STUDENT ;::. VETUDIANT CANADA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS PRICE $1.00 Let's Make a Deal . coming musical sensation, DUMKA to In less than two months, the U.B.C. Having heard Ukrainian Students' Club will raise the Vancouver. DUMKA perform at various zabavas and festivals curtain for what is promised to be the best Presidents Message across Canada, I can assure you that they SUSK Congress in history. As someone than adequate repertoire of who has attended four SUSK congresses and have a more and rock music (wait till you hear a countless number of regional conferences, Ukrainian their "Hutzel reggae" stuff!). Of course, after I would like to use this month's column to the zabava, you'll have lots of free time to do entice as many of you as possible to come to Vancouver. as you please.. .anything from taking a mid- night in the Ocean to scaling the Over the past few months, the 25th SUSK dip Congress Committee and your National towering Grouse Mountain! Executive in Ottawa have been workine The Congress social agenda will climax doubly hard to make sure that everything Saturday evening with a group-ouling to one will be perfect for your arrival in of Vancouver's finer restaurants (Vancouver Vancouver. Grants have been secured; has some of the best sea-food available workers have been hired; speakers have been anywhere!) and a cabaret at the U.B.C. confirmed; rooms, accommodations and campus. For those of you who are waiting to meals have been ordered; and all clubs and expose that hidden talent of yours, the Ukrainian youth organizations have been cabaret will be open to anyone eager enough notified of the date and location of the to take the floor (of course, we'll have some congress. extra professional talent on hand - just in To date, our only remaining major task is case!). to convince as many people as possible to Sunday, attend the Congress. On we'll be holding a series of SUSK business sessions. You will have the There are many reasons for attending a rare opportunity to applaude or criticize the SUSK Congress. Personally, I look forward work of the SUSK National Executive and to going to these parleys because it's an you'll be able to hear what to excellent opportunity to meet other we've been up all year. And last, but not least, the delegates Ukrainian-Canadian students from across at the congress will elect a new the country. This year's congress will have SUSK Executive and chart the direction an added dimension. Representatives from SUSK will take over the next year. other ethnocultural youth and students' groups have been invited to attend and it will Finally, we intend to launch the annual be interesting to see what we have in post-congress trip on Monday morning. common with our peers from other groups. The most mentioned destination for this are members of a discussions on topics of interest to you - the other important interesting For people who and topics, so be sojourn is San Francisco, the Vancouver Club executive, the Ukrainian-Canadian student. 1 think lhat sure to check out the in this Ukrainian Students' agenda issue of Island and the Okanagan Valley are also in a lime to share your one of the most interesting sessions will be Student. Congress is good the offering. The trip will be made by a SUSKiles. The club the one on cultural retention - featuring a course, problems with other Of social events are an important convoy of private and rented vehicles (ledhy development sessions on Sunday will be panel of Ukrainian student activists from component of any conference, the and my mother's station wagon) and it will last to discussing the various maladies across Canada. The panelists have been SUSK Congress devoted Committee has assured me about five days.. .who knows, maybe we'll at the present time. invited to explain their personal reasons for that all thai are afflicting clubs delegates and guests will have the make it to Mexico. Show up and find oul how you can draw maintaining their Ukrainian identity. I'm lime of their lives. On Thursday evening, a more people to those USC meetings and sure thai many of you have asked yourselves salmon barbeque will be held. If you've social events without having to break your why you continue lo play an active part in never tasted B.C. salmon before and you're So don't just sil there with your Student. back at the same lime. Or find out how to the Ukrainian community, speak Ukrainian looking to get blasted after a long, cross- Gel up, phone your travel agent, and book at - extract hundreds of dollars out of the coffers home and seek-out Ukrainian friends country flight to Vancouver, this is the event your ticket to Vancouver -the seats are going of the Ukrainian community. Well teach this panel is guaranteed to stimulate your to hit. We promise that the evening will fast! you how to talk lo KYK and the P's and B's, mind on this topic! And don'l worry, there'll leave you plenty of time lo get acquainted and how lo run a zabava without getting be lots of time for an animated group with other delegates. citedAr liquor licence violations'. discussion after the panelists have completed Friday evening will feature the traditional Mykhailo Bociurkiw OlWiTiorc serious note, the Congress will their presentations. congress banquet and zabava. For the feature a good number oflectures and panel There will also be lectures on a host of occasion, wc are flying Edmonton's up-and- VISIBLE SYMBOLS CULTURAL EXPRESSION AMONG CANADA'S UKRAINIANS Edited by Manoly R. Lupul What are the visible symbols through which Ukrainians in X Canada express their identity in the North American milieu? The volume answers this question in six parts: Ukrainian Material Culture in Canada; Ukrainian Art in Canada; Ukrainian Music in Canada; Ukrainian Dance in Canada; In Search of Ukrainian Canadian Symbols; and the Politics of Ukrainian Culture in Canada. The papers are taken 4 ' 9 from the fifth annual conference btP* V ^ on Ukrainians in Canada (University of Manitoba, 1981). 204 pages, cloth $19.95 Order from: University of Toronto Press, 5201 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario Canada 5T8 Published by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies University of Alberta 0<° 2 student May/June im PC's Woo Ethnic Vote Canada s federal by Mykhailo Bociurkiw multiculturalism policy was tntroduced in 1971, under the Liberal government of Pierre Elliott Trudeau The TORONTO - On Che eve policy a possible was introduced to federal elecuon, [he facilitate the Progressive development of Canadian Conservative society into an Party of Canada lured over equal partnership of all component groups 500 people from various ethnocultural while at the same communities lime allowing for a to a conference on multi- bilingual system within a multicultural culturalism here on Saturday, June 2, 1984, framework. n 1 practice, it is a concept called "Passport to which a Progressive states that each Canadianism." Canadian has the opportunity to pursue, with the The Conservatives support of are currently fighting a the federal government, neck-and-neck the development of battle in the public opinion one's own cultural and linguistic identity. polls against the Liberal Party. Recent polls The policy has received indicate that increasing the strength of the two parties attention from both ethnocultural groups appears to be equal. Many people speculate and political parties, that that now the non- the hidden agenda of the conference Anglophone, non-Francophone portion of could have been to attract a higher Canada's population has risen to almost percentage 40 of the ethnic vote during the next per cent. election - The conference which could be called as early as commenced Saturday multicultural The Conservative's multiculturalism aspect of our society must be August. morning with introductory remarks by conference in Toronto M,. emphasized on a daily " represents an about- Murta. Five basis in the schools The conference, held in Toronto's workshops were offered that He posh turn by the party. In 1979, added that "the Progressive Conservative Sheraton Centre under the morning with Hotel, was chaired by Mr. administration approximately 100 Party of of Conservative Canada can give leadership for Jack Murta, Prime participants in each Conservative Member of Minister workshop. Morning discussions that Joe Clark, the Ministry will take place between the Parliament for Lisgar. of workshops focused on such Manitoba, and the Multiculturalism was topics as: multi- federal government and one of the ministries culturalism the provinces on official P.C. spokesman and education, social and for multi- designated to be axed by education. culturalism. the federal political development, government. newcomer settlement A lengthy and question and answer session A noticeable amount of citizenship, heritage retention and Ukrainian followed Mr. Epp's remarks. Many community leaders were in attendance Before the official sharing, and human rights at the opening of the and race participants explained conference. conference, relations. their personal Notable Ukrainians in the members of the Ukrainian Each workshop was introduced experience with the educational system and audience included: Sen. Paul Yuzyk, Canadian Students' Union distributed by a Conservative Member of Parliament. a the Multiculturalism Directorate. Andrew Gregorovich (Editor written brief outlining (The of Forum SUSK's position on The workshop entitled Multiculturalism "Multiculturalism Directorate is the federal Magazine), PLAST representatives multiculturalism. Later and a in the day, the and Education" was chaired by agency responsible healthy Mr. Ores! for administering the contingent from the Ukrainian position paper was referred to several times Rudzik of Toronto and introduced by Multiculturalism program).