Ukrainian Canadian Culture Panel

The triennial meeting of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress featured a panel titled Ukrainian Canadian Culture. The Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba co-ordinated this panel under Dr. Denis Hlynka and Dr. Robert Klymasz. To date the following individuals participated:

Bohdanna Bashuk (moderator)
Alexis Kochan (Singer - Paris to Kyiv)
John Paskevich (Photographer)
Greg Udod (Musician)
Luba Zuk (Classical pianist, academic)
Daria Darewych (Art historian)

The panel took place on Saturday, October 20th, 2007.

Session Abstract:

From generation to generation, from coast to coast, it is our culture which unites us. Explore the Canadian flavour of Ukrainian dance, choral music, theatre, literature and visual arts and its power to instill pride and promote unity.

Marina Lewycka in Winnipeg

Dr. Denis Hlynka, of the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba introduced British author Marina Lewycka at Grant Park McNally Robinson on Monday October 15, 2007 at 7 PM. Lewycka is the author of the bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian . Her latest book, just released, -- and the subject of this booklaunch -- is titled Strawberry Fields .