Foundation offers Ukrainian studies scholarship

TORONTO - A $4,000 scholarship for university students concentrating in Ukrainian Studies has been announced by the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies.

The scholarship is intended for students in a four-year course leading to the degree of bachelor of arts (or its equivalent) at a Canadian university.

Students entering the second year of studies will be eligible to apply. The successful applicant will be granted $1,000 for the second year. A further $1,250 will be granted that student for the third year, and $1,750 for the fourth year of studies, provided some aspect of Ukrainian studies remains an important part of courses taken, and a satisfactory grade level is maintained.

The scholarship, named the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies Presidents' Memorial Scholarship, was created by the foundation to honor its presidents who have since passed away. These are the late Stanley Frolick, John Stashuk and Walter Surma Tarnopolsky.

In announcing the scholarship, the foundation's president, Myroslav Diakowsky said, "This scholarship continues what the foundation has done over the years in support of Ukrainian studies. We believe that Ukrainian studies remain as important as ever for us as a Ukrainian community here in Canada, for Canada, and also for Ukraine."

"What is more, the state of Ukrainian studies at Canadian universities is also an important indicator of the position and status of Ukrainians as a group in this country," he said.

Founded in 1975 as a separate body by members of the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Federation, the foundation has raised funds for Ukrainian studies in Canada, although the effect of its activities have also been felt elsewhere. In Canada, it has provided support at such universities as those of Toronto, Manitoba, Alberta and York.

It is also widely known for funding the publication of the English-language five-volume Encyclopedia of Ukraine, a project on which it collaborated with the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Sarcelles, France) and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta, Edmonton).

In addition, it has provided financial support to help initiate the forthcoming publication of Mykhailo Hrushevsky's epic History of Ukraine-Rus' in English translation as well as to aid in the production of NOVA, an innovative methodology for use in schools to teach Ukrainian to children who have not learned the language at home.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 16, 1996, No. 24, Vol. LXIV

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