In Memoriam Mrs. Evhenia Barycky, Teacher

“Forget not; ne’er forget, the days of youth so bright”

Ivan Franko, 1882

It was with great sadness that we received the news of the death of our dear teacher  Evhenia Barycky. She was born on March 15, 1915 in Gyor, Hungary and died on March 14, 2010 in Toronto, one day shy of her 95^th Birthday.  Mrs. Barycky was an extraordinary Ukrainian School teacher in Sudbury for the Ukrainian National Federation for 24 years. She loved her work; in her gentle, soft mannered way, she led us to learn the rubrics of the Ukrainian language but most importantly to love and cherish the literature of our ancestors and rich Ukrainian culture.  She did this not just by rote teaching but by producing and directing plays such as The Mitten and Little Red Riding Hood (Chervona Shapochka), and by teaching us poems, carols, Easter and spring ritual songs - hayivky, and dramatic tableaux.  So many of us were introduced to theatre and the stage because of her efforts.   Her confidence in us never wavered.  In those 24 years she touched the lives and souls of hundreds of students.  We loved her because she cared about us, and cared that we learned and deeply experienced in its entirety the whole of the Ukrainian soul, spirit and culture.

 Oksana Kuryliw
Nadia Hately (Kohut)
Ihor Prociuk
Pat Wyshniowsky (Formanec)