Building Ukrainian Studies
for A Better Future
Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is a global leader in the scholarly field of Ukrainian studies. In support of the 91ĸƵ and Faculty of Arts’ mission and values, CIUS is dedicated to the production, preservation, and dissemination of expert knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainians in Canada and worldwide.
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Key Programs and Centres
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International Collaboration Projects
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Years as a Leading Institute
Happening Now
How to hide a famine: The Holodomor as history and heuristic
This year’s Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Henry H. Prown on November 10, 2025 at 7 p.m. EST.
Seminar series “Rethinking Ukraine’s Environment: War, Ecocide, and Beyond”
Coming this fall from CIUS and partners—a new international seminar series on the environmental history of Ukraine.
CIUS News
Carving Lost Family History: Ukrainian and Indigenous Cultural Revival in the Face of Colonialism
This past year, the CIUS 91ĸƵ Grant for the Study of Indigenous-Ukrainian Relations in Canada was awarded to the project “Carving lost family history: Indigenous and Ukrainian cultural and historical revival in the face of colonialism,” initiated by Keith Carlson, University of the Fraser Valley, and Ivan Rosypskye, a Heiltsuk-Ukrainian master carver.
One year in: A reflection on the Indigenous Crimean Tatar Studies fellowship
Last fall, CIUS welcomed Nara Narimanova as our first doctoral student in the newly instituted Indigenous Crimean Tatar Studies fellowship at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS, Faculty of Arts) and the Faculty of Native Studies.
New Temerty Post-Doctoral Fellow in Holodomor Studies
Dr. Andrey Shlyakhter has been selected as the Temerty Post-Doctoral Fellow in Holodomor Studies at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 91ĸƵ. Dr. Shlyakhter’s research seeks to explain why more people survived the famine along Soviet Ukraine’s western border than in the interior of the republic.
Funding + Awards
CIUS invests in the future of Ukrainian studies, in Canada and internationally, by awarding post-doctoral fellowships, graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, and grants to established scholars for research.
Centres + Programs
Holodomor 91ĸƵ and Education Consortium
Promotes research, study, and awareness of the Great Famine of 1932–34 in Soviet Ukraine as part of the genocide against Ukrainians throughout the Soviet Union. HREC was established in 2013 with funding from the Temerty Foundation.
The Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical 91ĸƵ
The Jacyk Centre’s mandate is to carry out research and publishing in Ukrainian history. This includes the production of an English-language academic edition of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s ten-volume History of Ukraine-Rus', and also in researching and publishing on later periods of Ukrainian history.
91ĸƵ Program on Religion and Culture
CIUS’s 91ĸƵ Program on Religion and Culture is devoted to the study of all aspects of the religious experience of Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the Ukrainian diaspora (especially in Canada), from the history and politics of religion to sacral art, architecture, and music.
Publications
The Making of Cossack Ukraine: Political Thought, Culture, and Identity Formation, 1659–1714
By Zenon E. Kohut
The Making of Cossack Ukraine traces the evolution of early modern Ukrainian political thought and culture from their sixteenth-century origins to 1714.
The Unpredictable Past? Reshaping Russian, Ukrainian, and East European Studies
Thirty essays by prominent international scholars who grapple with the questions of how to decolonize their respective fields in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Giving to CIUS
As donors you have a vital role in ensuring that future generations can benefit from the crucial work of Ukrainian studies. Now more than ever, your financial generosity has the power to enhance education, research, advocacy, and further development of national and international partnerships, advancing Ukrainian studies in Canada and around the world. Your support drives CIUS to continue building Ukrainian studies for a better future.