Saskatchewan scholarships announced

SASKATOON - The Prairie Center for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage (PCUH) has announced the establishment of two Saskatchewan Centennial Graduate scholarships. The year 2005 marks the Centennial of Saskatchewan's status as a province of Canada and it would be difficult to identify an ethnic group which has contributed more to this province's history than Ukrainian Canadians.

The mission of the PCUH includes researching and documenting "the contribution of Ukrainian Canadians to the national life of Canada and providing an academic anchor for the future development of Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture."

As an academic unit of St. Thomas More College and the University of Saskatchewan it is incumbent on the PCUH to develop this mission in accord with the academic direction of these two institutions.

As the University of Saskatchewan increasingly focuses on attracting promising graduate students the PCUH is able to join in that mission with the introduction of new scholarships for graduate students working in the area of Ukrainian Canadian or Ukrainian studies.

The scholarships will help fund graduate students for two years with an annual award of $15,000. The scholarship recipients will develop their skills as researchers in association with a PCUH faculty associate at St. Thomas More College. The first scholarship will be awarded this summer.

For further information, readers may contact: Dr. Myroslaw Tataryn, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, via phone at (306) 966-8044.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 10, 2005, No. 15, Vol. LXXIII

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