British Columbia:
The University of Victoria held a workshop, on Teaching the Holodomor, organized by Prof. Serge Yekelchyk and the local Ukrainian community group on Nov. 15,
2013. There were three events for the half-day session which was held on the
University campus and was attended by some 50 students, lecturers, educators and community activists. This was a first for British Columbia.
1.
Teaching the Holodomor in North American Academia, with a panel of five academics from different universities/disciplines, discussing the strategies of incorporating the Holodomor into regular courses in their fields.
2.
A look at a new resource, The Holodomor Reader, edited by Bohdan Klid and
Alex Motyl, presented by Bohdan Klid of CIUS.
3.
Holodomor in School Curriculum in Canada presented by Valentina Kuryliw,
Chair of the National Holodomor Education Committee of the UCC.
Alberta:
Melody Kostiuk is Chair of the Alberta HEC which is working with the NHEC and
UCC Awareness Committee.
1.
Alberta HEC is grateful to Assistant Superintendent, Boris Radyo, for his efforts in placing the topic of the Holodomor onto the Edmonton Catholic
School website which includes basic information on the Holodomor, lesson plans for various grade levels (1-12), prayers, and resources for teachers.
Edmonton Catholic School District shared its resources on the Holodomor and their website with the rest of the Alberta Catholic school districts for the first time (www.ecsd.net/holodomor/index.html).
2.
The Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association (ACSTA) passed a motion
May 24, 2013, declaring the last Friday in Nov. as Holodomor Memorial Day and entered it into the school calendar, encouraging all schools to undertake a moment of silence or other such activities in their schools on that day. It was passed unanimously by the full Trustee Association and was accepted as such in individual school districts.
3.
Teacher Natalia Onyschuk wrote another song for schools on the Holodomor for the 80 th Commemoration event for Nov. 2013. The song “It’s Up To Us” was performed by students of St. Mathew and St. Martin Elementary Schools in front of the Legislature in Edmonton. This was followed by a Borsch and
Bread lunch. In schools such as St. Mathew, a separate Commemoration ceremony was also held with a Panakhyda, powerpoint, a display of student project/posters and a collection of funds for the Philippine Aid Relief, showing the importance of remembering the past and intertwining it with compassionate actions today.

4.
Alberta HEC is still working on editing the curriculum commissioned on the
Holodomor customized for Alberta Social Studies requirements for senior students.
Saskatchewan:
Cathy Schabel is the Chair of the Saskatchewan Holodomor Education and
Awareness Committee.
1.
Work with the Curriculum Review Committee of the Ministry of Education of
Saskatchewan is ongoing with NHEC participation. A follow-up letter to a meeting with ministry staff and politicians was drafted to Brent Toles at the
Ministry of Education offering our ongoing support, consultation and teaching resources on the Holodomor. The letter will be sent pending signatures from Saskatchewan Provincial Council. The review process has slowed in the past year and we are sending the ministry the latest resource publications for educators on the Holodomor.
2.
On Nov, 14, 2013, a memorial program was held at the Rotunda of the
Saskatchewan Provincial Legislature at which the Regina Catholic School
District took part as well as the choir from Saskatoon’s Bishop Filevich
Bilingual School. The Regina Branch of the UCC unveiled a replica of the memorial statue of the “Bitter Memories of Childhood” to commemorate the
Holodomor which is on the grounds of the Provincial Legislature.
3.
Nov. 12-14 was pronounced Holodomor Memorial Week in Regina. Regina
Catholic School District is the only school district to date, to formally acknowledge Holodomor Memorial Day in its schools with a special program.
Hopefully other school districts will follow their example. In Saskatoon individual schools, like Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School held Black
Flag installations and exhibits.
Manitoba:
Valentina Noseworthy, Chair of the Manitoba Holodomor Education Committee.
1.
On Oct. 28, 2013 Val Noseworthy presented a workshop on Social Justice and
Human Rights Teaching through Holodomor Education at the Manitoba
Special Area Group Educators (SAGE) Conference in Winnipeg.
2.
On Oct. 28, 2013, a session on Mennonites and Ukrainians under Stalin - Our
Human Rights Lost and Found with presenters Dr. Myroslav Shkandrij, Dr.
Peter Letkemann, Dr. Colin Neufeldt, Margaret Friesen and the Friesen-
Kuzmenko Family at the Mennonite Heritage Centre, 600 Shaftsbury Blvd was held, jointly sponsored by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the
Mennonite Church of Canada, and the Manitoba provincial Council of the
Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Holodomor Education and Awareness
Committee.
3.
A number of additional lectures were held on the Holodomor:

A. Nov. 3 and 4, 2013, Resurrecting National Memory in Ukraine presented by Volodymyr Viatrovych (Ukraine) in Ukrainian with simultaneous translation, co-sponsored by: League of Ukrainian
Canadians and Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, Institute Prosvita,
Winnipeg. Repeated on Nov. 4, 2013, at St. Andrews College (Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies), University of Manitoba.
B. Nov. 13, 2013, 11:30 a.m. Minorities in interwar Poland. Presented by Robert Kusnierz (Poland), University of Manitoba, Faculty of
Education.
C. Nov. 13, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Holodomor 1932-1933. The view from the
Polish Foreign Ministry Archives. Presented by Robert Kusnierz
(Poland). Sponsored by: UCC-MPC, Department Of German and Slavic
Studies (U of M), Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre -
Oseredok.
D. Nov. 19, 2013, New Technological Resources in Teaching
Holodomor. Presented by Dr. Orest Cap and Dr. Denys Hlynka,
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education.
E. Nov. 17, 2013, a Holodomor PowerPoint presentation at the
Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada in
Regina, SK by Val Noseworthy. This lecture was also presented on
Nov. 21, 2013.
F. Nov. 20, and Nov. 21, 2013, 2:30 p.m. Researching the Holodomor in
Sumy Oblast presented by Hennadiy Ivanushchenko in Ukrainian.
Sponsored by: (Nov. 20) Department of German and Slavic
Studies, and the League of Ukrainian Canadians, (Nov. 21) University
College, University of Manitoba and the Ukrainian Free Academy of
Sciences, Institute Prosvita.
G. Nov. 20 University of Manitoba Holodomor presentation (facilitator
Dr. Roman Yereniuk).
H. Nov. 29, 2013, Presentation by Val Noseworthy and Sonia Lebedin to the Ukrainian youth organization CYMK at St. Mary the
Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Winnipeg.
I. Fri. Dec. 6, Canada’s Press and the Holodomor. Presented by Jars
Balan (Edmonton), Co-sponsored by: UCC-MPC, Ukrainian Orthodox
Cathedral of St. Mary the Protectress, Winnipeg.
4.
In November 2014, for the month, long Holodomor Genocide book and resource displays were held at Winnipeg Public Libraries and the

Department of Education Library. A list of recommended and new books and resources was provided to the libraries by Val Noseworthy for consideration to purchase and/or display.
5.
Ongoing meetings were held with the Canadian Museum of Human Rights to discuss plans for Holodomor Genocide Awareness and Education community presentations.
6.
Manitoba was the first province to have an educational program on the
Holodomor on their Ministry of Education website. They acknowledge HMD in their schools throughout the province.
Ontario:
1.
Holodomor Education Day was held in 6 school boards in southern Ontario, such as the TDSB, TCDSB, Hamilton, Mississauga, and Oshawa. Letters and pamphlets on the Holodomor were passed on to all boards with an announcement for HMD and a reminder in early November. Each school was given 20 copies of the Pamphlet for educators created by the NHEC and HET.
2.
Pamphlet: To commemorate the 80 th year of the Holodomor a special pamphlet in electronic and hard copy was prepared. It was for educators, with an announcement for the PA, which could be modified by schools. It contained information on available teaching resources, websites, a few books, DVDs, and contact information for speakers and class visits. HREC and UCRDC were the contacts for additional information in Toronto.
3.
NHEC sent out flyers on suggestions for activities for schools on the
Holodomor, offering speakers on:
Share the Story: 80 Holodomor survivors on a web site – brief accounts of what they lived through in 1933 in Ukrainian, with translations in English and Russian. These could be used for a short assignment on survivors (www.sharethestory.ca).
“From Hens to Holodomor”: Andrea Chalupa presentation on how
Animal Farm is related to the Holodomor and DP camps in Hamilton schools.
4.
Holodomor Writing Competition: a pamphlet in electronic and hard copy for students 14-19 attending school was prepared and distributed to school boards in the spring of 2013. The deadline was Jan. 15, 2014. It was open to all students across the country and for the first time not only for Ukrainian students but to all Canadian school boards as well. UCC National funded the prizes in the sum of $2500.
5.
Ministry of Education of Ontario: New history and social studies curriculum guidelines are out for the Canada and the World grades 7-8 elementary history programs and the grades 9-10 History and Civics courses. Grades 11-
12 selections will be released in the winter (2014-2015). The grade 10
Canadian History and Civics courses do mention the Holodomor in two places, though insignificantly. Premier Wynne announced in September
2013 at the Ukrainian Bloor West Village Festival that Holodomor was in the

curriculum and that our community should be proud of what we have accomplished. She made a similar statement on August 2014 at
Independence Day. Several letters were sent to the Minister of Education and meetings with Ministry senior officials were held expressing our ongoing concerns re-inclusion of the Holodomor in a prominent and appropriate place in senior Ontario curriculum.
6.
School Visits: Local HET committee members and a Holodomor survivor visited a number of schools across Southern Ontario providing information and resources to teachers and students on the Holodomor.
7.
The TCDSB is currently writing its own Genocide course for Catholic schools.
V. Kuryliw served as a consultant on the organization of the course and its content. V. Kuryliw also provided suggestions for resources.
8.
The TDSB review of their current Genocide course has been completed without the promised consultation with the UCC on the inclusion of the
Holodomor in the courses content.
Quebec:
1.
The Quebec Provincial Council had a number of activities planned: Andrea
Chalupa’s lecture was sponsored by the McGill Ukr. Students; Club and the
QUCC, Ed Ivanko presentation.
2.
Work on funding the production of Genocide Revealed in French (Genocide d’une Nation) is ongoing as it will be used as a teaching resource for educators in Canada and elsewhere. Narrating the French version is actress
Genevieve Bujold. Cooperation with the NHEC and HET of Toronto to distribute Genocide Revealed, Educational version to schools is ongoing.
3.
Talks with CBC-TV National to air the full length Genocide Revealed in
English across Canada are still in progress.
4.
Work on curriculum and HMD has yet to commence in Quebec.
5.
Work on tapes of the first International Conference on the Famine-Genocide organized in Montreal 1983 are in the process of being restored by Yurij
Luhovy. Among the speakers filmed are Prof. James Mace, Nina
Strokata‐Karavanska, Prof. Bohdan Krawchenko, Prof. Yurij Shevelov, Prof.
Roman Serbyn (organizer of the Conference) and others. This is an outstanding collection of speakers discussing aspects of the Holodomor in the early 1980's and will be an invaluable contribution in recording the historical development of Holodomor analysis over the past decades.
Prepared by Valentina Kuryliw
Chair, National Holodomor Education Committee
September 2014