A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do...
Winnipeg center offers intensive Summer Institute
WINNIPEG - The Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg will offer a six-week Summer Institute in Ukrainian Language and Culture from July 5 to August 13.
The summer institute provides a total immersion setting in which accredited courses in the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian heritage are enhanced by informal cultural activities such as films, music, guest lectures and excursions.
The courses to be offered this summer are:
The courses can be taken either as credit courses, audited courses or non-degree courses. Students may register for all the courses or for a single course. Course credits are transferable to other universities.
The summer institute is an excellent way to study and learn the Ukrainian language and about the culture in a city with the highest concentration of Ukrainians in Canada. Also, Winnipeg has attractions which have a Ukrainian orientation, including churches, museums, libraries, archives, offices of national organizations, gift shops and book stores.
Other summer special attractions include the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 1-11, and Folklorama, Winnipeg's "Festival of Nations," July 11-19. The Canadian National Ukrainian Festival held at the Selo site in Dauphin - a three- to four-hour scenic and historic drive from Winnipeg - takes place July 20 - August 1. The Pan-Am Games will take place in Winnipeg from July 23-August 8.
Limited financial assistance may be available for students. In addition, one or two awards for highest standing in each credit course will be available to students upon successful completion of the course.
The center will also be offering a full program of courses in the 1999-2000 academic year. These courses include "Conversational Ukrainian," "The Economy of Ukraine," "Government, Politics and Society in Ukraine," "History of Eastern Christianity," "Major Thinkers in the Eastern Christian Tradition," "History of Byzantine Art I" and "History of Byzantine Art II" and "Central and East European Avant-Garde Art."
These courses can be taken singly, for general interest, as options, or as components of programs in various departments in the Faculty of Arts or in the School of Art. For students interested in specializing in the area, the center offers interdisciplinary programs in Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies leading to a bachelor of arts degree with a general major, an advanced major, or a minor in the field. Several awards are available for undergraduate and graduate study, as well as for highest standing in a course.
The Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, established in 1981, provides undergraduates courses and interdisciplinary programs of study in areas relating to Ukraine and to the life of Ukrainians in Canada. The center also encourages and promotes research and scholarship in all areas relating to Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies. Since its inception, the director of the center has been Dr. Natalia Aponiuk, a recognized scholar in the field of Ukrainian Canadian Studies.
For further information contact: Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada; phone, (204) 474-8906; fax, (204) 474-7624; e-mail, cucs@cc.umanitoba.ca.
For additional information about the Summer Institute in Ukrainian Language and Culture call toll free: in Manitoba, 1-800-432-1960, ext. 8906; in Canada, 1-888-216-7011, ext. 8808; or visit http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres.ukrainian_canadian/
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 2, 1999, No. 18, Vol. LXVII
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