Manitoba UCC-MPC Holodomor Commemorations for 2020
Updated: Nov 20, 2020
Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Manitoba Provincial Council invites you to participate in the 87th Anniversary Holodomor Commemorations offered in virtual or drive past formats due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Конгрес Українців Канади - Манітобська Провінційна Рада запрошує українську громаду Манітоби прийняти участь в наступних відзначеннях жалобної 87-ої річниці великого Голодомору
Local:
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Reading of Manitoba’s Holodomor Famine Genocide Proclamation in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly
Saturday, November 28, 2020
International Holodomor Famine Genocide Memorial Day
Drive past or visit and/or lay a flower, wreath, or stalk of wheat at the Holodomor monuments
The Mother and Child monument in front of Winnipeg City Hall
The Bitter Memories of Childhood monument on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislature
Drive past St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 820 Burrows Ave., Winnipeg and view the black flags installation in tribute to the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine 1932—1933
https://www.ucc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Black-Flag-Installations_REV-min.pdf
In recognition of the years 1932-33, communities will ring church bells and families will light candles of remembrance in their windows at 7:32 p.m. – 7:33 p.m. (19:32 – 19:33 hrs.) while observing a moment of silence
post photos of lit candles together with your thoughts on social media Sunday, November 29, 2020
Attend virtual Holodomor Memorial Panakhyda Services at participating Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic churches on live stream or You Tube
Visits to gravesites of Holodomor survivors
National:
Online presentations:
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Isha Khan, CEO, Canadian Museum for Human Rights - Holodomor Commemoration Remarks will be posted together with the film Covering the Holodomor: Memory Eternal
English: https://humanrights.ca/story/covering-the-holodomor-memory-eternal
French: https://droitsdelapersonne.ca/histoire/lholodomor-expose-souvenirs-eternels
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
“The Last Stand: The Third All-Ukrainian Conference of the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Ukraine and the Holodomor” presentation by Dr. Bohdan Klid https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XpM9xhVzQSmXmO55QqxDHQ
Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
UCC National Commemorations https://www.ucc.ca/2020/11/10/2020-holodomor-commemorations/
Sunday, November 22, 20020 at 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Hunger For Truth: The Rhea Clyman Story documenting the history of the Holodomor https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/news-and-events/seminars/2020/november/documentary-screening--hunger-for-truth-the-rhea-clyman-story.html
Friday, November 27, 2020 (TIME)
Ukrainian World Congress Virtual Commemorations https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/featured-news/ukrainian-communities-around-the-world-honor-holodomor-victims-calendar-of-virtual-events/
Education:
Monday, November 23, 2020 at 4:00 – 5:00 CST
Workshop- Free E-Lessons for Teachers Grades 3-4, 7-12 with facilitators Nadia Prokopchuk and Larry Mikulcik Register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/workshop-about-free-e-lessons-to-prepare-for-holodomor-awareness-week-tickets-
Exhibits:
November 1 – 30, 2020
Holodomor: A Remembrance Art Exhibit by Lydia Bodnar Balahutrak
https://www.ukrhec.org/exhibits/online/guest-exhibition-holodomor-remembrance
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
Project Maria Art Exhibit by Lesia Maruschak
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rAnsCxkTReOosXXXhiAJqw
Presentations:
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 12:30 p.m.
A conversation with Anne Applebaum | Stalin’s War on Ukraine. Writing "Red Famine", the Story of the Holodomor https://www.facebook.com/canadian.institute.of.ukrainian.studies
Monday, November 30, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.
Communism and the World: The Holodomor - A Conversation with Dr. Alexander Motyl
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tPOn0alqTeKzRw8WbkaCxw
Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
What Mendel Osherowitch Saw: Ukraine During the Holodomor
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iP--4amBThq4t8rFM5rZ_g
source: http://www.radiolemberg.com/ua-articles/ua-allarticles/holodomor-memorial-unveiled-in-toronto
International:
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Remembering the Holodomor:
Commemorating the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine; Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Centre and Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/programs/events/
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
In commemoration of International Holodomor Memorial Day: Teaching a Genocide the World Forgot; Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies University of Minnesota and Ukrainian American Community Center. Presenter - Valentina Kuryliw
National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide - Музей in Kyiv, Ukraine (WEBSITE)
Holodomor Photo Directory https://holodomor.ca/resources/hrec-photo-directory/
Holodomor Film Directory https://education.holodomor.ca/teaching-materials/films/
Mr. Jones film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWSyFNT9qY
Holodomor Memorial Day teaching resources at https://education.holodomor.ca/holodomor-memorial-day-2020/
Holodomor Descendants https://www.ucc.ca/2020/10/20/holodomor-awareness-focus-for-2020/
Track Holodomor History app available at The App Store and Google Play
View the video “Stalin” video www.deeptruth.ca
Sign the petition to add the word “Holodomor” to the world’s English language dictionaries:
Help us get the word ‘Holodomor’ included in all major English dictionaries
Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Manitoba Provincial Council (https://uccmanitoba.ca/holodomor/)