Fourth Annual National Holodomor Awareness Week - Ukrainian Canadian Congress
UCC Announces National Holodomor Awareness Week
November 21 – 27, 2011
Canadians prepare to mark the 78th anniversary of the Ukrainian famine genocide
October 19, 2011-Winnipeg, Manitoba-The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is launching the fourth annual National Holodomor Awareness Week November 21-27. The goal is to annually unite the Ukrainian community and all Canadians in remembering the victims and raising awareness of this genocide.
International Holodomor Memorial Day will be observed on Saturday, November 26. In Canada, this day has been enshrined in both federal and provincial legislation as Holodomor Memorial Day. The Holodomor, by its geographical focus and intensity, is one of the greatest genocides in human history. It is an example of the deprivation of the human right to food and embodies the human rights violations suffered by the victims of communism around the world. ...