UCRDC Commemorates 78th Anniversary of the Holodomor

During National Holodomor Awareness Week, November 21-27, 2011, the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre in Toronto will be presenting an exhibit: Holodomor Through the Eyes of Ukrainian Artists (Trustee – Morgan Williams), a collection of 25 posters of artwork from Ukraine on the subject of the Holodomor Famine Genocide in Ukraine 1932-33. Also on display will be several original pieces of artwork by Canadian artists with a theme on the Holodomor, and North American newspaper articles on the Holodomor from 1932-33.

The UCRDC was established in 1982 as the Ukrainian Famine Research Committee and in 1984, released the award-winning documentary Harvest of Despair, the first film about the Holodomor. The UCRDC was one of the first institutions in the world dedicated to researching and publicizing the Soviet genocide against the Ukrainian people. Harvest of Despair will be screened at 3:00 pm every day during Holodomor Awareness Week. The 2008 film about the Holodomor, The Living, directed by Serhiy Bukovksy, also will be screened daily at 1:00 pm for the duration of the week.

Throughout Holodomor Awareness Week, the UCRDC will also be showing excerpts from interviews with Holodomor survivors now living in Canada. The UCRDC, in partnership with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, since 2008, has interviewed more than 120 Holodomor survivors, as part of the project Sharing the Story. These interviews are also available online at www.holodomorsurvivors.ca

The Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre is located at St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Ave., (between Harbord and College Streets) on the second floor. UCRDC hours will be 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, November 21-25, or by appointment. Entrance is free of charge.

For more information, please call the UCRDC at 416-966-1819, e-mail info@ucrdc.org or visit website www.ucrdc.org