April 6, 2013: One man play "Holodomor – Murder by Starvation"
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April 14, 2013: The 1025th Anniversary of Baptism of Kyivan Rus’ (Ukraine) celebration in Vancouver
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Victor Yanukovych has cast his lot with the Russian-speaking, Sovietophile, and most often Ukrainophobe electorate, clearly identifying himself, ideologically, and institutionally with the appropriate imperial-creole elites. Since March of 2010 his government has been enacting a policy of creeping but consistent resovietization and russification…
Although at present AUUC seems to be basically cultural organisation, with no evident political activity, apparently there’s still some tension and, sometimes, even hostility exist among the local Ukrainian community towards AUUC brand. So what is it about? And what is AUUC nowadays?
Just in time for Easter and the traditional pysanka writing that so many people of different cultures and heritage are fascinated with, Marcia has created a Ukrainian contribution to the contemporary Canadian fad of wearing “antenna” headbands at seasonal events.
Recently, Caritas Ukraine earned support and cooperation of civic activists from British Columbia (Canada). They contributed to the cross-ocean implementation of Christmas Candle, initiative by raising funds through distribution of Christmas candles to render assistance for socially vulnerable children in Ukraine.
What follows is not a nuanced legal argument about the unfairness of Tymoshenko’s trial, nor is it a balanced overview of Ukraine’s current political challenges. Rather, it is simply a five point defense of the former Prime Minister, who, in the opinion of the author, is one of few Ukrainian politicians left who has the country’s best interests at heart.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and maps being pictures, allow me to draw that, which should have been obvious. Let us look at the two maps. Despite the sophistry of Germany, Russia and Israel it should be quite clear to all that A – B = GENOCIDE.
“You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” John Lennon’s words have spoken to many dreamers over the generations, giving hope to what might sometimes feel like hopeless goals, and encouraging persistence in seeking a better world.
For the Yordan’s Eve people prepare the 12-dishes traditional dinner, for the third and last time in the year. It is again meatless and dairy-free dinner; it is often called the Hungry Kutia.
It is the beginning of January and many Ukrainians in Canada talk about their plans for Malanka, where they will go to party and celebrate the Old New Year. Why Malanka? Why so illogical word combinations – The Old New Year?
Historically, Ukrainians called themselves Rusyny. This name comes from the old name of their country, Rus’. In the 1600’s the term Ukraine (actually Ukrayina meaning either “country” or “frontier” depending on which historian you talk to) began to be used interchangeably with Rus’ as the name of the land and eventually replaced it. However ethnicity and the name of a territory were separate matters.
Before departing Canada, Mr. Zabily was honored with a meeting with Prime Minister Harper. Mr. Harper greeted Mr. Zabily and members of his delegation of Ukrainian Canadian community leaders including, Orest Steciw, President of the LUC, Adriana Buyniak Willson, President of the LUCW, Jars Balan, Chairman, Canada Ukraine Committee of the UCC, Borys Potapenko, Executive Director of the LUC and, Taras Zalusky, Executive Director of the UCC and Chief of Staff of the Canadem Election Observer Mission to Ukraine.
On May 2 of this year, both Lubomyr T. Romankiw and Steve Jobs were among those inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. Had the Apple co-founder been alive to participate, he could have been expected to shake Lubomyr’s hand with extra warmth—for without the work of the U of A alumnus in making data storage compact and affordable, there may well have been no Apple computer, no iPod, no iPhone.
Dear readers, today we decided to remind you of some significant event in modern history of our local community. Couple years ago the date of September 12 was officially proclaimed as Ukrainian Day in Vancouver. It happened in 2009 and was accompanied by cheerful celebration.
Professor Kravchenko was appointed CIUS director after an international search. The new director intends to promote modernization of Ukrainian studies in the world, as well as to teach history and historiography of Eastern Europe at the University of Alberta.
Sviatoslav Shevchuk first visited Vancouver 15 years ago as a fresh young priest on an adventure, driving here with friends from San Francisco. This week he makes a return visit as His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, revered patriarch of the world’s four million Ukrainian Catholics.
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