Saskatchewan government report lauds Prairie Center's role as community link

SASKATOON - The government of Saskatchewan on November 14 released "A Progress Report on University Revitalization." This document is an interim report card on the government's attempt to revitalize the province's universities with an eye to the current and future needs of the province. The report is a summary that is based on a comprehensive review of the universities' achievements with respect to public priorities.

Under the heading "Meeting the Learning Needs of Society" the report lauds the initiative of St. Thomas More College through the creation of the Prairie Center for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage (PCUH) "as a link between this province's Ukrainian community and academia by focusing on academic research, document collection and oral history."

This important affirmation of the work of the PCUH by the provincial government demonstrates that, although only three years old, the Prairie Heritage Center has already made its mark on higher education in Saskatchewan.

Among its current programs is the annual Mohyla Lecture series and, commencing in the fall of 2001, the publication of those annual talks. Important upcoming projects of the center are the publication with Novalis Press of "Windows to the East: A Dialogue of Charity," and in the spring of 2002 an exhibition and symposium on the work of Saskatchewan artist Dmytro Stryjek in association with the MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina) and the Kenderdine Art Gallery (University of Saskatchewan).

Thus, the Prairie Center is quickly contributing to raising the profile of Ukrainian studies both within and beyond the borders of Saskatchewan.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 13, 2002, No. 2, Vol. LXX

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