Ukrainian activist from Winnipeg runs in November federal election (11/12/00)

Ukrainian activist from Winnipeg runs in November federal election

WINNIPEG - Dr. Roman Yereniuk, a prominent member of the Ukrainian Canadian community in Winnipeg, is running in the November 27 federal election for the New Democratic Party in the riding of Winnipeg North St. Paul. The riding includes the north section of the city, on both sides of the Red River, and reaches out across the north perimeter highway and includes the bedroom communities of West St. Paul and East St. Paul.

The riding has a well-distributed population of various multicultural communities and especially has significant numbers of Filipinos, East Indians, Mennonites, Portuguese and Ukrainians, as well as smaller numbers of others.

Dr. Yereniuk is an associate professor of St. Andrew's College in Winnipeg and a sessional lecturer in religion at the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba. His career includes that of a college administrator, as he has been the principal of the college for some 11 years, as well as acting director of the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies. He also has served as a school trustee for eight years with Winnipeg School Division No. 1.

Dr. Yereniuk has been very involved in the Ukrainian Canadian community serving in various capacities: president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (Winnipeg/Manitoba Provincial Council), board member of the Shevchenko Foundation and the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, and chair of the Christian and Heritage Education Committee of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.

He has been most active in the English-Ukrainian Bilingual Parents Program in Winnipeg and across Manitoba, as well as its affiliates, the Osvita Foundation and Dzvin Publishers. In 1999 and 2000 Dr. Yereniuk offered his assistance as a consultant on public education projects in Ukraine with the Canadian Bureau for International Education, and has worked in the cities of Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk.

Dr. Yereniuk also has been involved with a number of community organizations and has played a major role in multicultural issues. He has served on the United Way for six years and chaired its Outreach committee; the Manitoba Intercultural Council as table officer; Canadian Bible Society (Manitoba Council), where a major initiative was held to reach out to Ukraine and Russia in the early 1990s; the Interfaith Pastoral Institute at the University of Winnipeg; the Jewish, Mennonite and Ukrainian Conference Committee; and scores of other organizations.

Dr. Yereniuk's campaign office is at 1965 Main St. in Winnipeg; telephone, (204) 982-8160. He may be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

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