About
MISSION STATEMENT
Building on the foundation of past achievements, we are committed to the creation, preservation, and mobilization of expert knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainians in Canada and worldwide. As the world continues to change, we shall attain our vision through critical dialogue and sustained engagement with partners and researchers around the globe.
Director’s message
Welcome to the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, an internationally recognized leader of Ukrainian studies outside of Ukraine and a research institute housed in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.
Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) is a global leader in the field of Ukrainian Studies. In support of the University of Alberta and Faculty of Arts mission and values, the Institute is dedicated to the production, preservation, and dissemination of expert knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainians in Canada and worldwide.
Located in Edmonton and Toronto and with an office in Lviv, Ukraine, CIUS facilitates sustained scholarly engagement and cooperation between Canada and Ukraine, partner institutions and researchers around the globe, as well as between diverse ethnic and cultural groups in Canada.
Multidisciplinary in its work, CIUS integrates the humanities and social sciences in its scholarly agenda. Over the last four and a half decades, CIUS has provided scholars and researchers an unparalleled experience—an environment where emerging scholars can come together with established scholarly experts in their respective disciplines, to explore, network, collaborate and disseminate a diverse knowledge about Ukraine, Ukrainian Canadians, and Ukrainians around the world.
