Saskatoon ceremony recognizes educator from Chernivtsi Oblast

SASKATOON - Premier Roy Romanow and Education Minister Pat Atkinson on April 28 participated in a special ceremony at Saskatoon's St. Maria Goretti School recognizing Taras Mazuriak, an educator from Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Mr. Mazuriak is finishing up a special six-month curriculum development project in the province sponsored by Saskatchewan Education.

Mr. Mazuriak has been working in Saskatoon since last November as a direct result of the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Cooperation Agreement signed by Premier Romanow during a trade mission to Ukraine in 1995.

"The agreement made it possible for educators from Ukraine to come to Saskatchewan, and it was this agreement which brought Taras Mazuriak to Saskatoon from Chernivtsi Oblast," Premier Romanow said.

Mr. Mazuriak has been working with Saskatchewan Education staff to develop a teaching package for students in middle schools and on the secondary level covering Ukrainian and Canadian history, geography and culture.

"The English language units will be piloted in schools in Chernivtsi Oblast and the Ukrainian language kits will be piloted in several Saskatchewan schools," Mr. Atkinson said. "Each pilot teacher in Chernivtsi will receive a multi-media resource package on each theme to assist in presenting the Canadian material more powerfully."

In addition to his work with the provincial government, Mr. Mazuriak was involved with Ukrainian language and culture programs at several schools in Saskatchewan, including St. Maria Goretti School and E.D. Feehan High School in Saskatoon.

The first group of students to benefit from this project will be the Ukrainian bilingual program students at E.D. Feehan High School. They are preparing for the fourth in a series of student exchange programs to Ukraine.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 11, 1997, No. 19, Vol. LXV

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