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The word and wax : a medical folk ritual among Ukrainians in Alberta

The Word and Wax explores the fascinating medical folk ritual of wax pouring used by some members of the Alberta Ukrainian community as a means of driving away fear and curing minor ailments. The ceremony is of the magico-religious and…

Tags: Alberta Folklore, Anxiety Treatment, Beeswax Rituals, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Series in Ukrainian Ethnology, Christian Imagery, Christmas Customs, Community Healers, Cultural Adaptation, Cultural Health Practices, Cultural Heritage, Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Ethnographic Research, Fear Sickness, Folk Customs, Folk Medicine Studies, Folk Medicines, Folk Remedies, Health And Culture, Immigrant Adaptation, Magico-religious Rituals, Medical Anthropology, Medical Folk Rituals, Oral Incantations, Pre-Christian Traditions, Rena Jeanne Hanchuk, Ritual Healing, Strakh Vylyvaty, Stress Reduction, Transposed Cultural Traditions, Ukrainian Canadian Literature, Ukrainian Diaspora, Ukrainian Ethnography, Ukrainian Folk Medicine, Ukrainian Folklore, Ukrainian Healers, Ukrainian Healing Traditions, Ukrainian Heritage, Ukrainian Immigrants in Canada, Ukrainian Material Culture, Ukrainian Settlers, Ukrainian Storytelling, Ukrainians in Alberta, Village Traditions, Vylyvaty Visk, Wax Ceremony, Wax Healers, Wax Pouring Ritual, Wax Pouring Tradition, Wedding Traditions

The Politics of Multiculturalism: a Ukrainian-Canadian Memoir

The book Politics of Multiculturalism is the memoir of an academic whose expertise in the education of Canadian minorities led him to take on a major political role in the Canadian multicultural movement. Born in the Ukrainian bloc settlement of…

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Bilingual Programs, Alberta Cultural Heritage Council, Canadian Constitution Multiculturalism Section, Canadian Consultative Council on Multiculturalism, Canadian History, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Minorities Education, Canadian Multiculturalism, Canadian Politics, Cultural Diversity in Canada, Cultural Heritage Promotion, Democratic Society Minority Rights, Education, Educational Reform, Ethnic Cultural Enrichment, Liberal Secular Humanism, Manitoba Bilingual Education, Manoly R. Lupul, Memoir, Minority Advocacy, Minority Linguistic Rights, Multicultural Policy Development, Multiculturalism, Policy Development in Education, Russification in Ukraine, Saskatchewan Bilingual Education, Ukrainian Bloc Settlement Alberta, Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada, Ukrainian-Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian History, Ukrainian-Canadian Memoir

Interview with Peter Savaryn about Ukrainian Politicians in Alberta

Andrij Makuch interviews Peter Savaryn about Ukrainian Politicians in Alberta

Tags: Alberta, Andrij Makuch, Biography, Canada, Interviews, Peter Savaryn, Politics, Primary Sources, Ukraine, Ukrainian Canadians

Part 8: Question Period for Frances Swyripa, Myron Momryk, and William Darcovich

Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest…

Tags: 20th century, Canada, Conference, Frances Swyripa, Immigration, Interwar, Multiculturalism, Myron Momryk, Ukrainian Canadians, William Darcovich

Part 7: The Ukrainian Canadian experience as a "Canadian” phenomenon (cont.)

Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest…

Tags: 20th century, Canada, Conference, Economy, Immigration, Interwar, Multiculturalism, Ukrainian Canadians, William Darcovich

Part 6: The Ukrainian Canadian experience as a "Canadian” phenomenon (cont.)

Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest…

Tags: 20th century, Canada, Conference, Immigration, Interwar, Myron Momryk, Ukrainian Canadians

Part 5: The Ukrainian Canadian experience as a "Canadian” phenomenon

Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest…

Tags: Canada, Conference, Edmonton, Frances Swyripa, Interwar, Primary Sources, Ukrainian Canadians, Vegreville, Women

Interview with Olenka Bilash About Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Edmonton

CIUS Seminar Audio.Olenka Bilash is interviewed about Ukrainian Bilingual education in Edmonton.

Tags: Alberta, Bilingualism, Canada, CIUS Seminar, Edmonton, Education, Language, Olenka Bilash, Schools, Ukrainian Language, University

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The word and wax : a medical folk ritual among Ukrainians in Alberta

The Politics of Multiculturalism: a Ukrainian-Canadian Memoir

Interview with Peter Savaryn about Ukrainian Politicians in Alberta

Part 8: Question Period for Frances Swyripa, Myron Momryk, and William Darcovich

Part 7: The Ukrainian Canadian experience as a "Canadian” phenomenon (cont.)

Part 6: The Ukrainian Canadian experience as a "Canadian” phenomenon (cont.)

Part 5: The Ukrainian Canadian experience as a "Canadian” phenomenon

Interview with Olenka Bilash About Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Edmonton

31 October 2005—Alberta’s Ukrainians to be Focus of a Scholarly Conference

29 September 2005—Cossack Cowboys: The Ukrainian Experience in Alberta

10 January 2006—Cossack Cowboys Ride Alberta Steppes