CIUS Annual Review

\ ; w 1 ; / I < I \ 1 , i \ ; i X X, % : Ns ii0 %i -mM Canadian Institute Annual Review 2000 of Ukrainian Studies University of X Table of Contents From the Director 1 Administration 3 In memoriam 4 Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Special 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta Report 6 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8 Kowalsky Program 8 CIUS Press 12 Telephone: (780) 492-2972 Peter lacyk Centre 13 FAX: (780) 492-4967 E-mail: [email protected] Ukrainian Church Studies Program 21 Ukrainian Language Education Centre 23 CIUS Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS Canada Ukraine Legislative Cooperation Project 29 CIUS Annual Review Reprints permitted with acknowledgement Journal of Ukrainian Studies 32 ISSN 1485-7979 Ukrainian-Canadian Program 33 Encyclopedia of Ukraine 35 Editor: Della Goa Stasiuk Program 36 Translator: Bohdana Badzio Editorial supervision: Myroslav Yurkevich Events .......37 Design and layout: Peter Matilainen Lectures and seminars 38 Cover design: Penny Waite, Graphic Design and Staff activities 39 Photographic Services, University of Alberta Awards administered by CIUS 43 CIUS Edmonton staff photos: Richard Siemens, Graphic Design and Photographic Services, Endowments 45 University of Alberta Donors to Endowment Funds 49 To contact the CIUS Toronto office (Encyclopedia Project, Journal of Ukrainian Studies, or CIUS Press), please write c/o: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies 1 Spadina Crescent, Rm. 109 University of Toronto Toronto, ON M6S 2J5 Telephone: General office (41 6) 978-6934 FAX: (416)978-2672 E-mail: [email protected] Cover: 25th anniversary celebration of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program, March 1 , 2000, Edmonton City Hall (Copyright Edmonton Journal, reprinted with permission. Photographer: Ed Kaiser) From the Director CIUS in the twenty-first century As the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies heads into the twenty-first century, it is appropriate both to reflect on its past and to imagine its future. At the cusp of the new century I began my second term as director. The first year of the term was my sabbatical year. I am grateful to David Marples for standing in as acting director during that year, giving me an opportunity to pursue some of my research interests, but also to reflect on CIUS. I shall limit my comments to the last decade, during almost all of which I have been affiliated with the institute. As the institute reached its fifteenth anniversary in 1991, great changes that were to shape its activities were under way both inter- nally and externally. It was a momentous year as Ukraine regained its independence and the Ukrainian Canadian community celebrated its centennial. For CIUS it was a time of accom- Dr. Zenon Kohut plishment, as the institute published Orest Martynowych’s monumental study of the his- opportunities, and challenges. The drastic tory of Ukrainians in Canada, taking the story budget cuts at the University of Alberta began the institute up to 1924, and the Encyclopedia of Ukraine in 1993, just as demands on by project went into high gear in order to publish government, media, and academia dramati- cally increased. For much of this decade, CIUS the last three volumes—a task brilliantly ac- complished in 1993 by our dear recently de- has had to deal with the need for expansion at restraint. exten- parted colleague Danylo Husar Struk. It was a time of budgetary Through also a time of growth as the successful endow- sive fund-raising and grant applications and, ment fund-raising campaign stimulated by the above all, thanks to the dedication of its staff Alberta matching funds campaign bore fruit. and supporters, the institute has not only With his donation of one million dollars, Mr. coped, but has also initiated major new 2 Peter Jacyk brought about the establishment of projects, such as the $2. -million CIDA-funded a historical studies centre that went into full Canada Ukraine Legislative Cooperation operation with the arrival of its director at the Project and the Kowalsky Program for the end of 1990. Work on the Hrushevsky project Study of Eastern Ukraine, with an endowment went into full swing with the engagement of of almost $2 million. At the same time, CIUS so translators and editors. CIUS expanded its has remained dedicated to its core mandate, activity in Toronto with the transformation of apparent in the year 2000 as we celebrate a for its encyclopedia office into the CIUS publica- quarter-century of the bilingual program, tions office. which the Ukrainian Language Education With Ukrainian independence, the new Centre is a vital resource. decade brought not only great accomplish- In general, CIUS parallelled the direction of ments for CIUS but also increased obligations, the Ukrainian Canadian community in becom- CIUS had to undergo an extensive wrap-up procedure, including a final report, an inde- pendent audit, and a final evaluation. The results proved so positive that CIUS designed a major follow-up project, which has been sub- mitted to CIDA and has met with a positive response in the first evaluations. We also see major growth in the Kowalsky Program. In the year since its inception, the program has shown great vitality, organizing a major conference and publishing its journal, preparing major research projects, and distrib- uting student scholarships and academic grants. Moreover, Daria and Michael Kowalsky increased the endowment to $1.9 million, mak- ing them the largest contributors to CIUS. Khrystyna Jendyk, administrative officer, and Dr. Bohdan Klid, administrative assistant to the director for 1999-2000. Their joint decision to increase support for the program occurred just before the death of ing heavily involved in Ukraine in the 1990s. It Michael Kowalsky, which saddened all of us at will certainly continue this involvement, which the institute. We can best honour this idealistic, has so benefited the institute and yielded so hard-working, and generous donor by demon- many worthwhile projects and programs in strating that his faith in CIUS was well-placed. Ukraine. Yet at the moment one finds a ten- These new initiatives will not diminish the dency in the Ukrainian Canadian community intensity of the work of the Jacyk Centre and to take stock and plan for its future. For CIUS, the Hrushevsky Translation Project, ULEC and it is clearly time to intensify its activity in pro- Nova, the Stasiuk Program, the Church Studies ducing an authoritative multi-volume history Program, CIUS Press, and the Journal of of Ukrainians in Canada. Dr. Frances Swyripa, Ukrainian Studies. As CIUS enters the new the Ukrainian-Canadian program director, century, it looks forward to the twenty- fifth who held a half-time position in the Depart- anniversary celebration of its many accom- ment of History and Classics concurrently plishments and embarks confidently on its with her appointment at CIUS, is moving to a numerous plans to develop Ukrainian studies full-time position in the history department. and serve its many constituencies. We hope This affords us an opportunity to expand the that we will continue to find understanding program, as Frances Swyripa will continue to and support in realizing these goals, thereby offer courses and train students in Ukrainian- ensuring the institute’s continued leadership in Canadian studies, while the funds released will the development of Ukrainian studies in the enable us to accelerate the programs research, twenty- first century. publication, and outreach components. It is hoped that the program’s revitalization will also attract generous support from the community, and possibly a major donor who would wish this important program to bear his or her name. CIUS also faces a number of other changes and new directions. The Canada Ukraine Leg- islative Cooperation Project formally ended in April 2000. As is normal with such projects, 2 Administration Dr. David Marples serves as acting director for 1999-2000 Dr. David Marples, director of the Stasiuk Kyiv to hold discussions with members of the Program for the Study of Contemporary Academy of Public Administration and with the Ukraine, served as acting director of the Cana- IMF office in the Ukrainian capital. The main dian Institute of Ukrainian Studies in the 1999- discussions centred on global distance learning 2000 academic year. He was actively involved in programs. In Kyiv, Dr. Marples also met with a variety of undertakings while serving in this Mr. Volodymyr Kulyk, last year’s recipient of the position. Two commemorative evenings were John Kolasky Memorial Fellowship, who serves arranged for the late associate director, Danylo as organizer of the ClUS-supported Ivan L. Husar Struk, who passed away in June 1999. Rudnytsky Seminars. The first was in November 1999 at the Faculty Several meetings were held with the CIUS Club, where several of Dr. Struk’s colleagues Building Committee and with Elizabeth Dechert, and associates read poems in his honour or director of Capital and Strategic Planning at the recalled memories of him. Participants included University of Alberta. These focused on the future Professor Emeritus Manoly R. Lupul, the location for CIUS after the planned move from founding director of CIUS, Professors Bohdan the third floor of Athabasca Hall. Dr. Marples also Medwidsky, Natalia Pylypiuk and Oleh Ilnytzkyj took an active role in negotiating with govern- of the Department of Modern Languages and ment and provincial representatives regarding Cultural Studies, Mr. Roman Senkus of the CIUS phase two of the Canada Ukraine Legislative Co- Toronto office, and Ms. Borysa Struk of London, operation Project with James Jacuta, the program’s Ontario. The second evening was timed to coin- executive director, Senator Raynell Andreychuk, cide with the annual meeting of the Canadian the acting chair of the advisory board, and Dr. Association of Slavists, of which Professor Struk Zenon Kohut (CIUS director on sabbatical leave).

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