WINTERKILL, by acclaimed Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, is a moving story for middle-grade students set during the Holodomor. In her novel, Marsha manages to interweave the history of the period while telling a gripping tale of unity,...

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In May and early June HREC Education received consultation requests for interviews from a student in Shanghai, China, and a high school teacher in Brazil. Both found out about HREC, the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium at the Canadian Institute...

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On 10 May 2022, Valentina Kuryliw, the Director of Education of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium was an invited Guest Speaker via Zoom to educator Dr. Sue Kenney’s “Genocide and Film” class at the Immaculate Heart Academy Catholic Hig...

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Holodomor Memorial Day Holodomor Memorial Day in Schools: the 4th Friday of November On the 29 May of 2008, the Parliament of Canada unanimously passed an “Act to Establish a Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day and to Recognize the U...

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Olga Andriewsky Toronto Star, 25 February 2022 Let’s not mince words: it’s genocide. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech on Monday made clear that, in his mind, Ukraine — and thus over forty million Ukrainians — have no right to exist. Put...

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For the past six months, HREC Education has been consulting and working with the Foundation for Genocide Education in Montreal, Quebec on the topic of teaching the Holodomor for their “Enseigner les genocides” Teaching About Genocide: Teachers...

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TORONTO, Canada | October 1, 2021 Engaging students in meaningful discovery and learning while helping them develop the critical thinking skills that are the foundation of learning is a hallmark of teaching excellence. The HREC Educator Award for Holodom...

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Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2022. About The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) announces its 2022 HREC Educator Award marking the commemoration of the Ukrainian genocide known as the Holodomor, which took place on the territory of Ukr...

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The brainchild of V. Kuryliw, the innovative lesson was published in Ukrainian in book form (100 pages) by HREC Press in Ukraine in time for the 2021 Summer School; the book was gifted to each of the participating educators. It serves as an example of how...

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A talented, young, fearless, self-taught Canadian reporter with a disability. Rhea Clyman (1904–1981) was a ground-breaking female journalist who became a foreign news correspondent at a time when it was almost unheard of for women to do so. Born Rachel...

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