An International
Remembrance Flame to raise awareness of the 75th
anniversary of the Ukrainian genocide known as Holodomor, or
extermination by famine, and to gain formal Canadian and international
recognition of this atrocity arrives in (Winnipeg on Sunday, April 20.)
The
Flame tour honors the estimated 10 million Ukrainian men, women and
children who were subjected to starvation and death in 1932 -33 by the
communist regime of Joseph Stalin as part of his effort to eradicate
Ukraine as a country
The Flame, visiting 33 countries, arrived in Canada from Australia
on April 18.
The
Canadian journey of the Flame entitled Keep the Flame Alive is being
organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in cooperation with the
Embassy of Ukraine. Events will honour the victims of this horrific
tragedy while ensuring that the story of the Holodomor is passed along
from generation to generation.
Keep
the Flame Alive will also launch a national campaign urging the
Canadian government to recognize the Holodomor as an act of genocide.
The Flame will be escorted throughout Canada by Holodomor survivor
and Toronto resident, 87-year-old Stefan Horlatsch.
The
International Holodomor Remembrance Flame will visit the following
Canadian centres: Winnipeg, Yorkton, Regina, Saskatoon, North
Battleford, Vegreville, Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, St. Catharines,
Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
International Holodomor Remembrance Flame in Canada
Stefan Horlatsch — is a survivor of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, the Holodomor. He will escort the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame across Canada marking the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor. In cooperation with the Ukrainian World Congress, Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this torch will travel from Canada to 32 other countries, ending its journey in Ukraine.
| April 18 | Toronto, ON – 6:00PM at Toronto
City
Hall Contact person Irena Mycak (416) 763-7029 (irkam@sympatico.ca) |
| April 20 | Winnipeg,
Man – 2:30PM at City Hall Contact person Lesia Szwaluk (204) 470-4095 (lesia@shevchenkofoundation.ca) |
| April 28 | Yorkton, SASK –
7:00 PM at City Centre Park Contact person Merle Maximiuk (306) 783-7323 (babka@sasktel.net) or Danylo Puderak (306) 652-5850 (danylo.puderak@ucc.sk.ca) |
| April 29 | Regina, SASK – 12:00 at
Saskatchewan Legislative
Building Contact person Orest Warnyca (306) 584-0501 (owarnyca@accesscomm.ca) or Eugene Krenosky (306) 584-5267 (ekrenosky@accesscomm.ca) |
| April 29 | Saskatoon, SASK– 7:00PM at
Saskatoon City Hall Contact person Slawko Kindrachuk (306) 653-1733 (sjkin@sasktel.net) or Al Kachkowski (akachkowski@shaw.ca) or Audrey Langhorst (langhorst.audrey@hotmail.com) or Danylo Puderak (306) 652-5850 (danylo.puderak@ucc.sk.ca) |
| April 30 | North
Battleford, SASK – 12:00 at North
Battleford City Hall Contact person Paul Kardynal (306) 446-0283 (kardynalandassoc@sasktel.net) or Danylo Puderak (306) 652-5850 (danylo.puderak@ucc.sk.ca) |
| April 30 | Vegreville, AB
– 8:00PM at the Pysanka monument Contact person Natalia Toroshenko (780) 632-7430. |
| May 2 | Red Deer, AB
- High School 9:15AM Contact: Oksana McIntyre (403) 340-8504 |
| May 2 | Calgary, AB – Evening. Time and
location TBC Contact person Michael Ilnycky (403) 998-5109 (michael.ilnycky@gmail.com) |
| May 3 | Edmonton,
AB – 9:30AM Alberta Legislature
Building (north side) Contact UCC Alberta Provincial Council (780) 414-1624 or Daria Luciw (780) 718-4739 (dlgroup@compusmart.ab.ca) |
| May 22 | Niagara,
ON - TBA Contact person Marika Diakow (905) 935-5186 (pdiakow@sympatico.on.ca) |
| May 23 | Toronto, ON - TBA Contact person Eugene Yakovitch (416) 487-5002 or Irena Mycak (416) 763-7029 (irkam@sympatico.ca) |
| May 23 | Windsor, ON - TBA |
| May 24 | Hamilton, ON - TBA Contact person Olya Sheweli (905) 523-8068 (olhas@yahoo.com) or Luba Petliura (905) 643 0585 (lubapet1@hotmail.com) |
| May 24 | Montreal, PQ - TBA Contact person Yarema Kelebay (514) 488-3989 (y.kelebay@mcgill.ca) or Marika Putko (marika.putko@kuehne-nagel.com) |
| May 26 | Ottawa, ON - TBA Contact person Borys Sirskyj (613) 842-1398 (sirskyj@rogers.com) or Julia Woychyshyn (woychyshyn@igs.net) |
For further information on Canadian Holodomor commemorations contact:
Iryna Mycak, Chair National Holodomor Ukrainian Canadian Congress
416.919.6566 / irkam@sympatico.ca
Ostap Skypnyk,
Executive Director Ukrainian Canadian Congress
204.942.4627 ext 306
