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'''Valentina Kuryliw''' (July 22, 1945, Mannheim, now [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]) is a historian and educator specializing in the Ukrainian [[Holodomor]] genocide of 1932–1933. Now retired, she served as the Department Head of History and Social Sciences for the [[Toronto District School Board]] with over 35 years<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, K-12, Curriculum, Diversity Education |url=https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/multic/holodomor.html |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=manitoba.ca}}</ref> of teaching experience. She is a methodologist, collaborating with the [[Ontario Institute for Studies in Education]] (OISE) at the University of Toronto hiring young history, law and sociology teachers and evaluating their achievements. She has also travelled extensively throughout Ukraine teaching human rights, critical thinking and the Holodomor in many of its regions since 1993; "Every year (since 1993) Valentina Kuryliv comes to Ukraine - a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, a methodological teacher, a history specialist from Toronto. She conducts monthly courses in the summer in Lviv, Odessa, Ternopil, Lutsk, Khmelnytsky, and thus shows Ukrainian history teachers that teaching can be different. Ms. Valentina has made an invaluable contribution to the development of Ukrainian methodological thought."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Misan |first=Victor |date=August 22, 2016 |title=Як ми вчилися вчити історію: особисті нотатки педагога про перше десятиліття шкільної історичної освіти у незалежній Україні |url=https://uamoderna.com/event/mysan-history-education-ukraine |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Modern Ukraine, uamoderna.com |language=uk-UA}}</ref> She taught the history of Ukraine at the [https://www.ukrainianschool.ca Tsiopa Palijiw Ukrainian School Toronto] where she was deputy director. From 2009, she is the chair of the [https://www.ucc.ca/about-ucc/committees/national-holodomor-education-committee/ National Holodomor Education Committee] of the [[Ukrainian Canadian Congress]]; from 2013, the Director of Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=About HREC Education |url=https://education.holodomor.ca/about-hrec-education/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=HREC Education |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-02 |title=About us |url=https://holodomor.ca/about-us/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=HREC |language=en-US}}</ref> of the [https://holodomor.ca Holodomor Research and Education Consortium] at the [https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/index.html Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta] (Toronto office); from 2011, she is a member of the Board of the [[Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre]] (Toronto). She is a permanent member of the [https://ohassta-aesho.education Ontario History and Social Studies Teacher's Association] (OHASSTA).
'''Valentina Kuryliw''' (July 22, 1945, Mannheim, now [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]) is a historian and educator specializing in the Ukrainian [[Holodomor]] genocide of 1932–1933. Now retired, she served as the Department Head of History and Social Sciences for the [[Toronto District School Board]] with over 35 years<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, K-12, Curriculum, Diversity Education |url=https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/multic/holodomor.html |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=manitoba.ca}}</ref> of teaching experience. She is a methodologist, collaborating with the [[Ontario Institute for Studies in Education]] (OISE) at the University of Toronto hiring young history, law and sociology teachers and evaluating their achievements. She has also travelled extensively throughout Ukraine teaching human rights, critical thinking and the Holodomor in many of its regions since 1993; "Every year (since 1993) Valentina Kuryliv comes to Ukraine - a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, a methodological teacher, a history specialist from Toronto. She conducts monthly courses in the summer in [[Lviv]], Odesa, Ternopil, Lutsk, Khmelnytsky, and thus shows Ukrainian history teachers that teaching can be different. Ms. Valentina has made an invaluable contribution to the development of Ukrainian methodological thought."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Misan |first=Victor |date=August 22, 2016 |title=Як ми вчилися вчити історію: особисті нотатки педагога про перше десятиліття шкільної історичної освіти у незалежній Україні |url=https://uamoderna.com/event/mysan-history-education-ukraine |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Modern Ukraine, uamoderna.com |language=uk-UA}}</ref> She taught the history of Ukraine at the [https://www.ukrainianschool.ca Tsiopa Palijiw Ukrainian School Toronto] where she was deputy director. From 2009, she is the chair of the [https://www.ucc.ca/about-ucc/committees/national-holodomor-education-committee/ National Holodomor Education Committee] of the [[Ukrainian Canadian Congress]]; from 2013, the Director of Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=About HREC Education |url=https://education.holodomor.ca/about-hrec-education/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=HREC Education |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-02 |title=About us |url=https://holodomor.ca/about-us/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=HREC |language=en-US}}</ref> of the [https://holodomor.ca Holodomor Research and Education Consortium] at the [https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/index.html Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta] (Toronto office); from 2011, she is a member of the Board of the [[Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre]] (Toronto). She is a permanent member of the [https://ohassta-aesho.education Ontario History and Social Studies Teacher's Association] (OHASSTA).


== Biography ==
== Biography ==

Revision as of 17:12, 9 April 2022

Valentina Kuryliw
Valentina Kuryliw speaking at her book launch in Toronto, 2018.

Valentina Kuryliw (July 22, 1945, Mannheim, now Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a historian and educator specializing in the Ukrainian Holodomor genocide of 1932–1933. Now retired, she served as the Department Head of History and Social Sciences for the Toronto District School Board with over 35 years[1] of teaching experience. She is a methodologist, collaborating with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto hiring young history, law and sociology teachers and evaluating their achievements. She has also travelled extensively throughout Ukraine teaching human rights, critical thinking and the Holodomor in many of its regions since 1993; "Every year (since 1993) Valentina Kuryliv comes to Ukraine - a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, a methodological teacher, a history specialist from Toronto. She conducts monthly courses in the summer in Lviv, Odesa, Ternopil, Lutsk, Khmelnytsky, and thus shows Ukrainian history teachers that teaching can be different. Ms. Valentina has made an invaluable contribution to the development of Ukrainian methodological thought."[2] She taught the history of Ukraine at the Tsiopa Palijiw Ukrainian School Toronto where she was deputy director. From 2009, she is the chair of the National Holodomor Education Committee of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress; from 2013, the Director of Education[3][4] of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Toronto office); from 2011, she is a member of the Board of the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre (Toronto). She is a permanent member of the Ontario History and Social Studies Teacher's Association (OHASSTA).

Biography

Kuryliw is the child of two Holodomor survivors. Kuryliw was born in a displaced persons camp in Mannheim, Germany; in 1950 she and her family left for Canada and landed at Pier 21 in Halifax where her family has a bronze brick.[5] She studied history at McGill University in Montreal. In the summer of 1993-2008 she worked as a methodologist at advanced training courses for history teachers in Lviv, Odesa, Lutsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Vasylkiv (Kyiv region); conducted seminars on the Holodomor of 1932-33 for history teachers in Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, and Kharkiv;[6] In 2003 and 2005 she taught a course on methods of teaching history at the National Pedagogical Drahomanov University (Kyiv), and in 2006 at the H.S. Skvoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. Since 2007 she has been holding master classes for history and social studies teachers in Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg and across Canada; she has championed the inclusion of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine as a topic into the Canadian education curriculum, specifically in Ontario and facilitated its inclusion in other provinces across Canada. Since 2009 he has been a member of the Ukrainain Canadian Research and Documentation Centre (Toronto), and since 2013 the Director of Education of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC)[7] at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta.[8] As a result of her early advocacy as a retired educator and later as the Director of Education of HREC, the "Holodomor is now being taught in at least 12 of 27 courses in the Ontario curriculum thanks to Kuryliw’s efforts over the past 3 decades."[9] She has also championed the establishment of "Holodomor Memorial Day" in schools across Canada on the 4th Friday in November as an annual day of commemoration and its inclusion in school calendars.[10]

In addition to education, she is a passionate human rights activist and takes an active part in other spheres of Ukrainian community life in Canada.

Writing

Kuryliw's second book, Holodomor in Ukraine, The Genocidal Famine 1932-1933: learning materials for teachers and students[11] published by CIUS Press (2018), is a comprehensive teaching resource.[12] It has been vetted for use by teachers in schools in Canada and placed on the teaching resources lists of the following provinces to date: in Ontario, in the largest school board in Canada, the Toronto District School Board,[13] Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Diversity Education,[14] Saskatchewan Teachers Federation.[15] It is also sought after and used in curriculum units in the United States of America[16] and other countries. It is described by teachers using it as "an amazing resource...a tremendous resource for students and teachers alike."[17] The book features basic history, a timeline, illustrations, primary and secondary resources, lesson plans and curriculum applications for schools.[18] It is being translated into Ukrainian and French.

Kuryliw's first book, Metodyka vykladannia istorii / Methodology on Teaching History (Методика викладання історії) in Ukrainian (2003 and 2008), was written for teachers of history and social sciences in Ukraine to help reform the methods for teaching history using interactive teaching methods and developing critical and historical thinking skills.

Kuryliw has also authored an article, “Teaching the Ukrainian Genocide – the Holodomor, 1932-1933: A case of denial, cover-up and dismissal” in Samuel Totten (editor) Teaching about Genocide: Insights and Advice from Secondary Teachers and Professors, Volume 1. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.

Kuryliw is also author of the “Historian’s Craft” lesson, the inaugural lesson (2016) on the Holodomor Mobile Classroom touring Canada, emphasizing interactive learning methods and the use of primary resources. The lesson has received three international design awards for its immersive learning experience.[19][20]

Awards

  • Markian Ochrymowych Humanitarian Award (2019).[21]
  • St. Volodymyr the Great Medal (2018).[22]
  • Shevchenko Medal Award Education (2013).[23]
  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award (2013).[24]
  • Excellence in Education award (Відмінник освіти України) from the Ministry of Education in Ukraine (2004).[25]

References

  1. ^ "Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, K-12, Curriculum, Diversity Education". manitoba.ca. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Misan, Victor (August 22, 2016). "Як ми вчилися вчити історію: особисті нотатки педагога про перше десятиліття шкільної історичної освіти у незалежній Україні". Modern Ukraine, uamoderna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  3. ^ "About HREC Education". HREC Education. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  4. ^ "About us". HREC. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  5. ^ Isajiw, Sophia. "Canada 54/150: Valentina Kuryliw". www.crrf-fcrr.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  6. ^ Biletskyi, Volodymyr (December 19, 2008). "ЗАКОРДОННЕ УКРАЇНСТВО І ДОНЕЧЧИНА: ВЧОРА, СЬОГОДНІ, ЗАВТРА" (PDF). research gate, НА УКРАЇНСЬКО-КАНАДСЬКИХ ПАРАЛЕЛЯХ p. 130-1. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "About HREC Education". HREC Education. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  8. ^ "Курилів Валентина Іванівна". ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДІЯ СУЧАСНОЇ УКРАЇНИ ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN UKRAINE. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Isajiw, Sophia (May 20, 2016). "Canada 54/150: Valentina Kuryliw". The Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "TDSB Days of Significance" (PDF). TDSB. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  11. ^ Kuryliw, Valentina (2018). Holodomor in Ukraine, the Genocidal Famine 1932-1933: Learning Materials for Teachers and Students. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press. ISBN 9781894865340.
  12. ^ "Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, K-12, Curriculum, Diversity Education". manitoba.ca. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  13. ^ "Search". tdsb.insigniails.com. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  14. ^ "Diversity Education | Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning". www.edu.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  15. ^ "L4U OPAC - List Results". libnet.stf.sk.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  16. ^ "Holodomor". College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  17. ^ Anthony, Michael. "Teaching about The Holodomor". facingcanada.facinghistory.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  18. ^ "Much Anticipated Teaching Resource on the Holodomor Genocide Now Available". HREC Education. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  19. ^ "CIUS Newsletter" (PDF). ualberta.ca. 2019.
  20. ^ "From darkness to light: shedding light on the Holodomor • Forge Media & Design". Forge Media & Design. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  21. ^ "UCC Toronto - Markian Ochrymowych Humanitarian Award". ucctoronto.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  22. ^ "ST. VOLODYMYR THE GREAT MEDAL - Ukrainian World Congress | Світовий Конґрес Українців". 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  23. ^ "Valentina Kuryliw". ucc.ca. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  24. ^ "UCC Presents Awards in Toronto". ucc.ca. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  25. ^ "Курилів Валентина Іванівна". Wikipedia UK. Retrieved April 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Bibliography

  • Holodomor in Ukraine, the Genocidal Famine 1932–1933: Learning Materials for Teachers and Students. Toronto: CIUS Press, 2018.
  • “Teaching the Ukrainian Genocide – the Holodomor, 1932-1933: A case of denial, cover-up and dismissal” in Samuel Totten (editor) Teaching about Genocide: Insights and Advice from Secondary Teachers and Professors, Volume 1. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.
  • Невідомий геноцид. Голодомор в Україні 1932–1933 років / The Unknown Genocide. The Holodomor in Ukraine 1932-1933. Toronto, 2008.
  • Методика викладання історії /Methods of teaching history. Тоronto, 2003 and 2008.
  • Subtelny Orest, Valentina Kuryliv: Methods of teaching history // Pedagogical thought. - 2003. - No. 3 [1]
  • Fedorak V. How to teach history in a modern school // History in schools of Ukraine. - 2003. - No. 6;
  • Zakydalsky O. Canadian educators change the teaching of history in Ukraine // The Ukrainian Weekly. - 2004. - 16 April.
  1. ^ "metodika_vikladannja_istoriji" (PDF). litopysets.at.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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