Previous 'My Ukrainian Heritage' Diary Entries Catch up on previous diary entries from ’My Ukrainian Heritage': Part 1: I Grew Up Hearing My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World WarPart 2: Fleeing Dekulakization in Early 1930s Russia Part 3 of My Ukrainian Heritage: Hiding in Plain Sight from the Dekulakization in Valuyki Mikhail made his way to … [Read more...]
Making Mochi and Exploring Japanese Canadian Culture on the Culture Travels Podcast
In this episode of the Culture Travels Podcast (that recorded live in studio on the Fireside Chat App on February 5, 2022), I was joined by middle schooler Maya and her mom Manami, as they taught me how to make mochi and we chatted about Japanese Canadian culture. As is the case when you are hanging out in the kitchen and baking and chatting with friends, this is one of … [Read more...]
Fleeing Dekulakization in Early 1930s Russia – Part 2 of My Ukrainian Heritage
Listen to Laryssa’s reading of her My Ukrainian Heritage diary ‘Fleeing Dekulakization in Early 1930s Russia’ by clicking the red play arrow on the SoundCloud recording below: Roamancing Travel · Fleeing Dekulakization in Early 1930s Russia - Part 2 of My Ukrainian Heritage I will begin with highlights from my father’s past. My father, Mikhail, was a true example … [Read more...]
My Ukrainian Heritage – Part 1: I Grew Up Hearing My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World War
Listen to Laryssa ’s reading of her My Ukrainian Heritage diary ‘I Grew Up Hearing My Parent's Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World War’ by clicking the red play arrow on the SoundCloud recording below: Roamancing Travel · My Ukrainian Heritage – Part 1: I Grew Up With My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in WWII My parents are from Ukraine. They fled … [Read more...]
A Brief History of Systemic Racism – an Open Letter
Alex recently did the research and wrote a letter to a loved one about Systemic Racism, Police Brutality, and the positives that are coming out of the Black Lives Matter Protests and Marches to explain to them why the current Black Lives Matter protests and marches are needed. As we feel this is an important issue and think she did an excellent job of both researching and … [Read more...]
