This is the sewing machine, which Wasyl bought and sent to his home village. Anna is sitting third from the left. She sewed her wedding dress on this machine and brought it with her to Canada where she married Wasyl.
A photograph of Wasyl and Anna Kuryliw. After several years of courtship by correspondence, Wasyl sponsored Anna's arrival to Canada, and they got married immediately following her arrival in 1936.
This is a poster of the Edmonton premier of the Chapters & Verses documentary held at St. John's Institute on October 27, 2017. Oksana Kuryliw and John Leeson were in attendance to introduce their documentary and answer questions after the screening. The event was organized by the Kule Folklore Centre and Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
This is a travel document certifying that Anna Zabolotna is healthy enough to travel from Poland to Canada.
Polish passport and Canadian Immigration Identification Card for Anna Zabolotna. Stamps indicate she immigrated to Canada in 1936 and arrived on the ship “Montrose”.
This is a Polish passport issued for Vasyl Kuryliw. Stamps indicate immigration to Canada in 1928.
This is the marriage certificate for Bill Kuryliw and Anna Zabolotna. Ceremony conducted by Reverend Peter Kamenesky and witnessed by Peter Oleksiuk and Anne Mateyko.
This is the baptismal record for Anna Zabolotna. Details include the date, location, and organization that conducted the baptism.
Director's comment on the Sumka Remembers Dance - Ukrainian Canadian internment
Video performance excerpts for a contemporary original dance theatre work titled Shumka Remembers, conceived and directed by Gordon Gordey. Video excerpt contains commentary from Gordon Gordey at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Alberta, Canada. This dancework was created for The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers of Canada. Shumka Remembers is a contemporary Ukrainian Canadian narrative folk dance theatre work with video exploring the unjust internment of Ukrainian Canadians as “enemy aliens” in Canada during WWI. These “enemy aliens” were subjected to having to carry registration identity papers, often pay monthly registration fees, and were under constant surveillance. Of the 80,000 who were registered under the authority of the Act, 8,579 were deemed: “enemy aliens”. The majority of “enemy aliens” were Ukrainians and were arrested and interned in 26 makeshift encampments located mostly in Canada’s frontier hinterlands. They were forced into hard labour clearing land for roads, building bridges, and building the railway.