From the Ukrainian Canadian Congress:

Canadians across the country are encouraged to support Ukrainian Literature Day on March 9th, 2009 by making use of the public library system and checking out one of the hundreds of books on Ukrainian themes.

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Under the slogan "Read, Learn, Study, My Brothers", Ukrainian Literature Day coincides with the 195th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birthday. The slogan is adapted from a phrase in one of Shevchenko’s well known works.

The campaign is a joint effort between the UCCLA and the UCC with assistance of MP’s James Bezan, Judy Wasylycia-Leis and Borys Wrezsnewskyj. They are promoting the week long campaign by sending out thousands of these postcards across the country:

From the Interlake Spectator:

The Fifth St. North church, an impressive example of Byzantine architecture opposite Gimli Park, marked its 50th birthday last June with a celebratory mass followed by an anniversary dinner at the New Horizons club.

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That dates back to 1956 when the Gimli Ukrainian citizens decided they needed a central church to succeed several small churches with somewhat irregular services in outlying areas such as Dnister, Foley and Fraserwood.

The first step by parishoners was the purchase of the Gimli building lot from Tony Shymko for $550. Construction followed in stages by volunteer labour with money for the work being raised through donations, draws, bingos, bake sales and other fundraisers. In 1958, the first services were held in the basement – now the parish hall – while building continued upstairs in the two-towered church each topped by Greek crosses.

“The work by volunteers went on for years,” says Sacred Heart first vice-president Stephie Hykawy whose daughter Kathy was among the first children baptised in the church. “It finally ended in 1975 with the completion of the church steps and sidewalk.”

Congratulations!

From Wikipedia:

In 1928, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada, enacted the Sexual Sterilization Act. The Act, drafted to protect the gene pool, allowed for sterilization of mentally disabled persons in order to prevent the transmission of undesirable traits to offspring.

Examination of sterilization records demonstrates that legislation did not apply equally to all members of society. Specifically, the Act was disproportionately applied to those in socially vulnerable positions, including: females, children, unemployed persons, domestics, rural citizens, unmarried, institutionalized persons, Roman and Greek Catholics, persons of Ukrainian, Native and Métis ethnicity.

It took over 40 years to get this act repealed which effected almost 3,000 people with a slew of justifications including growing fear that new immigrants were inferior, generating fears over the protection of land and jobs. Many eugenics programs in North America were financed by the very wealthy Rockefeller family.