This file contains a variety of documentation related to Dr Medwidsky’s research projects. This includes grant applications from the University of Alberta and government organizations, as well as letters of approval for research projects. Included in many of these applications are copies of Dr Medwidsky’s CVs. Also contained are papers documenting Dr Medwidsky’s involvement in various projects sometimes as contributor and other times as editor. Finally, the file also contains various articles related to Dr Medwidsky’s research interests.
The sub-series consists of Mykhailo Bilas's drawings and sketches, drafts of his tapestries. They were mostly created during the late 1980s-early 2000s (1989-2003) with a few samples from the early 1970s. Bilas’s works depict scenes from everyday life and holidays rituals. The clothes of his characters show the regional variety of Ukraine. The pictures were sent to Chester and Luba Kuc and on the back of many sketches one can find Bilas's notes and full letters to them. The materials are characterized by detailed descriptions of colors and materials. Сollection also contains photo slides (“clichés”) of Bilas's works.
This series includes correspondence with various individuals and families in Ukraine (mostly western: L'viv, Ternopil', Ivano-Frankivs'k, Chernivtsi regions), letters from Brazil and Argentina, North America, and Poland. Some letters have photographs. Most letters are addressed to Mike and Elsie Kawulych.
Bohdan Medwidsky was active in the Canadian Association of Slavists as well as maintained professional relationships with many scholars from Ukraine, and Ukrainianists from other parts of the world, for example, with Mykola Mysinka in Slovakia. The series consists of letters, invitations, reports, project documentation and other records related to Ukrainian and Slavic studies beyond the University of Alberta.
The series contains obituaries, eulogies, biographies and CVs of famous Ukrainian Canadians
The series consists of records documenting the beginning and incorporation of UBLA (Ukrainian Bilingual Association) in the 1970s and about its work in the 1980s. It also includes UBLA's publicity, correspondence, agendas and meeting minutes, and financial records.
This series also contains information about the activities of Edmonton Public Schools (EPS) in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program from 1974 until 1988. Apart from general activities concerning EPS, there are records containing information about some schools in the UBP, for example Northmount, Balwin Junior, Holyrood, and Brentwood.
The Ukrainian Bilingual Association (UBLA) is a non-profit parental organization formed in 1974 to assist the establishment of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in Edmonton Public Schools. UBLA’s goal was to develop bilingual language education programs in the Province of Alberta. UBLA prepared submissions to the Government of Alberta and organized publicity and recruitment campaigns on behalf of the bilingual program. Specifically, its projects included the recruitment of students, the arrangement of transportation of bilingual program students in the Edmonton Public School System, Junior High School Scholarships and publicity, increasing public awareness of the availability and existence of Ukrainian language education in Alberta schools. Furthermore, UBLA subsidized the annual Grade 6 graduation banquet and dance, and it organized the Ukrainian Daycamp – an extension of the UBP – until the foundation of APUE in 1984.
