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Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2H4
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Holo dom or M obil e Cl as s roo m Re ad yi ng T o T ak e to t he R oa d
(T oronto , Ju l y 3 , 2 01 5 ) - T he H o l od om or N at i on a l A wa re n es s T o u r “ M o b il e
Cl as s r o om ” is pr ep ar i n g to t ak e to t h e r o ad t h is f a l l wi t h t he g o a l o f i nc re as i ng
a war en es s of th e H o lo dom or ac r os s C an a da . A F l ee t wo od R V bus has be e n pu rc h as ed
as th e c e nt er p iec e of t he t o ur , a f e de ra l l y f u nd e d i n it i at i v e to e d uc at e C an a di a ns
ab o ut t h e f am i ne e n g i ne er e d b y J os ep h S ta l i n i n 19 3 2 - 33 . T hr o ug h t he le ns of th e
Ho l od om or , t he t o ur wi l l pr om ote u n de rs t an d i ng of t he c ons e qu e nc e s of h at e a nd
d is c rim i na t io n a n d h ig h li g ht t h e v a lu es of f re ed om , d em oc rac y, h u m an r ig hts an d t he
ru le of l a w.
T he 40 - f oo t R V is c ur r en t l y b ei n g c us t om i ze d , inc l ud i n g th e i ns t a l l at i on of
s ta te- of - t h e- ar t a ud i o - v is ua l m ult i- m ed i a c a p ab i l it i es s uc h as 1 2 c o m m erc ia l f l a ts c ree n Sam s un g t e le v i s i ons , to ens ur e th a t t he H o l od om or Mo b i le Cl as s r o om of f ers a
21 s t c e n tur y l e ar n in g e x per i e nc e .
B oh d an O n ys c h uk , pa s t Ch a ir of t h e Ca n a da - Uk rai n e F o un d at i on ( CUF ) , t he
l ea d or g an i za t i on on t he pr oj ec t , arr a ng e d f or th e p urc has e of th e v e h ic le . O n ys c huk
tra v e le d t o D ec a tur , I n d ia n a , f or n eg o ti a ti o ns wit h F le et wo o d T rans por t at i on . In i t ia l
qu o tes f or a n R V th a t c ou l d b e r e trof it te d i nt o a m ob i l e c l as s r oom wer e i n t he
$4 0 0, 0 00 U S D r a ng e .
“Fl e et wo o d T r a ns p or ta ti o n em pl o ys a bo u t a t ho us an d M e nn o n it es ,” s a id
O n ys c huk . “ T h e ir c om m unit y s uf f ere d gr ea t l y d u r in g t h e Ho l od om o r . W hen we
ex p l a in e d th e p ur pos e of th e b us a nd als o t h at we d i dn ’ t ne e d th e l ea t her c o uc h es ,
gra n it e c o u nt er s , k in g - s i ze d b e ds , f ri d ges a n d was hr o om s f oun d i n th e ir ‘r oc k s t ar
m obi l e v eh ic l es , ’ t he y s o ld us t h e R V f or $2 3 5, 0 00 U S D, a dras t ic r ed uc ti o n. T he y s a w
ho w im por t an t th is p r o j ec t is t o e d uc a t in g t h e p ub l ic a bo u t wh a t t h e S o v ie ts d i d t o
Uk rai n ia ns a n d th e M e nn o n it es .”
T he ex t er i or of t h e Ho l od om or M ob i l e Cl as s r oom (H MC ) has be e n des i g ne d t o
s er ve as a dr am at ic H o lo d om or a wa re n es s m edi um in its o wn r i gh t , a m ov i ng
b il l b oar d , as i t tr a v e ls th e r o ads an d h i gh wa y s a n d wh e n pa rk ed i n s c ho o ls a nd at
ot h er v en u es . ( S ee im ag e ac c om pa n yi n g t hi s ar t ic l e .)
De n n y D zer o wic z, wh o is c oor d i na t in g t he t e c hn ic a l d et a ils t o e ns u re th a t a ll
th e m aj or c om pon e nts ar e r ea d y a n d on s c he du l e, s a ys th e b us pr o j ec t f u lf i l ls a l if el on g g oa l . “ I wa s de t er m ine d to s e e t h is pr oj ec t re a l i ze d . W e as a c om m uni t y n ee d t o
m ak e s ur e t ha t t he H o l od om or is wi d e l y k n o wn, a n d wh a t be tt er wa y t ha n t o br in g t h e
m es s age d ir ec t l y to c o m m unit i es ac r os s th e c ou n tr y,” s a ys D ze r o wic z.
T he Ca n ad i a n go v er n m ent is s u pp or t in g t he H MC t hr ou g h i ts M ul t i c u lt ura l is m
In ter - Ac t io n pr o gr am , wh ic h h as as i ts a im to b ui l d a n i nt e gra t ed a nd s oc i a l l y c o hes i v e
s oc ie t y. T he a wa r d wa s a n no u nc e d o n J a nu a r y 1 3 b y J as o n K en n e y, M in is ter f or
Mu l t ic u l tur a l is m ( to d a y C an a da ’s Mi n is t er of Na t io n al D ef e ns e as w e ll) .
“It is b y r em em ber i n g t he tr a ge d i es a nd a tr oc it i es of th e p as t t h at we c a n eq u i p
ours e l v es to pr e v e nt t hem f r om ha p p en i ng a ga i n. T ha t is wh y t h is na t io n a l to ur , wh ic h
wi l l re ac h Ca n ad i a ns o f a ll ag es a nd bac k gr o un ds , is a n im por ta n t i n it i at i v e ,” s a i d
K en n e y.
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T he pr oj ec t has als o r ec e i v e d s up p ort f rom t he pro v i nc ia l m in is tr i e s of M an i to b a
an d O n t ari o . Ca n ad a was t h e f ir s t c o un tr y t o of f ic ia l l y r ec o gn i ze t he H o l od om or
ge n oc id e i n 2 0 08 . In t he 20 1 1 Na t io n a l Ho us eh o l d S ur ve y, m or e th an 1. 2 5 m il l i on
Ca n ad i ans s elf - r e por t ed as be i n g of Uk ra i ni an et hn ic o ri g i n.
T he Ca n ad a - Uk r ai n e F ou n da t io n is work i ng i n p art ne rs h i p o n th e p roj ec t wi t h
th e Uk rai n i an C a na d i a n Co n gr es s ( UC C), t h e Uk ra in i a n Ca n ad i an R es e arc h a nd
Doc um en ta t io n C en tr e ( U CR DC) , a nd t h e Ho l od om or R es ea rc h a n d E d uc a t io n a l
Co ns ort i um ( HR EC ) of t he C a na d i an I ns t i tu t e of Uk ra i n ia n S tu d i es , U n i v ers it y of
A lb er ta . A l ex an dr a S ta dn yk s er ves as pro gr a m m ana ge r at t h e Ca n ad a - Uk rai n e
Fo un d at i on . V a le n t in a K ur yl i w, D ir ec tor of E d uc a t io n f or HR E C a nd he a d of t h e
Ho l od om or E duc a ti o n Com m itte e a t th e Uk ra i ni a n Ca n ad i a n Co n gr es s , is o vers e e in g
th e d e ve l o pm ent of t h e h ig h s c h o ol t e ac hi n g c o nt e nt , a lo n g wi t h a c om m itt ee of
ed uc at ors f r om ac r os s C an a da .
In its f ir s t ye ar , t he H MC wi l l f oc us o n vis i t s t o s c h oo ls i n O n t ar io , as we l l as
v en u es s uc h as f es t i v a ls an d c om m unit y e v en ts . I n t he s ec o n d an d s u bs e q ue nt ye ars ,
th e H MC wi l l to ur t he c ou n tr y , r e ac h in g a n e s tim at e d 7, 0 00 s t u de n ts per ye ar .
T he CUF H o l od om or A war e nes s T ou r has r ec e i ve d $ 1. 5 m i l l io n i n s up p ort f rom
th e C an a di a n g o ver nm en t a nd has r ais e d $ 4 00 , 00 0 f r om T he T em ert y F am il y
Fo un d at i on an d o th er pr i va te s our c es . It h as a ls o a ppr o ac h e d pr o v i nc i a l g o ve rnm en ts
f or a d d it i on a l s u pp or t. T he pr oj ec t is lo ok i ng t o r a is e an a d d it i on a l $7 0 0, 0 00 t o e ns u re
th at t h e pr oj ec t c a n c o nt i nu e t hr ou g h 20 1 8 a nd be yo n d . T h e C an a d a - Uk ra i ne
Fo un d at i on we lc om es do n at i ons bi g a n d s m a l l, wh ic h c an b e m ade on t h e CUF
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