Title: Roman Yereniuk fonds

Dates: 1935

Extent: 2 film reels (16 mm)

Biographical Sketch: Roman Yereniuk is an associate
professor of St. Andrew’s College and a sessional lecturer
in the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the
University of Manitoba. He teaches courses in Church history
of Eastern Christianity and the experience of the Ukrainian
Canadians. In addition, he is a school trustee with the
Winnipeg School Division. As a creative writer and a
storyteller in the Ukrainian Canadian community, Roman has
a passion for telling stories about the Ukraine, Ukrainian
Canadians, and multiculturalism.

Digitized Material: The digitized material from the Roman
Yereniuk fonds consists of film reels of a 1935 rally in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan of the Canadian Ukrainian Youth
Association (CYMK). They offer individual and group
footage of young Ukrainians from the western region as well
as scenes of the prairie city in the mid-thirties. There are
some striking frames of the delegates participating in mass
calisthenics.

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