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Government of Saskatchewan designs official Holodomor Memorial Week image to support legislation
NOVEMBER 21-27 2016 In 2008, the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan became the first legislative body in North America to recognize the 1932-33 Ukrainian Famine Holodomor as a genocide and to annually designate the fourth Saturday in November as the Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day. Holodomor, which, in Ukrainian, means “extermination by hunger” was a man-made famine in Ukraine, orchestrated and concealed by the Soviet government of Josef Stalin in 1932-33. As many as 10 million people perished in ethnic Ukrainian territories near the eastern border. The Holodomor devastated the nation’s identity, its culture and its people. Many families in Canada who trace their family roots to Ukraine continue to be
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affected by the intergenerational trauma caused by this genocide at the hands of Josef Stalin. To help promote awareness and education of this historical tragedy, the Government of Saskatchewan has achieved another first for the province: a Government of Saskatchewan Holodomor Memorial Week poster and image.
This image features the Wascana Park monument entitled “Bitter Memories of Childhood,” which is a replica of a statue located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The memorial was donated by the Ukrainian community of Saskatchewan to honour of the victims of Holodomor, onethird of whom were children. The monument is located near the
Holodomor mobile classroom tours Saskatchewan was made possible due to the Ukrainian Canadian XXV Triennial Congress, a national meeting of organizational leaders, hosted in Regina from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. More than 24 secondary schools in Saskatchewan are currently awaiting a second tour planned for the spring of 2017. The Holodomor National Awareness Tour is a project of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, developed with partner organizations: Holodomor Research and
The Holodomor National Awareness Tour travelled through Saskatchewan for three weeks in the fall of 2016 in an effort to help promote awareness and education. The Holodomor Mobile Classroom, a 40-foot Fleetwood RV that was retrofitted to become a state-ofthe-art learning space, features 12 LCD Samsung panels and theatre-style seating. The classroom engages high school students through a specially designed interactive lesson. Mini-documentaries are also shared with the public at community events. Between Sept. 29 and Oct. 15, 2016, the mobile classroom visited 17 schools in the communities of Yorkton, Regina, Choiceland, Prince Albert, Hafford, North Battleford and Saskatoon, resulting in approximately 3,000 students and visitors experiencing its message. The mobile classroom also visited the Saskatchewan legislature, where several government ministers and other elected officials were joined by high school students, government employees, school division leadership teams, community groups and the general public. The legislature visit
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New Holodomor unit for secondary study: Voices into Action
grounds of the Legislature and serves as an important space of solitude and prayer for park visitors. The provincial Holodomor Memorial Week image aims to support the people of Saskatchewan in promoting awareness of this event through community organizations, schools, and individual efforts.
In the winter of 2016, Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Saskatchewan’s Holodomor Awareness and Education Committee contributed a chapter on the Holodomor to the online educational website Voices into Action, which is hosted by the Canadian organization Fighting Antisemitism Together (FAST). The website, www.voicesinto action.ca. is easily accessible and is free for secondary, post-secondary, and adult learners. It provides reliable online resources related to a variety of historical topics (human rights, genocide, prejudice, discrimination, and immigration) to help high school students understand
A genocide begins with the killing of one man — not for what he has done, but because of who he is.”
M O N D AY, N O V. 2 1 REGINA Commemoration of the Ukrainian Famine Genocide (Holodomor) Rotunda, Legislative Building, Regina 12 p.m. N O V. 2 1 - 2 7 REGINA Memorial Week Regina Catholic Schools, School-based services T U E S D AY, N O V. 2 2 SASKATOON U of S Ukrainian Students’ Association Screening of the film “The Living” Father O’Donnell Auditorium St Thomas More College, U of S campus 7 p.m.
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and respond appropriately to all forms of bigotry, hatred and discrimination. Using the most current teaching strategies as well as an inquiry-based approach, the chapter encourages students to think critically about the destruction of lives for political gain, and to reflect on the current political climate of Eastern Europe. Are we witnessing a repetition of history? An advance electronic copy of this unit was included in the educator resource package shared with school divisions. The unit is expected to be online (in English and French) in January 2017.
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On Sunday, October 2, a large delegation of dignitaries, visitors, and residents gathered at the Holodomor memorial statue in Wascana Park, near the grounds of the Saskatchewan legislature. As part of the concluding events of XXV Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians, the delegation gathered at the statue titled “Bitter Memories of Childhood” to pay their respects. Among attendees were Paul Grod (National President of UCC); Minister Greg Ottenbreit (Minister responsible for the
PRINCE ALBERT Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church Divine Liturgy and Panakhyda 684 - 3rd Ave. East 10 a.m. REGINA Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Sobor) Divine Liturgy and Panakhyda 1305 - 12th Ave. 10 a.m. St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Church Divine Liturgy and Panakhyda 55 McMurchy Ave. 9:30 a.m.
Saskatchewan Ukraine Relations Advisory Committee); Senator Raynell Andreychuk; Eugene Czolij (President, World Ukrainian Congress), Maryann Trischuk (President, UCC Saskatchewan); and former Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan Ken Krawetz. The monument, officially installed in May 2015, has undergone further enhancements including the extension of the monument’s base, which now encases the millstone upon which the monument rests.
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• The 1932 harvest was 14.6 million tons of grain; • The 1933 harvest was 22.3 million tons of grain; • The Soviet regime dumped 1.7 million tons of grain on Western markets at the height of the Holodomor. Censuses: • In late 1932 — precisely when the famine struck — the Central Statistical Bureau in Moscow ceased to publish demographic data. • On Stalin’s orders, those who conducted the 1937 Census, which revealed a sharp decrease in the Ukrainian population as a result of the Holodomor, were shot and the census results were suppressed.
November 26 is Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day in Saskatchewan.
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Memorial Day” for the purposes of recognizing the Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) of 1932-33 and for the reflection on the lessons to be learned from that event.
“As we commemorate the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, let us honour the millions who tragically lost their lives. As renewed threats emerge, let us support the strength and the will of the Ukrainian people.”
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Holodomor - a crime against humanity
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At 12 noon on Monday, Nov. 21, the annual provincial commemoration of the Holodomor FamineGenocide will take place in the Rotunda of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. This event is open to the public. On May 7, 2008, Saskatchewan became the first province in Canada to recognize the Holodomor as an act of genocide through the passage of Bill 40: An Act to Recognize the Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor). Introduced by Deputy Premier Ken Krawetz, with the unanimous support of MLAs from both the Government and Official Opposition, Bill 40 has enshrined the fourth Saturday in November in each year as “Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor)
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M O N D AY, N O V. 2 8 REGINA Holodomor: Voices of Survivors Documentary Screening Regina Public Library Film Theatre, Central Library 7 p.m.
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it became a weapon of genocide orchestrated to destroy the very fabric of the Ukrainian nation. On August 7, 1932, Joseph Stalin and his communist regime authored a law that sentenced to death or 10 years’ imprisonment anyone accused of the misappropriation of collective farm property. This law led to mass arrests and executions as hungry Ukrainians searched for the smallest scraps of food. Even children caught picking handfuls of grain from fields were convicted. The law became known as the “Law of Five Ears of Grain.” The Ukrainian World Congress adopted this logo as the international logo for the commemoration of the Ukrainian Holodomor-Famine Genocide, 1932-33. Its design symbolizes the law of “Five Ears of Grain” by depicting five stalks of wheat delicately bound with a black ribbon.
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Wheat, the symbol of life, prosperity and spiritual wealth, is the grain that, for centuries, has been associated with the livelihood of many nations. During the Ukrainian Holodomor-Famine Genocide of 1932-33, however,
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