CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM CANADA-UKRAINE PROGRAMME PARLEMENTAIRE ÏÀÐËÀÌÅÍÒÀÐÍÀ ÏÐÎÃÐÀÌÀ ÊÀÍÀÄÀ-ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ Established in 1990, CUPP was Canada's First Program of Assistance to Ukraine AUTUMN 2012 In this issue... A Gorillia has joined the elephant in the room Why we don't like Ukraine Dictatorship will not lead to prosperity Ukrainians in Irkutsk CUPP in Third Decade CUPP 2012 NEWSLETTER 2012 CUPP NEWSLETTER A "Gorilla" Has Joined the Elephant in the Room! ...............................................3 CUPP Interns ..............................................4 Why We Don't Like Ukraine ....................31 Is Ukraine's Youth Plunging Into Deep Career Individualism?.............................34 Implication of the Fact that a Significant Number of Ukraine's Population do not Consider Themselves Ukrainian Either in the National or Civic Sense .......................35 Etude About Post-crisis Ukraine: Seven Main Challenges – Opportunities ...........38 Wither the Bologna Process: The Coming Educational Crisis in Ukraine .................42 The CUPP Alumni Planned a Series of Conferences to Create a new Model of Governance for Ukraine ..........................44 Do Ukrainian Universities Need Autonomy? ..............................................46 Quo Vadis, Україно? – намагались On October 24, 2011, the first Ukrainian Day on the HILL took place in the House відповісти в Оксфорді ........................52 of Commons. Captioned are CUPP 2011 Interns who performed a concert in the Ukraine Loses Its Way.............................56 Rotunda of Centre Block for MPs, staff and visitors. Balcerowicz: Dictatorship Will Not Lead to Prosperity ............................................57 Бальцерович: диктатура не призводить до процвітання ..............60 Orwell's 'Animal Farm" and Ukrainian Refugees ...................................................64 History of CUPP to work and study in the Canadian Par- "Ukraine at the Crossroads" ...................65 th liament, and gain experience from which On July 16 , 1990, the Ukrainian generations of Canadian, American and Ukrainians of Irkutsk – A Part of Parliament adopted the Declaration of Multiethnic Siberian Society ...................68 West European students have benefit- Sovereignty which declared that Parlia- ed. On the basis of academic excel- Russian Youth's Pllitical Conderns .......70 ment recognized the need to build the Electoral systerms in Ukraine. Our lence, knowledge of the English or Ukrainian state based on the Rule of French and Ukrainian languages, and Experience and Our Prospects ..............72 Law. On August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian The Overbearing Governmental Regula- on interest in the parliamentary system tion of the Economy as an Inhibiting Parliament adopted the Declaration of of government, university students from Factor on Democratic Development of Independence, which the citizens of Ukraine can apply for a CUPP scholar- Ukraine .....................................................73 Ukraine endorsed in the referendum of ship. It is hoped that CUPP will contrib- The Value of a CUPP Internship in December 1, 1991. Also in 1991, Cana- Canada's Parliament ...............................74 ute to the education of future leaders of dians celebrated the Centennial of Ukraine. A Century of PLAST ................................76 Ukrainian group immigration to Canada. In 2012, during the 22nd year of CUPP Alumni Updates ............................77 To mark the Centennial, organizations CUPP's operation, 33 students arrived Higher Education: East OR West ...........81 planned programs and projects to cele- from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to EURO 2012: Failure or Success? ..........82 brate this milestone in Canada's history. complete a two-month internship with CUPP Alumni Updates ............................83 The Chair of Ukrainian Studies Members of Parliament, Ministers and Foundation of Toronto decided to mark Where the Land Ends and the Sea Senators (please see Issue 1 of the Begins: the Case of Ukrainian Migration the Centennial by establishing the Can- Newsletter for complete list of CUPP In- to Portugal ................................................84 ada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program for terns). In the course of the Program, the university students from Ukraine. The Interns meet with political and social Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program opinion-leaders of Canada. Contact Us gives Ukrainian students an opportunity Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation 620 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ontario, The image of the Canadian Parliament (Centre Block of the House of Com- Canada M5S 2H4 mons) is a 19th century engraving by an unknown artist. Photo Credit of the Tel.: (416) 234-9111 engraving to The Devil's Artisan: A Journal of the Printing Arts. Colour Fax: (416) 234-9114 separation design by Kristina Hicks a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design University of Toronto. Cover Design by Andrei Bezruchonak, www.KATEDRA.org CUPP 2012 Intern from Belarus. 2 CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM CUPP 2012 NEWSLETTER CUPP in Third Decade A "Gorilla" Has Joined the Elephant in the Room! "Education and Knowledge will ensure a future for an indpendent Ukraine" by Ihor BARDYN CUPP Director Thanks for the great response to my Ukrainians ape their neighbours to the request for the lyrics to Horila Sosna. north and thereby distort their own lan- I must share with you a humorous guage. yet dim-witted & sad piece of informa- Is this "Gorilla" mind-set ever go- How do you suggest this issue of tion. ing to end or is Ukrainian youth oblivi- the pervasive influence of russification I wrote to CUPP 2012 Interns for ous to respect for its own language be approached? Or is this insignifi- help with locating the lyrics in both and culture? Oblivious to simple trans- cant, and as some would dismiss as Ukrainian and English to the song Ho- literation from Ukrainian to English? VSE RAVNO! rila Sosna. I was aware that there are varia- tions in the lyrics and although I like Stephan every version, the one from the Khmara Uzhorod-Karpaty region I find particu- speaking at larly charming. Kyiv rally in Somehow, due to my lack of ex- support of pertise with computers, my request for Ukrainian language. the lyrics was sent not only to the CUPP 2012 Interns who are coming to Ottawa in September, but also to CUPP Alumni and their friends. Among the replies, I received the lyrics with the title "Gorilla Sosna". I showed the letter to my office staff, one of who is from Slovenia, who commented, "I didn't know that Ukraine had jungles and gorillas" I laughed, as did the others. Of course, Ukraine does not have jungles, or gorillas! Bottom: Kyiv rally in support of Ukrainian Well, maybe not jungles, but ap- language. parently it does have "Gorillas." To use a well-worn idiomatic ex- pression, "there is an elephant in the room." And it seems there is a gorilla in the room as well. But these ani- mals should not be allowed to survive in so many rooms in Ukraine. Too many of the minds of Ukraini- Andrijko ans, even the minds of well educated Zavialov from youth who strive for knowledge and Irkutsk at Kyiv rally in education, still carry a mind-set and support of the influence of a foreign language that Ukrainian although should be respected like ev- language. ery other language, should not make CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM 3 CUPP in Third Decade CUPP 2012 NEWSLETTER CUPP Interns ABDULTAIROVA Ediie BARKOV Yaroslav Born in: Gulistan, Uzbekistan Born in: Zhytomyr, Ukraine Hometown: Symferopol, Ukraine Hometown: Zhytomyr Intern to Claude Gravelle, MP, Nickel Belt, Ontario Intern to Peter Goldring, MP, Edmonton East, Alberta 2012 Senator Raynell Andreychuk Scholarship recipi- 2012 Ramon Hnatyshyn Scholarship recipient ent National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was Hetman Economic University of Kyiv, Crimean Institute established in 1615. Law School. at Symferopol was established in 1992. Faculty of Motto of University: Tempus fugit, Academia sempiterna International Economics. (Lat). – Час плинний, Êиєво-Ìогилянська академія «Здійснення вагомого вкладу у Motto of University: вічна. – Time passes. Kyiv-Mohyla Academy remains суспільний розвиток через дослідження, генерування нових знань, їх поширення та підготовку конкурентних eternal. Foreign languages: German, English, Russian, Polish фахівців і креативних особистостей». – «Contributing to (basic). society development through research, generating and Head of the Secretariat of the Young Lawyers of Ukraine spreading new knowledge, training competitive specialists and creative personalities». Council at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (www.krmjua. Foreign languages: Сrimean Tatar (native), English, org), an advisory body of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. Spanish (beginner level), Russian. Outstanding landmark or architecture in Ukraine: th Outstanding landmark or architecture in Ukraine: Yeni- depiction from 17 century of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. If you Kale (Crimean Tatar: Yeñi Qale) is a fortress on the shore get the chance to visit Kyiv you must visit the Kyiv-Mohyla of Kerch Strait. Yeni-Kale is situated in the territory of Academy (Mohylianka). The Academy was founded in Ukraine within the city of Kerch. It was built by Ottoman 1615 and is named in honour of the Metropolitan of Kyiv Turks in 1699-1706. Yeni-Kale had an important strategic Petro Mohyla. It is the first University in Eastern Europe. value for the Ottoman Empire, because the fortress is Academy has many interesting places such as the