­ ly to Saskatoon where his son completed public school and graduated with top marks in 1932. After receiving a teaching certificate from a Saskatoon teacher's training college, P. Yuzyk had his first jarring encounter with anti-East European policies that would later lead him on a crusade for ethnic minority rights in Cana­ da [4, p. 1]. After enlisting in the Canadian army in 1942, he completed a PhD in history at the University of Minnesota. In 1951 P. Yuzyk appointed assistant professor of 197 Inovacne vyskum v oblasti sociológie, psychologie a politologie Slavic Studies and History at the University of Manitoba, and in 1958 was pro­ moted to associate professor of History and Slavic Studies (in center of his atten­ tion was the history of Russia and the Soviet Union) [1, p. 395]. He was founder and first president of the Ukrainian National Youth Federation and a founder of the Canadian Association of Slavists and the Ukrainian Canadian University Stu­ dents Union. Historian wrote more than a half-dozen books and hundreds articles.
    [Show full text]
  • Herein, from the Unpublished Biography of Senator Paul Yuzyk
    1 Paul Yuzyk appointed to the Senate by the then Prime Minister of Canada, the Rt. Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, February 4, 1963. Ottawa, Canada, 2017 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED www.yuzyk.com On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Canada, this commemorative book has been printed in recognition of the pioneering legacy of the late Senator Paul Yuzyk, for his role as a nation builder in changing the face of Canada, and for his prediction that Canada would become a role model for multiculturalism, in the world. The family gratefully acknowledges the on-going support of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC). We are most appreciative of the funding provided by the Taras Shevchenko Foundation and the UNF Foundation for the printing of this book. We also would like to sincerely thank the biographers, Dr. R.B. Fleming and Dr. S. Cipko for their contribution in writing Chapter 6, included herein, from the unpublished biography of Senator Paul Yuzyk. Additional acknowledgements go to Canada Post for granting permission to reprint the commemorative Paul Yuzyk stamp (2013), for use, as our book cover. The design of the stamp was provided by the Ukrainian Collectible Society. We also thank Heritage Canada for Registration #6571 (given to T.G.Grasza) by the Canada 150 Bureau, permitting the use of their logo for this commemorative of P. Yuzyk. This book was compiled by Victoria Karpiak (nee Yuzyk). CONTENTS Maiden Speech – Canada: A Multicultural Nation March 3, 1964 .....................................................................................5 Champion For Multiculturalism – Dr. R.B. Fleming, Dr. S. Cipko...15 (1913 - 1986) ....................................................................................43 Photographs ......................................................................................47 The Senate of Canada 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CHAPTER 6 From an unpublished biography of Paul Yuzyk Authors: Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Canadian Multiculturalism
    Canadian Multiculturalism Publication No. 2009-20-E 15 September 2009 Revised 3 January 2018 Laurence Brosseau Michael Dewing Legal and Social Affairs Division Parliamentary Information and Research Service Library of Parliament Background Papers provide in-depth studies of policy issues. They feature historical background, current information and references, and many anticipate the emergence of the issues they examine. They are prepared by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service, which carries out research for and provides information and analysis to parliamentarians and Senate and House of Commons committees and parliamentary associations in an objective, impartial manner. © Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada, 2018 Canadian Multiculturalism (Background Paper) Publication No. 2009-20-E Ce document est également publié en français. CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 2 BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS ............................................................................. 1 2.1 Multiculturalism as a Sociological Fact of Canadian Life ....................................... 1 2.2 Multiculturalism as a Public Policy at the Federal Level ........................................ 2 2.2.1 The Incipient Stage (Pre-1971) ....................................................................... 2 2.2.2 The Formative Period (1971–1981) ................................................................ 3 2.2.3 Institutionalization (1982 to the Present)
    [Show full text]
  • Copyright Julia Lalande, 2006
    Copyright Julia Lalande, 2006 “Building a Home Abroad” – A Comparative Study of Ukrainian Migration, Immigration Policy and Diaspora Formation in Canada and Germany after the Second World War. Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde des Doktors der Philosophie des Fachbereichs Philosophie und Geschichtswissenschaft der Universität Hamburg vorgelegt von Julia Lalande aus Düsseldorf Toronto, den 26.01.2006 Hauptgutachter: Prof. Dr. Frank Golczewski Nebengutachter: Prof. Dr. Orest Subtelny Datum der Disputation: 29 März 2006 Table of Contents Pages Chapter Outline I-VI Preface VII Abbreviations VIII-X Acknowledgements XI-XII Deutsche Zusammenfassung XIII-XXX Chapter Outline Chapter 1: Introduction – Historiography and Theoretical Approach to the Topic 1-33 1. The Comparative Approach in the Context of Historiography 2-9 2. Studying Immigration History 9-13 3. Diaspora, Immigrant, Refugee, and Ethnic Group – Defining the Terminology 13-19 4. Methodology, Source Base, and Chapter Summary 19-23 4.1. Methodology 19-20 4.2. Source Base 20-21 4.3. Chapter Summary 21-23 5. The Background of Ukrainian Migration 23-33 5.1. Historical Synopsis of Ukrainian Migration to Canada 23-28 5.2. Ukrainian Migration to Germany 28-31 5.3. The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 31-33 Chapter 2: Ukrainians in the Displaced Persons Camps, 1945-1948 34-94 1. Introduction 34-38 1.1. Secondary Literature and Primary Sources 34-36 1.2. Method and Outline 37-38 2. UNRRA and the Initial Relief Efforts in Germany 38-46 2.1. The Formation of UNRRA 38-40 2.2. The Early DP Operations and Problems 41-46 3. Repatriation 46-62 3.1.
    [Show full text]
  • Canada's Parliament Education Forum November 20-24, 2013
    Canada’s Parliament Education Forum November 20-24, 2013 In collaboration with the UNF Ottawa-Gatineau branch, the Paul Yuzyk Institute For Youth Leadership is pleased to announce its second annual – Canada’s Parliament Education Forum – a unique educational leadership forum to be held in Ottawa November 20-24, 2013. Canada's Parliament Education Forum is inviting high school and university age students from across Canada to participate in an exciting five day exploration of the Ukrainian contribution to Canada’s Parliament and to our Canadian Policy and Legislation on Multiculturalism. This unique educational leadership forum will give 12 young leaders the opportunity to learn how our government touches the lives of Ukrainian Canadians and how our Ukrainian community has helped build the Canadian nation and Canada’s multicultural society. The Forum includes site visits in and around Parliament Hill, the House of Commons and Senate, the Parliamentary Library, the War Museum, the National Museum of Canadian Civilization, Parliamentary Precinct, the Supreme Court, and National Archives and Library Canada. As well, visits to Ukrainian Canadian institutions, monuments, and memorials such as Ukrainian churches, Buduchnist Credit Union, and the Taras Shevchenko monument will be included. Students between the ages of 14 to 22, of Ukrainian descent or simply with an interest to Ukrainian identity and multiculturalism must apply before November 1, 2013. This educational forum is limited to only 12 candidates who meet the selection criteria. Cost: $950 includes local travel, hotel accommodation, all meals, educational program, participants’ handbook, training and facilitators. Please note this does not include air travel or costs to or from Ottawa.
    [Show full text]
  • “Multiculturalism” As Conceptualized in Canada and the United States
    Contrasting Images: “Multiculturalism” as conceptualized in Canada and the United States Garth Stevenson Brock University Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Montreal, June 3, 2010. The assistance of SSHRC, standard research grant 410-2007-0379, in the preparation of this paper is gratefully acknowledged. 1 The word ―multiculturalism‖, now almost half a century old, continues to provoke discussion and controversy not only in North America, where it originated, but throughout the western world. Even had the word never been invented, the question of how rich western nation-states and their citizens should respond to the increasing cultural and ethnic diversity caused by immigration would provoke controversy by virtue of its intrinsic importance. Yet words and the meanings, favourable or unfavourable, that are attached to them may contribute to the structure, content and outcome of discourse. The meanings of words may change over time or may vary from place to place. Words may contribute to understanding or may, if their meanings are contested or ambiguous, be an obstacle to understanding. The word ―multiculturalism‖ is nowhere more prominent than in Canada, where it appears in the titles of federal and provincial statutes, and where its derivative, ―multicultural heritage‖, is even referred to, since 1982, in the constitution. Despite its sometimes contested status as a national symbol, the Canadian pedigree of the M-word is not entirely clear. Although the word ―multi-cultural‖ (with a hyphen) appeared on the agenda of a convention of the Canadian Ethnic Press Association in March 1962, the word ―multiculturalism‖ itself may have been invented by an American-born sociologist, Charles Hobart, who apparently used it in a speech the following year, not long after he was hired by the University of Alberta.
    [Show full text]
  • STUDENT 1976 February-April
    "STUDENT" Newspaper 191 Lippincott St._ TORONT' M5 STtlPENT lTtDI/ll\iTi February — April 1976 CANADA'S NEWSPAPER FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS DOUBLE ISSUE : . Page 2 STUDENT- "You must support the French language rights outside of Quebec if you want Multicul- turalism to survive." This was basically the most recurring message to be ~y heard at the recent Second Canadian Conference on Mul- STUDENT ETL'DIAfVTJ ticulturalism held in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 14 and 15. This message, which seemed by the way to be almost wholly propounded by the French Canadians, quietly re- ceived the full endorsement of Labour Minister John : "STUDENT" Munro and his fellow' Anglo Canadian Mandarins. After 191 Lippincott Street, all, why shouldn't Munro endorse something that would Toronto, Ontario. relieve him of his troubles by 'letting the ethnics fight it out with the French' ? Why shouldn't the Mi- , - nister put the responsibility , for Multiculturalism on ' the shoulders of all minority ethno cultural groups? - . It seems that the Imperial Fountain has saved the day for Munro. Or has it? "STUDENT" is a national tri-lingual and bi-monthly news- The Federal Government has safely neutralized the paper for Ukrainian Canadian students and is published by question of multiculturalism by dichotomizing it. the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union (SUSK). Either we accept and support the language and cultural "STUDENT" is a forum for fact and opinion reflecting the rights of the French, in which case, when the French - interests of Ukrainian Canadian students on various topics: Canadians are secure and equal with the Anglais social, cultural, political and religious.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ukrainian Weekly 1986
    Іі$Ье(І by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! Шrainian Weekl у Vol. LIV No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 13,1986 25 cents Yaroslav Stetzko, nationalist leader, Paul Yuzyk dead at 73 former prime minister, dies Senator was architect of multiculturalism by Њоѓ Dlaboha by Michael B. Bociurkiw MUNICH Yaroslav Stetzko, head of the Organization of Ukrainian JERSEY CITY, NJ. — Sen. Paul Nationalists (revolutionary faction) Yuzyk, a 23-year veteran of the Senate and prime minister of Ukraine during of Canada and the Ukrainian National World War II, died here Saturday, July Association's supreme director for 5, at the age oi 74 after a prolonged ill- Canada, died in an Ottawa hospital July ness. He is survived by his wife, Slava, 9 at the age of 73 after a brief battle with editor of the ABN Correspondence. cancer. Mr. Stetzko, who was born into a Regarded by his many friends and priestly family in the Ternopil region of political associates as the chief architect western Ukraine on January 19, 1912, of Canada's 15-year-old multicultura- was one of the leading persons in the lism policy, Sen. Yuzyk was appointed political and military struggle for to the Senate in February 1963 by Ukraine's independence in the 20th Conservative Prime Minister John century. Diefenbaker. After graduating from the Ternopil Paul Yuzyk was born on June 24, gymnasium with exceptional grades, he 1913, in Pinto, Sask., — a sleepy town entered Lviv University as a student of on the Canadian prairies with which he philosophy and law, Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada: the Changing Identity (1990-2013)
    THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CANADA: THE CHANGING IDENTITY (1990-2013) A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts In the Department of Religion and Culture University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon By YURIY KIRUSHOK © Copyright, Yuriy Kirushok, June 2014. All Rights Reserved PERMISSION TO USE In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the Libraries of this University may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for copying of this thesis in any manner, in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by the professor or professors who supervised my thesis work or, in their absence, by the Head of the Department or the Dean of the College in which my thesis work was done. It is understood that any copying or publication or use of this thesis or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to the University of Saskatchewan in any scholarly use which may be made of any material in my thesis. Requests for permission to copy or to make other uses of materials in this thesis in whole or part should be addressed to: Head of the Department of Religion and Culture 9 Campus Drive University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A5 Canada OR Dean College of Graduate Studies and Research University of Saskatchewan 107 Administration Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2 Canada i ABSTRACT This research is dedicated to the modern history of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.
    [Show full text]
  • The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Foundations, EWJUS, Vol
    The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Foundations Volodymyr Kravchenko University of Alberta Abstract: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) became the second academic institution in the Western world to fully specialize in exploring Ukrainian history, culture, and current affairs after the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI). Establishment of the CIUS in Edmonton was not predetermined. There were other ideas and competing projects with regard to place, profile, and institutional model of Ukrainian studies in Canada. Edmonton became a winner due to a unique combination of Western regionalism, multiculturalism, the makeup of the Ukrainian local community, and the personal qualities of that community’s leaders. Contrary to widespread opinion, the CIUS did not copy the institutional model of the HURI. The CIUS model is unique, as it embraces a broad, interdisciplinary research agenda, and community-oriented activities related to education and culture. Keywords: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, multiculturalism. INTRODUCTION or over forty years the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) has F been one of the only two academic institutes in the Western world fully specialized in exploring Ukrainian history, culture, and current affairs. Its purview has particularly embraced a broad variety of topics related to the Ukrainian community in Canada, as well as institutional and intellectual aspects of Ukrainian studies in the West since the 1960s. Although many insightful observations
    [Show full text]
  • Ukrainian Canadians Published * a Survey' for the Canadian
    Frances Swyri ' : ‘ ' !-:i T : m ! :? Ukrainian Canadians Published * a survey' for the Canadian - . flOA . , mstituteof v'^ of their portrayal 1 s Ukrainian Studies „ bvM , in English-language The University of Alberta Press works Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from University of Alberta Libraries https://archive.org/details/ukrainiancanadiaOOswyr Ukrainian Canadians a survey of their portrayal in English-language works Ukrainian Canadians a survey of their portrayal in English-language works by Frances Swyripa Published The for the Canadian University Institute of of Alberta Ukrainian Studies by Press OA 1978 Published for The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies by The University of Alberta Press Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1978 Copyright © 1978 The University of Alberta Press Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Swyripa, Frances, 1951- Ukrainian Canadians Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-88864-050-1 bd. ISBN 0-88864-022-6 pa. 1. Ukrainians in Canada— Historiography. I. Title FC 1 06. U5 S99 971 \004’9 1 79 1 C78-0020 1 2-X All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Cover design: J. Frascara Printed by Printing Services of The University of Alberta IV The Alberta Library in Ukrainian-Canadian Studies A series of original works and reprints relating to Ukrainians in Canada, issued under the editorial supervision of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton Editorial Board: George S.N.
    [Show full text]