TORONTO, Canada | October 1, 2020 HREC Education, of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC), a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, announced that its national panel of education adjudicators has selected the winners of this year’s HREC Educator Award for Holodomor Lesson Plan Development. Presented annually to recognize outstanding educators in the field of Holodomor teaching, the award fosters excellence in the development of innovative, creative and interactive lessons for grades K-12 which develop students’ critical thinking skills while addressing the topic of the genocide in Ukraine in the early 1930s.   This year, the judges awarded educators Susan Kenney (Washington Township, New Jersey) and Natalia Onyschuk (Edmonton, AB) the HREC Educator Award for their unique lesson plans on the topic of the Holodomor at the senior and primary grade levels respectively. The winning lesson plans are posted to the HREC Education website and are made available for download by interested teachers. In addition, three Honourable Mentions were also bestowed upon educators Kelly Hiebert (Winnipeg, MB), Anna Babka (Montreal, QC) and Marion Mutala (Saskatoon, SK). Applications were submitted from across Canada and the USA.   Dr. Sue Kenney has been teaching social … Continue reading 2020 HREC Educator Award for Holodomor Lesson Plan Development Winners Announced