Kateryna Yushchenko Visits Legislative Assembly of Ontario
28 November 2008 19:50
November 27, 2008, Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko visited the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, unveiling an exhibit dedicated to the the 75th anniversary of the Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine.
Preceding the unveiling ceremony, Mrs. Yushchenko met with speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Steve Peters. The parties broached the subject of recognizing Holodomor genocide against the Ukrainian people on the Ontario Province level. Also, they discussed the cooperation between Ukraine and Canada in the spheres of culture and education. Mrs. Yushchenko outlined the Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s major areas of activities, in part, in the spheres of culture and education, while Mr. Peters spoke about the Ontario government’s interaction with the big Ukrainian community.
After that, the unveiling ceremony of Holodomor: Genocide by Famine exhibition, prepared by the League of Ukrainian Canadians, took place. Among its participants were speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Steve Peters, member of the Assembly Dave Levac, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in Canada Ihor Ostash, General Consul of Ukraine in Toronto Oleksandr Danyleyko, and Ukraine 3000 Foundation members.
Mrs. Yushchenko thanked the League of Ukrainian Canadians and other organizations for their great work on commemorating Holodomor victims. “I hope that the Legislative Assembly of Ontario recognizes Holodomor genocide, since the tragic leafs of Ukraine’s tragedy and, moreover, its lessons are important for the whole world. We are positive that if the global community had condemned the events of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, the world would avoid many succeeding genocides,” she said.
Mrs. Yushchenko expressed her hope that the topic of Ukrainian Holodomor would find its reflection in the Canadian schools syllabus, as an example of the true essence of totalitarianism.
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Dave Levac, author of the bill on recognizing Holodomor genocide against the Ukrainian people.
Mrs. Yushchenko toured the exhibition and talked to its organizers, presenting her an electronic version of the exhibition. Earlier, Mrs. Kateryna passed to the Ukrainian Embassy in Canada a copy of the Executed by Hunger: the Unknown Genocide against Ukrainians exhibition, created by Ukraine 3000 Foundation, in the French language.
Holodomor: Genocide by Famine consists of 100 posters in English, presenting historical documents, portraying the manmade character of the famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. The government reports, eyewitness accounts, and other archival material detailing virtually every aspect of the tragedy. The exhibition is accompanied by a CD with its electronic version, the Harvest of Sorrow documentary on Holodomor (1984), and a video on the arrival of the International Torch to Canada and unveiling the Holodomor: Genocide by Famine exhibition at the Toronto City Hall April 18, 2008.
Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko and Ukraine 3000 Foundation representatives are staying in Canada for a working visit, their major mission being the unveiling of the Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: The Remarkable Trypilian Culture exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum. Earlier Mrs. Yushchenko met with members of Ukrainian community in Canada.
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