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125 ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINIAN IMMIGRATION Ukrainian immigrants overcame enormous challenges to secure a new life in Canada by O k s a na b a s h u k h e pbu r n
This is for all Canadians of Ukrainian heritage – for their children and grandchildren – whose forebears settled here long ago. They lived, loved, confronted challenges and overcame them. The next 125 years will bring enormous challenges to them; indeed to all Canadians. If the past is an indicator of the future, they will be overcome with wisdom and endurance. It is our good fortune to live in a wonderful country – may it continue – but it was not always so. To be an immigrant to Canada in the 19th century was harsh particularly for Ukrainian settlers: they did not know the language and there was little, if any, support. There were no government relocation programs, no immigrant services, no language training facilities. Agricultural subsidies did not exist nor did health service or schools. There was no housing. They had what had been brought from home: sheepskin coats and seeds for physical survival; embroidered ceremonial cloth and holy icons for spiritual sustenance. They were assigned plots at the end of the railway track and dumped to fend for themselves. They endured the forces of nature and the snickering of the established folk. Canada’s understanding of other cultures, the practice of human rights or the notion of inclusivity were yet to come: it was learned, among others, from the waves of the trailblazing Ukrainians. They endured by holding on to their values: Christian morality, Ukrainian traditions, friends and family, and agricultural expertise. The Ukrainian pioneers came by the thousands. Drawn by the challenge, as their first major contribution to Canada, they turned virgin prairies into an economic miracle. Then, another challenge. WWII came to their homeland turning it into a bloodland. Some 40,000 Ukrainians returned to Europe as Canadian soldiers to witness devastation and to win against Hitler.
BUILDING A NATION Alas, there was no similar victory over the other mad man, Stalin. The Iron Curtin fell and covered the horrors continuing in Ukraine – despotism, persecution, torture, the Gulag, famine – except for the snippets of coded messages covered with tear stains from both sides of the ocean. That experience, and benefiting from how Canada governs, turned Ukrainian Canadian farmers into nation builders. To deal with big issues – from local to international – they ran for political office, resettled refugees, pushed for social justice legislation including unemployment insurance, health reforms and multiculturalism. They led in the repatriation of Canada’s constitution and in human rights. They became public servants and diplomats. Ukrainian names like Michael Starr, Ray Hnatyshyn, John Sopinka, Roy Romanow, Ed Stelmach, Drs. Yaroslav Rudnyckyj and Paul Yuzyk, Walter Tarnopolsky, Walter (Lubomyr ) Zyla broke barriers not just for themselves but for all newcomers. And those women! Oncology treatment pioneer and Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Sylvia Fedoruk, astronaut Roberta Bondar, entertainers like Juliette, Luba Goy and Kathryn Wynnick, senator Raynelle Andreychuk, deputy ministers Oryssia Lennie and Mary Komarynsky became models to follow and surpass. Today’s world has yet another challenge – not agriculture or good governance – but global peace and security. Once again Ukraine is the epicentre. The world’s mega concentration camp – the Soviet Union – collapsed and with it came the liberation for some 300 million people. Perhaps the euphoria of rejoicing, the reunification of families, the visits to touch the black earth of the native land, detracted from the need for constant vigilance of the “evil empire”: it never stopped aspiring to be a leader despite the limited benefits if offered to all but its select few. Too soon democratization became “grabization”. Petty officials “privatized” state assets, turning themselves into Forbeslist’s billionaires. Many settled abroad, including Canada, with unimaginable wealth gained from abuses of office. “Let the people have human rights” the oligarchs
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour MaryAnn Mihychuk; UCC President Paul Grod; UCC Halifax-Dartmouth President John Zareski and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Marie Chapman, unveil a plaque honouring five waves of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, July 21, 2016, Halifax, NS. (P hot o: U krai n i an Canad i an Cong re s s )
smirked, “we’ll take everything else.” They did. And with their illbegotten riches, they influenced the West to see the former Soviet Union through the eyes of Moscow. Ukraine and Kazakhstan gave up their nuclear capacity to Russia. Well-paid pro-Russia lobbyists in the West made sure this happened. Today, President Vladimir Putin continues to capitalize on the West’s naiveté and its lack of knowledge of Russia’s “soul”. He broke international law by grabbing Crimea and Donbas claiming neo-colonialism was Russia’s right. The free world was shocked but, by and large, ineffective. Russia’s aggression continues. Its paid lackeys nip at Western values – the right to life, sovereignty, rule of law, freedom of choice – trying to convince us that Russia’s neocolonialism is a more important right. Canadians of Ukrainian descent have benefitted from 125 years of life here; one of the best countries in the world. They’ve experienced good governance. They practice good relations with a giant neighbour; the United States. But Ukrainian Canadians know more: the current Russian bully will not stop spreading chaos and terror on his own. This is an important issue.
This sTory was provided by Ukrainian Canadian Congress for edUCaTional pUrposes.
UCC Saskatchewan President Mary Ann Trischuk and Vice-President Orest Gawdyda present Premier Brad Wall with a Ukrainian embroidered shirt during the official proclamation of the Year of Saskatchewan Ukrainians, Jan. 5, 2016. (P hot o: UCC)
Unlike most Canadians, Ukrainians have centuries of experience dealing with Russia’s disdain for peaceful coexistence. They also know that if unchecked Russia will corrupt and contaminate us with its mafia ways. The next 125 years in Canada start with this new challenge for Ukrainian Canadian democrats,
our neighbours and for all democracy-loving people of the world. Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, former senior Government of Canada policy adviser and president of U*CAN Ukraine Canada Relations Inc. consulting group, is a survivor of both the Nazi and Kremlin’s Communist occupations of Ukraine.
Senator A. Raynell Andreychuk “Congratulations on 125 years of Ukrainian settlement in Canada and for your contributions to Canada.”
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da comes to Regina to join in national celebrations of the 125th Anniversary of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada. The National Gala Showcase is presented by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Saskatchewan. With over 160 performers from across Canada, Regina’s Conexus Arts Centre will come alive with the beautiful voices, breath-taking dances and toe-tapping music of some of this country’s top-notch Ukrainian performers. The National Gala Showcase is part of provincial commemorations of the “Year of the Saskatchewan Ukrainian” as proclaimed by the Government of Saskatchewan.
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National Gala Showcase Banquet & Concert tickets are $125 plus applicable taxes and service charges and include a Saskatchewan-themed banquet dinner. Gala Showcase Concert tickets are $75 plus applicable taxes and service charges. The Banquet begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by the Concert at 8:00 p.m. For tickets call: 1-800-667-8497 or go online to www.conexusartscentre.ca Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Saskatchewan thanks our generous event sponsors: City of Regina; CITY TV; Community Initiatives Fund; Conexus Arts Centre. National Gala Showcase entertainers will be appearing from across Canada and beyond.
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We are very happy hap to celebr celebrate this 125th anniversary ive here in Sask Saskatoon ask as my mom’s ’s relatives relati moved ved to Canada in the 1900’s. They visited us a couple times and until her passing my mom, Maria Lepka (Fokiy) had dreamed of coming to visit them in Canada. Unfortunately we lost contact with her aunt Kateryna Holowchak. We are still searching for our relatives, who once lived in Edmonton. We are eager to learn more about the first Ukrainians who build their lives here and made a path for us to come to this beautiful country which provides abundant opportunities for the many immigrants who have made this same journey. When we came here in 2007 from Chernivtsi, Ukraine we were homesick. We missed our home, our family, our food. And then we got an idea to build a place where our people can be connected, a place that reminds us of “home”. So, this was how SMAK Ukrainian Store Inc. was born. SMAK (CMAK) means “Taste” in Ukrainian language. Our store offers many varieties of Varenyky. We learned quickly they are called Perogies here in Canada. We sell several traditional potato varieties as well as sauerkraut and even some with fruit filling. We welcome all Varenyky LOVERS to visit our store. You won’t be disappointed! We also offer a good selection of smoked fish and sausages, marinated herring, marinated tomatoes, pickled cucumbers, fermented sauerkraut, a variety of grains,candies and much more! We will be expanding our grocery store line in October by adding an authentic Ukrainian Gift Shop, located upstairs. We are open Monday to Saturday, from 9:00am -7:00pm and look forward to meeting you!
Myroslava and Vitalii Kushnir #30 – 1301 Idylwyld Drive North Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-373-3646 • Email: smakstore@live.com • www.smakshop.ca
Open Monday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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