Introduction to The Ukrainian Women

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Introduction to The Ukrainian Womens Association
of Canada

• Soyuz Ukrainok Kanadi
• Olga Basarabova Branch Calgary

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Ukrainian Womens Association of Canada Soyuz
Ukrainok Kanadi Calgary Branch 2006
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As part of a National Organization

• The Alberta-BC
• Provincial Executive 2008-10

• The National Executive 2007-009

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The purpose of our organization

• To support,
• preserve,
• promote,
• maintain,
• provide,
• disseminate,
• publish representative facts which portray
  Ukrainian heritage and its contributions to Canada

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As part of SUS The Ukrainian Self Reliance
League of Canada

• Clergy at the USRL Convention in Calgary 2003

• Clergy and lay at the USRL Convention planning
  together

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Soyuzs primary goal to contribute in every way
to the continual growth of the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church of Canada (UOCC)

• Encourage members to practice and live by
• Christian principles as taught by the
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

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Soyuz Ukrainok Kanadi Calgary Branch sends
greetings to our new Metropolitan of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Archbishop
Yurij

• His Eminence Archbishop Yurij (George
  Kalistchuk)
• AXIOS! AXIOS! AXIOS!

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• His Grace Bishop Ilarion(Roman Rudnik)Bishop of
  Edmonton and the Western Eparchy

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In many ways, Soyuz at St. Vlads may be
perceived as a womens auxilliary performing
necessary acts of charity, however SOYUZ IS MUCH
MORE!!!

• Some of us are more like Mary. Others are more
  like Martha. And at times we are both.

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Maintain service group relationship between CYC
and UOCC

• As lay bodies, both the mens (TYC)
• and womens (Soyuz UWAC)
• foster a service group relationship with our
  church- to ensure the continued service of the
  Sacraments to the faithful and our community.

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Probably our most lasting legacy will be
tofocus on the education of our youth in Church
Schools, Sadochok Programs, Ukrainian Schools,
Bilingual schools, and CYMK - Ukrainian Orthodox
Youth
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You really cannot forget the things you learned
at your mama or babas knee.

• Moya azbuka

• Mama moya liuba

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Fellowship for new families

• A Mom and Tots program led by Father Tim for new
  families building home/church/home relationships.
• Starting late September 2010
• Times TBA

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Our fabulous Ukrainian Bilingual Sadochok
program serving our congregation and Calgarys
Ukrainian community for over 20 years!!

• Early Social Skills Groups

• A Ukrainian-Bilingual Program

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Delivering a quality program great teachers
with special training from the Alberta Heritage
Language Teachers Training Program
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Lucky Sadochok participants learn a lot!! When
did you learn to make kolachee??
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Sunday School/Church School

• Sunday School/Church School classes begin mid
  September 2010
• Classes for
• 3-4 year olds
• 4-5 year olds
• Grade 1-3 years
• Grade 4-6 years
• Welcoming volunteer teachers!!!!

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Ridna Shkola a Saturday tradition with programs
starting in mid September 2010 here at St. Vlads
in our newly renovated church school rooms.
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Ridna Shkola 2010-2011

• A fabulous team of qualified teachers will begin
  the ridna shkola program on Saturday, September
  25th.
• A teen class for language learning too.
• Newly stocked with exciting teaching materials,
  enthusiasm, and a year long program
• Registrations accepted through late September

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Conversational Ukrainian Classes

• Register now for Adult Conversational Ukrainian
  classes Classes begin September 22, 2010 with
  excellent teachers small class sizes engaging
  program and supportive environment.

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What is CYMK?

• Well, first and foremost it is the youth group
  that is strongly connected with the Ukrainian
  Orthodox Church in Canada. Simply put, CYMKs
  guiding priniciples are faith, culture,
  leadership... and FUN!

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Cultural Educational Program

• Lucky grandchildren learned to love great
  homemade specialties.

• Many of us learned to dance at the
  national/cultural hall

• .

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CYMK UOYThe Canadian Ukrainian Youth
Association Ukrainian Orthodox Youth at
Bar-v-nok for Zustrich 2009
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Ivan Bohun Branch of CYMK-UOY

• At the USRL (SUS) convention during the summer of
  2009, Alberta CYMKivtsi were the largest
  contingent, sending many delegates to the
  biannual conference. Every 2 years trophies are
  awarded to recognize the Jr. and Sr. CYMK locals
  that have shown the most initiative and been most
  active over the 2 year period. This conference
  proved to be an Alberta sweep, with the Baziuk
  Trophy for Jr. CYMK being awarded to the Taras
  Shevchenko branch in Vegreville, while the
  Perepeliuk Trophy for Sr. CYMK was awarded to the
  Calgarys Ivan Bohun branch.

• Perepeliuk Trophy Winners of 2009!!
• Our CYMKivtsi from Calgary!

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Customs and traditions

• Traditional feasts

• Customs and celebrations

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Children and Youth Programs CYMK

• Summer and winter programs at our own camp the
  Western Eparchy Camp Barvinok at Pigeon Lake
  holds wonderful learning, memories and fun for
  all.

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Soyuz members help to organize

• Conventions Provincial Convention Saturday
  October 2
• Meetings Regular monthly Soyuz meetings
• Conferences October 2010 ABC Provincial
• Workshops Arts/Culture/etc.
• Libraries Financial support St. Vlads library
• Museums Ukrainian Museum of Canada Calgary
  Collection
• Festivals Calgary Ukrainian Festival June 2010
• Concerts Sviatey Mikolay December 19, 2010
• Theatricals
• musical recital
• handicraft exhibits. The Art of Pysanka Show
  2009

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Calgary Soyuz maintains a gem of a museum in the
city of Calgary. It features our Ukrainian
heritage, particularly textiles, decorative eggs,
and artifacts witnessing to the Ukrainian
Canadian pioneer immigrant experience.
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The fabulous Pysanka Display
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School and group tours are available at the
Ukrainian Museum of Canada Calgary Collection
all year.

• The minimum size is 15 students. For more than 25
  students, the tour is broken into two groups. It
  is expected that adult volunteers will be
  provided by the teacher for younger classes. 
• Tours must be booked at least two weeks in
  advance

• Tours last approximately one hour.
• Additional activities (such as a video
  presentation or our Discovery Box) can be
  arranged when booking
• Pysanka workshops cannot be booked as part of a
  tour.

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Publish and promote

• written word and art, culture, politics, and
  pedagogy
• Financial support for PROMIN, HOLOS, VISNYK

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UWAC ProjectsBilingual Publications of the UWAC

• A Half Century of Service to the Communityby
  Natalia KohuskaA history of UWAC 1926-1976
• Ukrainian CanadianaArticles on twelve topics
  dealing with Ukrainian art and culture
• My Icon BookIcons written by Vera
  Lazarowich-SenchukScript written by the
  Committee for Religions Instruction UOCC

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More titles in our UWAC library

• Feast days of the Orthodox Churchby Very Rev.
  Dr. Ivan Stus
• Ukrainian Embroidery Designs and Stitchesby
  Nancy R. Ruryk
• Essays from the History of Ukrainian Culture,
  Book Iby Dr. Savella Stechishin and Natalia
  KohuskaSelections of Ukrainian Literature
• Essays from the History of Ukrainian Culture,
  Book IIby Serhij Eremenko and Valerian
  RevutskyUkrainian composers, drama, and theatre

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And more.

• Essays from the History of Ukrainian Culture,
  Book IIIby Ivan KewanUkrainian Fine Arts
• The Child's CompanionText by Lilia Matwijiw
  SorokowskiIllustrations by Marika Onufrijchuk
  SokulskiA pictoral prayer book explaining
  important sections of the Liturgy

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In 2010 Soyuz is celebrating our own magazine -
Promins 50th!!!
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The Provincial Soyuz Executive "Enough" Project
involved distribution of the book Enough and a
booklet on Holodomor published by UCC to 668
Alberta elementary schools.
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Thankyous from Alberta Schools

• Thank you so much for your generous donation of
  the book Enough.  
• I have forwarded the book and your e-mail to our
  Library and it is a welcome addition to our
  collection.
• Sheila.., Administrative SecretarySchool

• Hello,
• On behalf of the staff and students we thank you
  for sending us the two books. Our Library
  Assistant will catalogue them and they will
  become part of the library. Thank you!!
• Susan .Principal -

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More thank you notes

• Thank you so much for your generous donation of
  "Enough" to our library--beautiful book and
  wonderful illustrations...the kids always enjoy
  Martchenko. 
• Yours,
• Cathy.,
• Librarian,
• Elementary, Calgary

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And the best reason for this work

• I just wanted to thank you and whoever else
  played a part in putting this resource together. 
  I was already familiar with the book Enough but I
  didnt fully appreciate the magnitude, the impact
  and the cover-up of the Russian genocide of
  Ukrainian people.  The Holodomor booklet made
  that very clear and got me asking more questions
  of my Ukrainian friends and colleagues.  They
  shared some incredible stories of their own
  family histories, of which, up until now, I had
  totally been ignorant.  As I educate my students
  about Ukraine in grade 3, Holodomor will
  definitely be a more poignant area of study. 
  Thank you for educating me and initiating some
  very good dialogue.  This is definitely a story
  that needs to be told.
• Sandy., Principal ,.School, Edmonton

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A member of the Order of Princess Olha!!

• In 2008, Marsha was awarded the Order of Princess
  Olha by Ukraines President Yushchenko in
  recognition of her writings on the Holodomor.

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Soyuz actively cooperates with other ethnic
groups through such activities as
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The Orthodox Womens Retreat - September
17-19Register now!!
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Soyuza benevolent, charitable group

• Active and material support for
• Calgary Womens Shelters (4 in number)
• Hygiene Kits for women in need
• Orphanages in Ukraine
• Fundraising to ensure young girls are safe from
  the sex trade in Ukraine
• Monetary scholarships to assist high school
  graduates in Sokil, Ukraine in further studies

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Self determination for our ancestral
homeland-Ukraine

• Through our actions as Canadian citizens, we
  ensure that information flows through honest,
  open dialogue democracy defended through
  responsible world-citizenship.

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Promote Canadian citizenship democratic
institutions

• Shortly after the publication of a scathing
  review of the international protection of women -
  The Natashas inside the new global sex trade, by
  investigative journalist Victor Malarek, the
  issue was raised to the Calgary branch of the
  Canadian Council of Women. Soyuz in Calgary
  raised the issue of the international sexual
  enslavement of women, particularly from Eastern
  Europe, and the issue gained both provincial and
  federal attention. Soyuzs involvement helped
  focus political attention!

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Soyuz hosted (2005) a very positive, beneficial,
informative Fundraiser , to support programs
that protect girls from predators trafficking in
girls - the white slave trade.

• Informing our public about the issues plaguing
  young girls and women in Ukraine our Soyuz
  wants to help!

Womens Fashion Show and Luncheon our 2005
fundraiser !
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Our former Soyuz National President ( Ukrainian
Womens Association of Canada) Mrs. Orysia Sushko
recently received the Order of Canada for her
nation building work.
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SOYUZ supports positive representation of
Ukrainian-Canadiana in our halls of authority
council members, MPs and MLAs.

• Many of our elected officials had their start in
  programs such as the language, cultural,
  religious and community groups our Soyuz
  supports.

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Good fellowship for all members
A grateful and heartfelt thank you to all the
generous individuals, who have supported SOYUZ
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SOYUZ is a non-profit educational cultural
organization.

• The services provided to and for members are
  volunteered so all of us benefit when each of
  us take a small role in building a thriving
  community that supports the dreams we have for
  our children and grandchildren!!
• Leaders, followers, short projects, long term
  vision, each of us has a gift to share the gift
  of the Holy Spirit Gods work through us for
  us.

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Its time to join in, participate and support a
growing community of love for church, culture and
family!!!
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