Anastasia Baczynskyj Education University of - OISE 2008- Present Master of Arts Degree Department: Theory and Policy Studies in Education Immigration, Ethnicity and Pluralism Studies

University of Toronto 2002-2008 Honours Bachelor of Arts High Distinction and Dean’s List Student Major in Linguistics, Minor in Political Science, Minor in French Translation

University of (Ivan Franko University) L’viv, Ukraine Exchange Student in a course run by the University of Alberta with the participation of Ivan Franko University. Summer of 2006. (May –June) Studies included Ukrainian culture and intensive training. Thesis Topic “Learning How to Be Ukrainian: The Ukrainian School System and its Role in the Torontonian Diaspora 1945- 2009” Awards Ukrainian Fraternal Association Scholarship (2003), Ukrainian Professional and Businessman’s Association Scholarship (2003), Chair’s Scholarship, Ukrainian Credit Union (2009)

Presentations “No Time to Think”: Joint paper to be presented at the CSSHE (forthcoming) Conference May, 2009. Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Carlton University. , ON.

“What Would an Aboriginal College Look Like?” Joint paper to be presented at the CSA Conference May, 2009. Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Carlton University. Ottawa, ON.

Presentations “Contemporary Issues in Ukrainian Immigration: 4th Wave Involvement in Ukrainian Clubs”: Presented the issues of inter-wave tension within the Ukrainian community in Toronto at the 51st annual Ukrainian Students’ Clubs of (SUSK) Conference. Toronto, ON. February 22, 2009. “The Importance of Ukrainian Schooling”: Presented issues regarding ethnic socialization and the history of Ukrainian language maintenance in Ukrainian Canadian ethnic schools at a conference for Ukrainian language teachers organized by The Ukrainian Canadian School Board. Toronto, ON. February 2, 2009. “ When a Little Language Goes Big”: Presented issues in Language Policy initiated in Ukraine and their significance vis a vis the Russophone population at the first annual Undergraduate Linguistics Conference at the University of Toronto. March 8, 2008.

“Here and Now.” Chosen to speak about the issues of democratization in Ukraine during its Orange Revolution. CBC Radio One. 99.1 FM. Broadcast on December 22, 2004.