Monday, May 26, 2008

DAY 25 May 26, 2008

Item #1 of the CUCS online resource centre works prepared by Dr. Robert B. Klymasz,
Landmarks: A Beginner's Guide to the Ukrainian Canadian Experience

In this eight-page report Dr. Klymasz provides a chronological guide to Ukrainian Canadian history in a way that is concise and accessible to all kinds of readers. The timeline begins in 1843 with the "first Ukrainian immigrant to Canada", Red Fife (early-maturing Spring Wheat from Ukraine), and ends in 2006 with the election of third-generation Ukrainian Canadian Ed Stelmach as the Premier of Alberta.

This is a great work to consult if one is questioning the relevance of Ukrainian Canadian studies, or looking for a skeleton of events and achievements from which to begin a more in depth study of Ukrainian Canadian history in general, or even to provide inspiration for a less general topic.

Setting the links up for this page reminds me: we need to make a profile which suits Dr. Klymasz's level of professionalization that will serve as a proper link to his name and links him with the CUCS. There is currently no profile page for Dr. Klymasz as a sessional instuctor and Ukrainian Canadian folklore authority that I could locate on the home website.


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