) I 2 5 CENTS CANADA'S NEWSPAPER FOB UKRAINIAN STUDENTS Another Ukrainian dissident in the West Stephan Semykivsky Svitlychna allowed to leave USSR after numerous complaints Nadya Svitlychna. a well known only case had not attracted much war. and was arrested in 1968 and shown enormous patience and and petitions prepared on her Ukrainian dissident, was allowed to publicity in the west, has also been sentenced to 10 years imprison- understanding in dealing with the behalf by other dissidents. She was leave the Soviet Union 14 October released The Canadian govern- ment during a business trip to the often irrational and paranoid at- not able to find work in her profes- 1978 for Rome, along with her two ment has recently been requested Soviet Union, has also just been titudes ana statements of certain teacher, however, for sons. sion as a to pressure the Soviet Union for the released from imprisonment and, as sectors of the Ukrainian communi- "ideological" reasons. release of Svitlychna has been associated another prisoner, Danylo a holder of a British passport, is ty. Despite their ill health and Svitlychna was questioned Shumuk with the activities of the Ukrainian a 63-year old Ukrainian demanding that he be allowed to Grigorenko's advanced age, both several times in connection with (he political intelligentsia in Kiev since thf early -irisoner who is believed to leave the Soviet Union. have shown great energy and trial dissidents ot other Ukrainian , be close to sixties, when she was involved with death from stomach One can only hope that any dedication in visiting Ukrainian such as Rudenko. cancer a folk choir which brought together Shumuk has several possible new arrivals in the west will communities throughout the world Marynovych, Matusevych and relatives many people active in the cultural in- Canada, and. con- not be overly disillusioned upon and publicizing, before non- Snehirov. and was threatened with a revival of the 1960's in Ukraine. In sidering his state of health, it is meeting Ukrainian emigre com- Ukramian audiences, the struggle new trial for her activities and her 1965 Svitlychna's brother Ivan was possible that he will soon be allow- munities. They may not be as (SVITLYCHNA con- arrested (he is now serving a ed to leave the Soviet Union. Mykola tolerant in dealing with these com- sentence ot seven years imprison- Buduliak-Sharygin, a Ukrainian munities as are Plyushch and tinued on page 2) ment and five years exile) and she who lived in Great Britain after the Grigorenko. both of whom have went to his defence by writing Conference held in Ottawa letters and signing petitions to the authorities. She did the same in 1968 for Viacheslav Chornovil. Multicultural questions Shortly afterwards she was dismiss- ed from her job but continued her activities, and in 1970 pressed for a thorough examination of the left unanswered Andrij Makuch murder (believed to have been The Third Canadian Conference on Multiculturalism, entitled "Mul- However, before he made that planned by the KGB) of her friend, ticulturalism: A Canadian Reality" was held October 27-29 in Ottawa. The statement. Lalonde downplayed the artist Alia Horska. conference is a biennial affair sponsored by the Canadian Consultative greatly the need for such an inclu- When a massive wave of arrests Council on Multiculturalism (CCCM), a government appointed citizens' sion, saying that specific reference began in Ukraine in January 1972, advisory body which recommends priorities in the multicultural to the contributions of Canada's Svitlychna was summoned by the programme. Andrn Makuch, former SUSK president, was in attendance as "original inhabitants' and the "en- KGB every day for questioning, and the official SUSK delegate and has written his impressions of the during communities of distinctive was finally arrested in April 1972 lor conference. This is the first ot two parts. origins and experiences' m the harbouring the manuscript of proposed Constitutional Amend- The Third Canadian Con- by les Anglais to assimilate Danylo Shumuk's memoirs and the ment Bill imply the full realm of ference on Multiculturalism took French, or to relegate them to other samvydav materials. In March a multicultural rights. In other words, place — actually second-class but what ethnic " 1973 she was tried on a charge of Nadya Svitlychna status. The first Lalonde claimed that the direct "anh-Soviel agitation and contacts with the Ukrainian transpired, and its significance, can propaganda." and sentenced to Helsinki Monitoring Group The be measured only by one's fancy. For the staff of the Multicultural four years imprisonment in a Mor- authorities also threatened to take Directorate, it event dovian labor camp. away her son because of her "poor was one more under their belts; for the In the camp. Svitlychna joined influence on his upbringing." For Honourable Minister Responsible several other Ukrainian women several months before her release political prisoners (Nina Strokata- she had been under intense for Multiculturalism, Mr. Norman Cafik. it was another opportunity to Karavanska, Iryna Stasiv-Kalynets. pressure from KGB officials, and - preach the of Stefania Shabatura, and Iryna had been desperately trying to leave gospel mul- ticulturalism the Liberal party; Senyk) in preparing petitions and the Sovie' Union for abroad. a la protests In December 1974, for Nadya Svitlychna has been for many in auendance, it was simply a "freebie" to the nation's example, they presented demands clostiy connected with many of capital; tor others — especially to be granted the status of political those active in Ukrainian dissident among the it prisoners, and refused to perform activity during the last 10-15 years, youth delegates— was an enlightening inspiring ex- compulsory hard labor in connec- and, as an "insider," will doubtlessly and tion with the beginning of Inter- have a very interesting perspective perience. -But, the entire affair national Women's Year (1975). on the events of that period lacked clear direction and concrete resolutions, a particularly distress- Svitlychna was punished by im- Until now, as a rule, very few prisonment in solitary confinement dissidents of non-Russian or non- ing fact in light of the conference's for 2 weeks, and was later refused Jewish origin have been allowed to sub-theme, "Multiculturalism in the permission to see her son. leave the Soviet Union. Soviet Next Five Years" It started by The women in the camp policy on the "export" of dissidents, asking fundamental questions and uncomprimisingly prepared various other protests and however, is unpredictable. One can ended on an petitions for which they were often speculate endlessly on the reasons non-committal tone. punished, and backed up their why certain Senator Peter Bosa, Chairman dissidents have been speaker, Ms. Therese of the Consultative Laroie-Roux non-English, demands with frequent hunger released, but in the Ukrainian case Canadian Coun- references to the non- that cil on Multiculturalism (CCCM). claimed since the French have constituted aspecitic action strikes. precedents have clearly been es- French gained greater control of their own After being released from im- tablished; two dissidents (Plyushch started the conference by pointing in (heir behalf even though it carries resources, they have gained the out the questions to in it for the future. prisonment in May 1976, Svitlychna and Grigorenko) who were well- key keep with no assurances mind the proceedings. ability and desire to deal with delegates tried to gain permission to live in known in the west non- throughout The youth and com- among of fully matters immigration and integra- separated for Kiev. She finally received this per- Ukrainians, have been released, Bosa asked whether people munity leaders were tion. Immigration in appreciated what multiculturalism The of 1968 alternoon sessions, the mission the summer ot 1977, but _and now Nadya Svitlychna, whose the Friday ushered in entailed in terms of assimilation has a new era of former going to discussion for versus integration {and what sort of awareness Quebec of her duties workshops, the latter coming her "integration" was acceptable) and to new citizens. This view together for a plenary session contrasted sharply with (hat of the whether they were clear in their where briefs were presented. These speaker, expectations of a multiculturalism second Mr. Renzo Vieno, briefs were of varying quality and claimed policy (or whether they were simply who that despite a greater displayed so wide a variety of awareness of a "third lorce" in INSIDE looking for psychological and interests that it was difficult to their lot linancial aid). These questions are Quebec, has not improved imagine that they had all been noticeably. They Ukrainian Women's History as relevant today as they were ten to are subject to written under the rubric of "mul- p. 4 assimilative efforts fifteen years ago when the concept by both races, ticulturalism in the next five years" Students and the Media p. 6 have only a one-way participation in of multiculturalism was first being Aboriginal peoples, visible Al their society, and are rapidly Purdy's Poetry p. 8 articulated, yet, they are still un- minorities, established ethnic com- becoming a "third solitude". Ethnic Politics p. iu resolved From such opening notes, munities, and recent immigrant The luncheon on Friday, Oc- basically their Ukrainian Studies Seminars 5 the conference went in all direc- groups all expressed p. tober 27, had an unexpected 19th tions. own concerns, and did not meet on Congress Resolutions p. 7 dessert (federal) The first formal session was a as Marc Lalonde, any common ground. Brjefs on Eastern USSR & Europe p 9 panel dealing with non-English. Minister of Inter-Provincial Aftairs announced thai KGB 5 non-French minorities in Quebec, the government (MULTICULTURALISM an attempt to emphasize the fact was "willing to consider" including the word "multiculturalism'' in the that multiculturalism is relevant in con tinued on page 7 1 that province and not a clever plot text o! the proposed constitution.