VOLUME 9 , SPRING 2018

We sincerely wish you

happiness, good health,

love and well-being!!!

Happy Easter Holi-

days!!!

Бажаєм Вам - щастя, міцного

здоров’ я, любові, та достатку !!!

Веселих Великодніх свят!!!

From right: Dr. Orest Cap (Acting Director);

Yuliia Ivaniuk (Administrative Assistant to the Acting

Director); Sofiya Tsenova (Student of St.Andrew’s Col-

lege ); Ivan Zhovnych (Student Office Assistant).

Happy Easter! З Воскресінням Христовим!

On January 18, 2018 Dr. Andriy Grechylo gave a lec-ture entitled “Ukrainian na-tional symbols: origin, histo-ry and myths.” This interest-ing event was cosponsored by the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies and St. Andrew’s College. Dr. Andrij Grechylo is a highly qualified researcher in the field of Ukrainian Archeography and Source Studies who currently serves as the president of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society in Ukraine. According to the lecturer the blue and yel-low flag and trident were officially adopted as state symbols of the Ukrainian People’s Republic by the Central Rada more than one hundred years ago. These symbols were banned during the Soviet era and restored in 1992 as the sym-bols of a new independent Ukraine. Video recording of

DR. ANDRIJ GRECHYLO

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL SYMBOLS: ORIGIN, HISTORY AND MYTHS

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the lecture is available at the CUCS website and Facebook page (Web-page: http://umanito ba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/ukrainian _cana-dian_studies/; Facebook: https://www. facebook. com/centre4canadian ukrainian-studies/).

The CUCS thanks Dr. Grechylo for his highly educa-tional lecture and all the guests for attending the event.

From right: Dr. Orest Cap

(Acting Director); Dr. Andriy

Grechylo; Yuliia Ivaniuk

(Administrative Assistant to the

Acting Director);

UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA OPEN HOUSE

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U niversity of Manitoba Open House is a yearly

event at the University of Manitoba, Fort Garry

Campus, in which the Centre for Ukrainian Canadi-

an Studies participates. Approximately 35-40 prospec-

tive students and/or their parents visited the Centre’s

display booth on February 23, 2018. Perspective visi-

tors were informed about the variety of courses offered

in both Ukrainian and English languages.

Yuliia Ivaniuk (Administrative Assistant to

the Acting Director); Ivan Zhovnych

(Student Office Assistant).

On February 20th, 2018 Oleg Šenšin presented about history

education as a device of indoctrination designed for distribution

of loyalty rituals among the tomorrow's citizens.

Forty seven people viewed the lecture online on CUCS’ so-

cial media.

OLEG ŠENŠIN’S LECTURE ENTITLED: HISTORICAL IMAGERY IN UKRAINIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

From right: Dr. Orest Cap (Acting Director ); Oleg Šenšin (PhD student of the Faculty of Social Sci-

ences, Charles University in Prague).

PASKA MAKING WORKSHOP AT ST.ANDREW’S COLLEGE

On 29 March, 2018 Mani-toba’s Ukrainian Canadian Stu-dents Society held a Paska Mak-ing Workshop at St. Andrew's College for everybody who wants to learn how to make Pas-ka for Easter.

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Dr. Sean Byrne

PEACEBUILDING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AFTER WAR

Dr. Serge Cipko

STARVING UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND CANADA’S RESPONSE: A DISCUSSION

On February 21, 2018 Dr. Serge

Cipko presented on Starving Ukraine:

The Holodomor and Canada’s Response.

The presentation is available at the

CUCS Facebook page (https://

www.facebook.com/centre4 canadian

ukrainianstudies/) and on the web-site:

http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/

departments/ukrainian_canadian

_studies/

O n February 28, 2018 Dr. Sean Byrne presented his research entitled “Peacebuilding and

Social Justice after War.” Dr. Sean Byrne is a Professor at the Department of Peace and

Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba. This successful event was cosponsored by the

CUCS and St. Andrew’s College

The presentation is available at the CUCS Facebook page (https://www.facebook. com/

centre4canadianukrainianstudies/) and on the web-site: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/

departments/ukrainian_canadian _studies/.

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Dr. Robert Klymasz

Rt. Rev. Dr. Ihor Kutash

THE CHILD IS GROWN: THE CENTURY OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CANADA

On March 29, 2018 Dr. Ihor Kutash presented on “The Child is

Grown: the Century of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.” The

event was sponsored by CUCS and St. Andrew’s College.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada was born in a meeting of

delegates in Saskatoon in July 1918. The toddler grew quickly. As a teen it

identified itself primarily by what it opposed: autocratic governance, canon-

ical and ritual practices foreign to Ukrainian Church life and subordination

to religious centres ambivalent or hostile to aspirations for a sovereign

Ukrainian nation. Growth continued and the young adult reached out to em-

brace the world. No longer afraid of foreign influences, it took part in the

ecumenical movement through the Canadian Council of Churches. In 1990

it entered into eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantino-

ple, attaining canonical status within world Orthodoxy. It gives active support to the people of

Ukraine in their heroic struggle to maintain and grow their sovereignty and continues to proclaim the

Kingdom of God in a world given over to secular humanism and self-serving tribalism.

Dr. Klymasz is currently preparing the next issue of his Winnipeg Papers (no. 9) which fill focus on one of Winni-peg’s earliest Ukrainian language newspapers. He is also continuing his long-term research on the arts and cul-ture in the Interlake region north of Winnipeg . At eighty-one years of age, Dr. Klymasz is the oldest member of the Centre’s faculty, and we look for-ward to the continuation of his work on the Ukrainian Canadian experience.

D r. Robert Klymasz continues to work on his ninth compilation

of “Winnipeg Papers” this year. His research has led to a selection of texts that span a period of about one hundred years, and each work is presented with a snippet from the original Ukrainian version followed by an English translation.

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (formerly known as

the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada) was born at a con-

fidential meeting of some 154 immigrants from Ukraine, delegates

from the three prairie provinces, held in Saskatoon on July 18 and 19,

1918.

At first the toddler emerged as a Brotherhood which grew into

a formal Church at the first Sobor, also held in Saskatoon on De-

cember 28, 1918. It needed Clergy led by a Bishop. God smiled on

the little one and by the second Sobor, held in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Saskatoon November

27 to December 11, 1919, they had a Bishop, Metropolitan Germanos Shehadi, from the

Church of Antioch, and 5 Priests who had come from the Ukrainian Catholic and Russian Or-

thodox Church. These were joined by three graduates from the seminary set up in Saskatoon

by Fr. Lazar German. Metropolitan Germanos ordained Frs. Semen Sawchuk, Dmytro

Stratychuk and Petro Sametz in 1920.

The child became a teenager, and as is usually the case with such, was distinguished by

what it opposed: autocratic episcopal authority, canonical and ritual practices foreign to

Ukrainian ecclesiastical life and subordination to religious centres (Rome and Moscow) which

were ambivalent and even hostile to the newly-reawakened zeal for a sovereign Ukrainian na-

tion. Teenage passion was triumphant. A Ukrainian hierarch, Archbishop Ioan Teodorovych,

arrived from Ukraine to the USA and was accepted to lead the Church in Canada as well.

Winnipeg became the headquarters; the Liturgy was celebrated in Ukrainian and

“Visnyk” (The Herald) began publication.

The teen survived and even flourished despite attacks and competition from rival

Churches. Temples were built, clergy arrived from the homeland and new ones were trained. A

dynamic lay organization, the Ukrainian Self-Reliance League (‘Soyuz ukrayintsiv sa-

mostiynykiv” – SUS) was formed. The Church was headed by the world-famous Ukrainian

scholar and translator of the Bible, Metropolitan Ilarion (Ivan Ohiyenko). Three institutes (St.

John’s in Edmonton, Petro Mohyla in Saskatoon and St. Volodymyr’s in Toronto) and a Col-

lege (St. Andrew’s) were built.

THE CHILD IS GROWN: THE CENTENARY OF THE UKRAINIAN

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CANADA

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Winnipeg

Source: http://www.iskryart.ca

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The teen became an adult. Having firmly established its own identity in Ukrainian Or-

thodoxy, the Church reached out to embrace relations with the world. No longer afraid of for-

eign influences, it began to participate in the ecumenical movement in Canada through the Ca-

nadian Council of Churches. In 1990, after a time of careful discussions and achievement of

broad approval, it entered into eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople,

thus attaining the canonical status within world Orthodoxy sought by Metropolitans Ilarion,

Wasyly and others (albeit with some protestations by the Church of Moscow).

This is an exciting time for the youthful Church. It is bearing testimony and giving ac-

tive support to the people of the motherland, Ukraine, in their heroic struggle to maintain and

grow the sovereignty achieved in 1991 with the fall of the USSR. It has also been rejuvenated

with the advent of new clergy and laity from that homeland. The young adult, the Ukrainian

Orthodox Church of Canada, continues to hold out the message of the reality of the Kingdom

of God as a saving alternative in a world given over to secular humanism and self-serving trib-

alism.

Fr. Ihor G. Kutash

March 9, 2018

Собор святої Софії - Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev

The Anne Smiegel Sholarship was possible because of the generous donation from the Smiegel family. This year the recipients of the scholarship were Vasyl Kobrij and Ivan Zhov-nych. They were presented with the scholarship for demonstrating outstanding academic work and passion in the course “History of Ukrainians in Canada”. Dr. Orest Cap on behalf of the Centre of Ukrainian Canadian Studies awarded the students with a certificate.

«Учіться, читайте, чужому

навчайтесь й свого не цурайтесь»

Т.Шевченко

ANNE SMIEGEL SHOLARSHIP

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From right: Ivan Zhovnych, Dr. Orest Cap (Acting Director);

Vasyl Kobrij.

ANNE SMIEGEL SCHOLARSHIP 2018-2019

The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and reward students at The Universi-ty of Manitoba who pursue studies in and develop their knowledge of Ukrainian heritage in Canada. A scholarship shall be offered annually to a student who: 1. Has completed at least 30 credit hours at the University of Manitoba, in any Facul-ty or School (undergraduate or graduate) or in University 1; 2. While enrolled in any Faculty or School or in University 1, has completed at least one course (3 credit hours) in Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies; 3. Has achieved a high cumulative grade point average (a minimum of 3.0); 4. Enrolls, as a full- or part-time student, in at least one course (3 credit hours) in Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies in the year in which this scholarship is tenable, in any Faculty or School at the University of Manitoba; and 5. Best exemplifies an interest and promise in the study of Ukrainian Canadian Her-itage Studies, as demonstrated by a combination of a statement of purpose from the appli-cant and a letter of reference.

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THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN CANADA

THE CENTRE FOR UKRAINIAN CANADIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

«EAST EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES» (ST. ALBERT, CANADA)

LESYA UKRAINKA EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UKRAINE

FACULTY OF FOREIGN PHILOLOGY: CANADIAN STUDIES CENTRE

The First Ukraine-Canada

Scholarly and Practical Congress on Canadian Studies

June 21-24, 2018

During the congress, the following areas will be studied:

socio-political dimensions of Canada;

Ukrainian-Canadian social-economic research;

Ukrainian-Canadian historical research;

philological studios of modern Canadian studies;

Ukrainian-Canadian cultural-educational and pedagogical studios.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The goal of the competition is to identify and support creative pedagogical activities of educa-

tors at the schools of Netishyn, to study and disseminate the best pedagogical practices, and to create

a more effective educational process.

Teachers of Netishyn schools are invited to participate in the competition, namely: Secondary

Comprehensive School No. 1, Secondary Comprehensive School № 2, Secondary Comprehensive

School № 4, Netishyn Educational Complex “Secondary School and Lyceum”.

The Centrе for Ukrainian Canadian Studies

at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada,

St. Andrew’s College in Winnipeg and the

Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba

in cooperation with the Canadian Studies Center at

the National University of Ostroh Academy, Ostroh, Ukraine,

Call for project competition “Pedagogical Innovation”

addressed to the school teachers in Netishyn, Ukraine

Canadian Association of Slavists (CAS) and Ukrainianists (CAUS) to Hold Conference at the University of Regina on May 26-28, 2018

Some 80 to 100 specialists in Slavic and Ukrainian Studies will be meeting in Regina for a three day Conference at the end of May 2018. Includ-ed in the proceedings will be 18 sessions and round tables with 48 panelists speaking on various topics pertaining to their field of specialization. Also the annual meeting of both CAS and CAUS will be held. Of interest is a panel on the Ukrainian Ortho-dox Churches in North America (this is the 100th anniversary of the two Canadian and Ameri-

can churches). Speakers at this session include Jars Balan, U of A, Andrij Makuch, U of T and Roman Yereniuk, U of M and St. Andrew's College. Yereniuk will be speaking on the topic of "St. Andrew's College and Theological Education in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Cana-da".

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UPCOMING EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Cap, O. and Black, J. (July 19-21, 2018). New Media: Exploring Art, Human

Ecology, Education through the lens of Human Rights. Invited presentation to the

Tomorrow People Organization’s Rural Development Conference, 2018, to be

held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Cap. O, Kravtchouk, H (June 21-24, 2018). “Українці в Канаді: труднощі,

випробування, успіхи та досягнення”. Invited presentation to the First Practical

Congress on Canadian Studies to be held at the Lesia Ukrainka Eastern European

National University in Lutsk, Ukraine.

Ivaniuk Y. (June 21-24, 2018). “Центр українських канадійських студій при

Університеті Манітоби: проекти та виклики”. Invited presentation to the First

Practical Congress on Canadian Studies to be held at the Lesia Ukrainka Eastern

European National University in Lutsk, Ukraine.

CUCS is supporting members of the Manitoba’s Ukrainian Canadian Students

Society in their participation in the 2018 Ukrainian Canadian Student’s Union

(SUSK) National Congress in Banff (May 3-6). CUCS will be represented by

Yuliia Ivaniuk at the conference.

NEWS

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MELOS in CHILE Ivan Zhovnych, CUCS student office assistant, performed at the 47th National Folklore Festival in

San Bernardo and 5th ENAP 2018 International Folklore Meeting in Quintaro, Chile as a par t of

Winnipeg local ensemble – Melos. Congratulations Ivan!

Ensemble Melos

Dr. Orest Cap has been appointed to the Technical Program Committee for the “International Symposium on Manage-ment, Education and Information Tech-nology (SMEIT, 2018)” to be held in Su-zhow, China on October 26-28, 2018.

Dr. Cap was appointed to the Edito-rial Board of a peer reviewed journal enti-tled “Research Trends in Modern Linguis-tics and Literature” on March 20, 2018.

CUCS celebrating Yuliia Ivaniuk’s

completion of Joint Master Program be-

tween the University of Manitoba and Uni-

versity of Winnipeg in Peace and Conflict

Studies.