Kule Folklore Centre Projects
Community Networking
Sustainable Ukrainian Canadian Heritage (SUCH) Program
SUCH is a multifaceted research and education program of the Kule Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta. It aims to raise awareness about the importance of cultural and historical heritage of Ukrainian Canadians; to provide a ground for networking, collaboration, education and resource sharing among academic, research, and memory institutions, cultural heritage repositories, archivists and other heritage professionals, community organizations, and researchers studying Ukrainian Canadians; and to offer innovative ways to assist Ukrainian Canadian repositories and organizations in preservation of and providing access to their rich cultural heritage.
Indigenous Ukrainian Relationship Building Initiative
This is a joint initiative between the Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre at MacEwan University and the Kule Folklore Centre at the UAlberta. Our main goal is to advance knowledge about, explore, and reflect on our Ukrainian Canadian history and our shared Indigenous-Ukrainian pasts, in order to build a better future together for the well-being of all.
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Research Projects
Chasing Gophers Barefoot: Prairie Children of the 1930s
“Chasing Gophers Barefoot: Prairie Children of the 1930s” is a new traveling exhibit based on the materials of the Local Culture Project. The exhibit uses the recollections of adults to re-create the worlds of childhood. It tells stories about everyday life of children on a farm and on the streets of a small town, at the school, the church, and the community hall. It explores the clothing that formed the most personal aspect of ‘making do’ in the 1930s, scarcity of food and rare and unforgettable treats, but also toys, games, reading, music, and sports. The exhibit is planned to be launched in the spring of 2022.
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Trapped in Archives of Repression: Personal Letters in ex-KGB Archives
Welcome to the “Trapped in Archives of Repression: Personal Letters in ex-KGB Archives”. This webpage provides access to the top secret documents related to postal control over private correspondence in the USSR: instructions for postal censors, monthly reports, special reports, and special summaries of military censorship units and political."
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The Local Culture and Diversity on the Prairies
The Local Culture and Diversity on the Prairies project contributes to Canadians' understanding of diversity and the growth of local community life in Canada. This project created a large repository of over 400 interviews that documented everyday life, ethnic identity, and regional variation among people of Ukrainian, French, German, and English heritage on the prairies up to 1939. Each story is unique and provides invaluable information that allows researchers and students to study and better understand what personal experiences and community life were like during that time.
The following interviews are listed alphabetically, starting with those conducted in French, followed by those conducted in English and Ukrainian. Note: Interviews were recorded in sections located on the left; Topic tags are listed on the right.
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Diaspora Composers Project
The Ukraine Millennium Foundation (UMF) initiated the Diaspora Composers Project in 2004 to research the history and contributions of Ukrainian composers who were forced to leave Ukraine for political reasons. Since the project began, 21 biographical articles have been completed and stored in the Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives database. The new website is currently under construction.