iKliliilg 1997 Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Table of Contents 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8 Telephone: (403) 492-2972 Director’s Message 1 FAX: (403) 492-4967 Peter Jacyk Centre 3 E-mail: cius@ua!berta.ca The Canada Ukraine Business Initiative ... 7 CIUS Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~cius/ Legislative Cooperation Project 10 CIUS Annual Review CIUS Press 12 Reprints permitted with acknowledgement Journal of Ukrainian Studies 15 ISSN 0702-8474 Encyclopedia of Ukraine 16 Ukrainian Language Education Centre ... 18 Editor: Olenka Melnyk Ukrainian language editor: Halyna Klid Ukrainian-Canadian Program 20 Editorial supervision: Myroslav Yurkevich Church Studies Program 22 Design and layout: Peter Matilainen Stasiuk Program 23 Cover design: Graphic Design Services, University Events 25 of Alberta Seminars 28 Staff Activities 29 To contact the editorial offices Awards 35 of the Encyclopedia Project, Donations 37 Journal of Ukrainian Studies, or CIUS Press, please write c/o: Endowments 39 Donors 43 Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto 21 Sussex Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 Telephone: General office (416) 978-6934 CIUS Press (416) 978-8240 Encyclopedia (416) 978-6076 JUS (416) 978-8669 FAX: (416) 978-2672 E-mail [email protected] Cover photo: Detail of a Scythian gold pectoral held at the Museum of Historical Treasures, Kyiv. The pectoral was excavated from Tovsta Mohyla Correction: barrow, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine, by Borys The CIUS fall 1996 newsletter incorrectly credited Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko as Mozolevsky in 1971. chairing the Ukrainian Canadian Committee’s activities in Edmonton commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Ukrainian man-made famine in Ukraine. The chair of the committee was in fact Bohdan Shulakewych. Omission: The CIUS fall 1996 newsletter omitted mentioning Yakiv Gowda’s generous gift of the ten-volume Entsyklopediia Ukrai'noznavstva as well as other books. CIUS apologizes for this inadvertent omission, and thanks Mr. Gowda (Edmonton) for his heartfelt contribution. Director’s message CIUS revitalizes its mandate Last October, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies celebrated its twentieth anniversary. For most of its first two decades, CIUS’s mission was to produce knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainians: their language, literature, history, politics, traditions and cul- ture. CIUS was founded in response to a two- fold need: to help preserve Ukrainian identity in Canada and to counter the repressive meas- ures of a Soviet regime bent on destroying the Ukrainian language and culture. By the 1990s, the parameters of this mission were changed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. A newly independent Ukraine began look- ing toward the Institute for guidance and as- sistance in rebuilding Ukrainian studies. Moreover, formerly indifferent Western aca- Dr. Zenon Kohut demic and political leaders became eager con- and vibrant institution. Consider of the sumers of Institute publications and coopera- some Institute’s accomplishments in 1996-97: tive partners in a variety of endeavors. The Institute became a resource centre for federal 1. The English translation of volume 1 of and provincial governments, and increasingly ’ Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus for business as well. Clearly the demands upon was published. The Hrushevsky translation CIUS, its constituencies, and its very mission project, equal in size to the earlier Encyclopedia had expanded dramatically. of Ukraine project, is fulfilling a long-term Simultaneously, Institute felt the the impact dream of the Ukrainian community. The Peter of the fundamental restructuring of higher Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research education in North America in general, and and CIUS Press are committed to publishing in Canada in particular. Not only were univer- all eleven volumes in translation. sities asked to do more with substantially less CIUS Press is also to be commended for funding, but there was an increased publishing Bohdan Bociurkiw’s The Ukrainian emphasis on “cost efficiency” (a minimum Greek Catholic Church and the Soviet State number of students per class), “relevance” (1939-1950), and Ihor Sevcenko’s Ukraine (demonstrable benefits produced by courses between East and West. and programs), and the ability to raise private 2. Four conferences and corporate funding. Public funding for major were organized: CIUS, as with many other institutions in Al- a) The twentieth anniversary conference of on October brought together berta, was reduced by 30 per cent. CIUS 6, 1996, three Faced by both a dramatic increase in the more than hundred scholars, busi- ness people, educators, legal medical demands on its services and a sharp decrease in and experts, and community activists to talk public funding, CIUS had to rethink its priori- a timely topics ties and reorganize. This process has been un- about wide range of from Ukrainian studies to political develop- der way for the last four years and was com- ments in Ukraine. pleted this academic year. As a result, CIUS has b) Ukrainian-Belarusian Conference, emerged as a larger and more varied, effective The 1 May 6-7, 1997, in Chernihiv, drew seven- teen leading Belarusian and Ukrainian specialists to discuss shared historical ex- periences. A continuation of the series on Ukraine and her neighbors organized by CIUS during the 1970s and 1980s, the conference had political significance, given the current curtailment of intellectual freedoms in Belarus and the country’s attempted merger with Russia, as well as scholarly value. Dr. Kohut with office administrative support staff (centre) Olia Briggs and (r) Eleanor Witiuk “Eye Rhymes: A Multi-Disciplinary Inter- national Conference on Visual Poetry,” As can be seen, CIUS is now engaged in a June 12-16, 1997, co-sponsored by the wide range of activities. It remains the fore- English, Modern Languages, and Arts and most Canadian and leading international re- Design Departments, as well as CIUS, search institution dedicated to the discovery, emphasized Canadian as well as East Euro- preservation, and dissemination of knowledge pean traditions of visual poetry. Six poets about Ukraine and Ukrainians. It will continue from Ukraine participated and exhibited to provide the intellectual tools needed for the their works. preservation of Canadian Ukrainian heritage. The Canada-Ukraine Business Initiative At the same time, CIUS has responded to re- (CUBI), spearheaded by CIUS, attracted quests from several quarters, including the more than four hundred leading politi- Ukrainian community, to apply its expertise on cians and business people from Canada Ukraine beyond scholarship and education. and Ukraine, including then Prime Minis- There is a strong desire to assist Ukraine in ter Pavlo Lazarenko, Minister of Agricul- becoming a more democratic, better managed, ture and Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo and economically more viable state. The Zubets, Minister of Reconstruction and Canada Ukraine Legislative Cooperation Development Roman Shpek and, from the Project and the Canada Ukraine Business Ini- Canadian side, Minister of Foreign Affairs tiative are two major CIUS projects that aim to Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Justice Anne assist Ukraine in moving in this direction. McLellan, and the three prairie provincial Such expansion in vision and activities has premiers. required a new approach to financing. In es- sence, the money CIUS receives from the uni- 3. The Ukrainian Language Education Centre versity only partially covers its infrastructure. continued development and publication of the For specific activities, CIUS has become more Nova series and sponsored a summer institute dependent on private and corporate contribu- for teacher professional development. In Sep- tions, endowments, government grants and tember 1996, ULEC published Sribni nytky, the contracts. It is a somewhat precarious exist- Ukrainian version of Silver Threads , written by ence, since only the university grant and the Marsha Skrypuch, illustrated by Michael endowments provide a steady, reasonably pre- Martchenko, and published by Penguin Books. dictable income. 4. The first two modules of the Canada Nevertheless, CIUS has done quite well in Ukraine Legislative Cooperation Project were 1996-97. It has drawn over $500,000 from the implemented. Canadian experts worked with Canadian International Development Agency Ukrainian members of parliament and govern- for the Legislative Cooperation Project; ment officials on energy management and $120,000 from Alberta Education for the devel- conservation, as well as budget and taxation. opment of Nova; more than $100,000 from the 2 Government of Canada and corporate spon- Canada, the federal and provincial govern- sors for CUBI; and collected $240,670 in new ments, Canadian business, and Ukraine itself. endowment money, and approximately It has maintained and augmented a talented $400,000 in contributions for the Hrushevsky staff, including younger scholars, so as to en- Translation Project. It also has enjoyed the sure the future of Ukrainian studies. In coun- support of the Canadian Foundation for tering the harsh financial reality in higher Ukrainian Studies (Encyclopedia, Hrushevsky education, CIUS is attempting to forge a spirit Translation Project, and Nova) and the Alberta of partnership and synergy among university, Foundation for Ukrainian Education Society community, government, and business. Your (Nova). ongoing support