Ukrainian Canadian Research & Documentation Centre (UCRDC)

New videos about our archive

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Valentina Kuryliw, National Chair of the Holodomor Education Committee of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, has become a member of the UCRD Board of Directors. She was instrumental in having the Toronto District School Board accept two teaching units on the Holodomor. She has prepared a Holodomor Teaching Kit: “The Unknown Genocide – Ukrainian Holodomor 1932-1933”. The Teaching Kit will soon be included in our website under Education.

UCRDC NEWS

Thanks to the Petro Jacyk History of Ukraine program, Oksana Dmyterko, of the Lviv Institute of Historical Research, returns in the fall of 2010 to continue on the digitization of UCRDC archives, this time working on the video interviews. They will then become available for this website.

During the presen-tation of the estab-lishment of the Divizia Fund in Dec 2009, a Divizia Descendents’ Circle was announced.

Those interested in information on this group can contact
Motria Ilnyckyj-Rieve at office@ucrdc.org

Ukrainian - Jewish Relations

Approached by Leonid Finberg of the Center for Studies of the History and Culture of East European Jews, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, the UCRDC has agreed to collaborate on a project on Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Titled “I am my brother’s keeper”, the project involves both a research element and a public awareness campaign.

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The UCRDC produces documentary films, prepares educational materials, and sponsors lectures, conferences and exhibits on various topics related to Ukrainian issues.

It also functions as a resource centre with catalogued archives, oral histories (audio and video), photographs, memoirs and personal archives.

Between Hitler and Stalin: Ukraine in World War II, the Untold Story

The one-hour documentary recounts events in Ukraine on the brink and during the course of World WarII.

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Archival Holdings

Access to the archival holdings of UCRDC is provided for legitimate researchers, academics and students. Materials available include video and audio interviews (both on tape and digital), videos, films, photographs, documents, and books.

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Harvest of Despair

The one-hour documentary deals with the 1932-33 Famine-Genocide in Ukraine

‣ Annotated scripts for this film.
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The Barbed Wire Solution

Travelling exhibit about the internment of Ukrainians in Canada, 1914-20, includes full text of the exhibit panels.

Exhibit included the showing of Yuri Luhovy’s film about internment, Freedom Had a Price

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Oral History – Canadian Armed Forces

“In its archives, the UCRDC has a collection of oral history testimonies of Ukrainian Canadians who served in the Canadian Armed Forces during WWII ...

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The UCRDC depends on voluntary donations – both individual and institutional - for its financing.

It provides receipts for tax purposes.

Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, Winnipeg

The Homenko Fund, Winnipeg

Cosbild Club, Toronto

BCU Foundation,
Toronto

Ukrainian Credit Union Limited, Toronto

SUS Foundation of Canada, Toronto