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Ukraine-Alberta Relations Ukraine – Alberta Relations PROFILE The former Premier Ed Stelmach was During the same visit, Governor Alberta’s first Premier of Ukrainian Vyshyvanyuk, and Edmonton’s Capital: Kyiv descent. former Mayor, Stephen Mandel, Population: 45.2 million (2013 est.) signed a Memorandum of In 2003, former Premier Klein received Understanding (MOU) for the City the first ever Hetman Award of Language: Ukrainian (official); Russian of Edmonton’s wholly-owned Distinction from the Ukrainian widely spoken corporation, Waste RE-solutions Canadian Congress-Alberta Provincial Edmonton, to assist the Government: Republic Council (UCC-APC) recognizing his Government of Ivano-Frankivsk leadership in enhancing Alberta- Head of State: President Petro Poroshenko with establishing environmentally (since May 2014) Ukraine relations. sustainable waste management systems in Ivano-Frankivsk. Head of Government: Prime Minister 2016 marks the 125th Anniversary of Ukraine Settlement in Canada. Arseniy Yatsenyuk TRADE AND INVESTMENT Currency: Hryvnia (UAH), RELATIONSHIP OVERVIEW Alberta exported an average of CAD$1 = $7.92 UAH, 1 UAH = CAD$0.13 Alberta has had a long history of $17.1 million worth of goods to (July 2013) involvement with Ukraine and has Ukraine from 2008-2012. Alberta GDP: US$ 182 billion (2013 est.) contributed to building social, political top exports included machinery and economic reform in Ukraine. ($12.1 million), iron or steel GDP (PPP): US$338.1 billion (2013 est.) products ($1.5 million), meat The Advisory Council on Alberta- (primarily pork, $1.0 million), and GDP Per Capita (PPP): US$ 7,490 Ukraine Relations (ACAUR), created in (2013 est.) motor and special purpose 2000, provides advice to the Alberta vehicles ($638,400). GDP growth rate: -1.3% (2009-2013 avg Government on its relations with est.) Ukraine. Alberta’s direct imports from Ukraine averaged $4.5 million Inflation: 6.5% (2009-2013 avg est.) In 2005, Alberta welcomed Lviv as its from 2008 to 2012, including iron newest sister province. and steel products, vodka and Unemployment: 7.2% (2013 est.) In 2004, Alberta entered into a sister beer, and rubber. This figure does not include goods sold in Key Industry Sectors: coal, electric power, province relationship with the western Alberta that have arrived via ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery Oblast of Ivano-Frankivsk, which was and transport equipment, chemicals, food renewed in 2010 for a further five distribution hubs in other processing. provinces. years. DID YOU KNOW? The commitment to explore areas of co-operation between Alberta and Ukrainian independence in 1991 Ivano-Frankivsk was renewed by way followed centuries of foreign rule by of a Letter of Understanding (LOU) Poland, Austria-Hungary, Russia and that was signed during former finally the USSR. Governor of Ivano-Frankovsk’s, Mr. Mykhaylo Vyshyvanyuk, official visit to Alberta in August 2013. June 2014 | Input provided by Alberta Ministries of: Agriculture and Rural Development, Education, Energy, Enterprise and Advanced Education, Environment and Sustainable Resource Development UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IN Russia currently builds North and advisor to Alberta Education to ALBERTA South Stream gas pipelines by- enhance cultural ties, support According to the 2011 census, passing Ukraine to serve Europe curriculum development, and promote Ukrainian language and there are approximately 345,000 directly while Ukraine, thought to be Albertans of Ukrainian descent. among Europe's largest shale gas culture. Just over 29,500 Albertans deposits, tries to develop this Privately-run heritage schools reported Ukrainian as their mother resource with the help from the have operated within the multinational oil and gas companies. tongue. Ukrainian community since the Ukraine’s natural gas infrastructure is turn of the century. Between 2008 and 2012, 1,178 in need of major modernization The Ukrainian Folklore Program at immigrants from Ukraine chose costing around $4.8 billion in new the University of Alberta was Alberta as their destination, investments, according to a feasibility established in 1987. It acts as a approximately 60% of which were study ordered by Naftogaz of Ukraine. bridge linking Ukrainian and economic immigrants. Russia is pushing Ukraine to sell gas Western scholarship. The program pipeline infrastructure in exchange for From 2008 to 2012, 883 provides financial and cheaper gas. temporary foreign workers (TFWs) organizational support to from Ukraine were issued a permit Alberta-based exploration and Ukrainian institutions for projects to work in Alberta. production companies active in in Ukraine and encourages study Ukraine include Calgary-based of the vibrant Ukrainian-Canadian From 2008 to 2012, 224 foreign Shelton Canada’s natural gas culture that has evolved in Canada students from Ukraine were issued development joint-venture with over the past 115 years. a permit to study in Alberta. Chornomornaftogaz. Alberta-based drilling and service companies that The University of Alberta (U of A) ENERGY are active in Ukraine include Canam and Grant MacEwan University jointly formed the Canada Ukraine Ukraine has modest oil and gas Services Inc. Research Team (CURT) in 2003 to deposits and, despite efforts to The Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business collaborate with researchers and increase domestic supply, imports Association (CERBA) has been active policy staff at the Institute of around 230 K bbl/d of oil from in promoting Alberta-Ukraine Special Pedagogy (ISP) in Kyiv. Russia and Kazakhstan, and around business links in the energy sector. 1.6 Tcf of gas from Russia and Their efforts focus on improving Turkmenistan. education services for children EDUCATION with disabilities. Ukraine’s proven oil reserves are Ukrainian language and culture 400 million barrels (bbl) compared In 2003, the Ukrainian Knowledge to Alberta’s 169.7 billion bbl (2013). education have had a place in Internet Portal (UKIP) Consortium Ukraine’s natural gas reserves are Alberta schools since 1902. The Association was formed to support 39 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) compared first provincial curriculum for Ukrainian language education in Ukrainian as a second language to Alberta’s conventional gas Alberta. The Consortium reserved at 32.5 Tcf (2013). was introduced in 1956. developed an online Ukrainian Ukraine tries to become Europe’s Ukrainian has been offered as a Learning resource for schools energy transit hub given its location language of instruction in Alberta called Oomroom public schools since 1974. In (www.oomroom.ca). as it serves as an important transit corridor for Russian oil and natural 2010/2011, twenty schools offered gas exports to Europe. Ukrainian language programming. The U of A has had a student Eight hundred students were Transit fees are a major source of exchange program with the Ivan enrolled in an Ukrainian bilingual Franko National University of Lviv revenue for Ukraine and gas price (and debts) is also a source of program and 278 students studied since September 2006. contention with Russia causing Ukrainian language and culture courses. multiple gas supply disruptions to Europe in the past. Thirteen Alberta schools are twinned with schools in Ukraine. Since 2006, the Department of Education and Science of Lviv Oblast State Administration has assigned a Ukrainian language SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD AGRICULTURE RECENT VISITS PROGRAMS Alberta's recent agri-food exports to August 2013: The Governor of Alberta has two post-secondary Ukraine have included processed Ivano-Frankivsk, Mr.Mykhaylo scholarships with Ukraine aimed at animal feed and pork. However, Vyshyvanyuk, visited Alberta to faculty, institutional and student opportunities exist for Alberta sign a LOU with the Government exchanges: companies specializing in animal of Alberta, and a MOU with the genetics, farm machinery equipment, City of Edmonton. o The Alberta Ukrainian Centennial Commemorative Scholarships technology and seeds for sowing. April 2013: Members of the established in 1991 to In 2010 four universities created the Ukraine Juvenile Justice Reform Prairie Agricultural University Initiative Project (UJJRP) Judicial Working acknowledge the significant contributions of Ukrainian settlers in Ukraine (PAUIU) and visited several Group visited Alberta to learn in Alberta. cities in October 2010 and February about the Canadian youth justice 2012. Partners in the initiative are the system. o The International Education Award Universities of Alberta, Saskatchewan, – Ukraine established in 2003 by June 2012: Justice stakeholders an endowment from Alberta Manitoba and Grant MacEwan from Ivano-Frankivsk visited Advanced Education and University. Alberta to learn about the Technology as part of the Canadian youth justice system. ministry’s commitment to CULTURE October 2011: Justice international education. It is In September 2006, Culture and stakeholders from Melitopol, designed to promote and Community Spirit signed an Zaporizia Oblast in eastern strengthen international agreement with Lviv, establishing a Ukraine, visited Alberta to learn relationships between Alberta and genealogical research service about the Canadian youth justice Ukraine. system. between Alberta and Ukraine which These awards are offered to graduate provides a link between their archival June 2010: The Governor of students from either Ukraine or institutions and record depositories Ivano-Frankivsk, Mr. Mykhaylo Alberta who are involved in a ($200,000 over 3 years donated by Vyshyvanyuk, visited
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