ORAL HISTORY OF UKRAINIAN CANADAexcerpt from the Interview with IRENE PAWLIW

IRENE PAWLIW

Teacher

Date and Place of Birth: 1931 in Ternopil, Ukraine

Date of Interview: June 1, 2016

Place of Interview: Toronto, Ontario

Interviewer: Zoriana Kilyk

Length of Interview: 01:21:16 (raw)

(Excerpt):

I: Do you consider yourself a) Ukrainian b) Ukrainian Canadian c) Canadian Ukrainian d) Canadian?

IW: You know, I consider myself…I can say that I consider myself Ukrainian Canadian. For some reason for me, this Ukrainian, somehow it is in my soul, and it cannot be any other way. But I am Canadian, because of the fact that I think this is an amazing country that gave us the opportunity to be Ukrainians. I think that our Ukrainian immigration that came here built Canada, and invested a lot, and our cultural heritage nonetheless took root to a certain degree. We have our own wonderful institutions right now, museums, and our children continue to learn Ukrainian traditions and dances and so on.

CROSS REFERENCES:

•Irene Pawliw’s husband Orest Pawliw is interviewed by Iroida Wynnyckyj on August 28, 2008 for the World War II project. File #420 (Video).

• Pawliw, Irena. Рідними Стежками – Endearing Paths. Orest Pawliw, Ed.  LaVergne: self-published, 2015.