Holodomor Recognition: Keep the Flame Alive!
April 18, 2008 --
The International Holodomor Remembrance Flame will arrive
in Saskatchewan on Monday, April 28 -- first stop Yorkton.
The Flame, visiting 33
countries, arrives in Canada from Australia today to mark the
75th anniversary of the famine-genocide in Ukraine known as the
Holodomor (death by starvation).
The Canadian journey of the Flame entitled Keep the Flame Alive
is being organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in cooperation
with the Embassy of Ukraine. Events will honour the victims of this
horrific tragedy while ensuring that the story of the Holodomor
is passed along from generation to generation.
Keep the Flame Alive will also launch a national campaign
urging the Canadian government to recognize the Holodomor as an
act of genocide.
The Flame will be escorted throughout Canada by Holodomor survivor
and Toronto resident, 87-year-old Stefan
Horlatsch.
The International Holodomor Remembrance Flame
will visit the following Canadian centres: Winnipeg, Yorkton,
Regina,
Saskatoon,
North
Battleford, Vegreville, Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, Vancouver,
St. Catharines, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa.
The Holodomor was a deliberate act orchestrated by Stalin’s communist
regime to eliminate the Ukrainian nation and its aspirations for
independence. As a result, the lives of 10 million Ukrainian men,
women and children were eradicated.
Ukraine remembers – the World Acknowledges!
For further information on Canadian Holodomor commemorations contact:
Iryna Mycak Chair, National Holodomor Commemoration Committee
416.919.6566
Ostap Skrypnyk, Executive Director
Ukrainian Canadian Congress
866.942.4627
www.ucc.ca HOLODOMOR
BRIEF FACTS HOLODOMOR
QUOTES
|