Winnipeg center offers summer study (05/07/00)

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do...

Winnipeg center offers summer study

by Roman Yereniuk

WINNIPEG - The Summer Institute at the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, University of Manitoba, provides a total immersion setting in which accredited courses in the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian heritage are enhanced by informal cultural activities such as films, music, guest lectures and excursions.

The courses to be offered this summer are:

Conversational Ukrainian, July 4-August 4 (six credit hours), Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, instructor, Dr. Alexandra Pawlowsky. The course's reading, dialogues, speeches, dictations, etc., are designed to help the student achieve oral fluency and correct pronunciation.
Eastern Christianity in North America, July 4-21 (three credit hours), instructor, Dr. Roman Yereniuk. The course is a survey of the history and institutions of the major Eastern Christian bodies in North America. Particular reference will be made to sociological and economic problems, the question of identity and survival, the problem of unity.
Ukrainian Canadian Folklore, July 24-August 11, Monday-Friday 1-3 p.m. instructor, Dr. Natalia Aponiuk. The course will provide an overview of the folk songs, stories, legends, beliefs, customs, traditions, and namelore of Ukrainian Canadians in relationship to folklore in Ukraine.

All these courses may be taken either as credit courses, audited courses or non-degree courses. Students may register for all the courses or for a single course. Credits are transferable to other universities.

The Summer Institute is an excellent way to study and learn the Ukrainian language and about the culture in a city with the highest concentration of Ukrainians in Canada. Also, Winnipeg has attractions that have a Ukrainian orientation, including churches, museums, libraries, archives, offices of national organizations, gift shops and book stores.

Other special summer attractions include the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and Folklorama, known as Winnipeg's "Festival of Nations."

The Canadian National Ukrainian Festival held at the Selo site in Dauphin - a three- to four-hour scenic and historic drive from Winnipeg - takes place during the Civic Holiday long weekend in August.

For students interested in specializing in the area, the center offers interdisciplinary programs in Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies leading to a bachelor of arts degree with a general major, an advanced major or a minor in the field. Several awards are available for undergraduate and graduate study, as well as for highest standings in a course.

The Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, established in 1981, provides undergraduate courses and interdisciplinary programs of study in areas relating to Ukraine and to the life of Ukrainians in Canada. The center also encourages and promotes research and scholarship in all areas relating to Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies.

For further information contact: The Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2; telephone, (204) 474-8906; fax, (204) 474-7624; e-mail, [email protected].

For information about the Summer Institute in Ukrainian Language and Culture call toll-free: Manitoba, 1-800-432-1960, ext. 8906; Canada, 1-888-216-7011, ext. 8906; or visit the center's website at http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/.

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