By Danya Wasylyk The art piece commissioned by Danya Wasylyk in her Grade 12 night school course with Tamara Kowalczyk. The first time I truly recognized the word ‘genocide’ was on a Saturday morning, 14 years ago, in my Ukrainian School classroom. I had heard the...
By Alexandra Holyk Alexandra Holyk enjoying the fresh air and warm weather this fool’s spring by having a picnic alone in her backyard. This past week is the first in 2021 where I’ve gone outside every day. Whether I’ve gone on a walk around the...
By Stephanie Nedoshytko Photo: Creative Commons A while ago, I came across a surprising phenomenon—debutante balls run by Ukrainian organizations in the United States. The event replaces traditional vyshyvannas with tuxedos and floor-length white gowns. My only...
By Maya Pankiw Thinking back to fall 2019, I remember walking around my university’s campus, feeling like I was ready to take on the world. The simple acts of walking to class, going to the gym, and going to the library made me feel like I was taking action to...
By Chase Gargus It’s hard to believe that we’re almost a year into quarantine. A year into a new status quo of online classes, staying at home and relearning how to be a functional human during a global pandemic. Let’s take a moment to check-in. How are we all doing?...
By Anastasiya Gorodnicha New Years’ Resolutions. We all talk about them, and now more than ever, we are so eager to implement these new routines and habits into our lives, to make 2021 better. It is so satisfying to get out our journals at the beginning of January and...
