Forum for Ukrainian Studies
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The public must clearly identify and follow through on issues: Interview with Oleksandr Pankieiev, Editor-in-Chief of the Forum for Ukrainian Studies, a project of the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program under the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta. https://ukrainian-studies.ca/2021/01/27/oleksandr-pankieiev/

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is pleased to announce its call for applications for funding and awards opportunities in 202122. A primary aim of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is to foster, develop, and support Ukrainian studies in Canada and internationally. This is done in part by offering or administering post-doctoral fellowships, graduate fellowships (to master's and doctoral students), and scholarships to undergraduate students. Grants are also awarded to established scholars in order to support research work that leads to publications or the dissemination of results in other forms.

"Today, the legality of many newly established anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine has been challenged in the Constitutional Court by pro-Russian political actors. These plaintiffs, seeking loopholes and other technical defects in the anti-corruption legislation, are using valid constitutional instruments to undermine anti-corruption reforms by questioning their substance at the highest level. Meanwhile, since no constitutional reforms have been introduced to bring order into Ukraine’s anti-corruption arena, the plaintiffs’ tactics are successful in most cases." https://ukrainian-studies.ca//anti-corruption-drama-in-uk/

Article by Liudmyla Pidkuimukha. "As of today, it cannot be said that Ukraine has been completely Ukrainized; therefore, the Ukrainian language needs protection and development, which is especially addressed by the Law of Ukraine On ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian as the state language. In general, this law proclaims that citizens and residents of Ukraine should learn the Ukrainian language. It is challenging to make a career, become a civil servant, or work in the ...public sector and in the service industry if you do not have a proper knowledge of Ukrainian." https://ukrainian-studies.ca//the-official-act-on-the-sta/ #ukraina #ukrainainlanguage

"A year ago, after successful presidential and parliamentary elections the new team led by the newly elected president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, announced a new policy toward the resolution of the RussianUkrainian war in the Donbas. One of the promises made by Zelenskyi during his election campaign was peace in the Donbas. He did not explain how it could be achieved, but many of his supporters believed that his election as president of Ukraine would create a new basis for negotiating with Russia and that the Kremlin could take some constructive steps toward peacebuilding in the Donbas."

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Moscow’s former region of influence has gained scholarly attention for the large variety of political confrontations that have flared up during the transition to full-fledged democracy. Ethnic rivalries across the internal borders of former Soviet republics sparked a significant number of military confrontations, pushing self-proclaimed entities away from post-Soviet nation building. The Armenian-Azerbaijani rivalry over the Nagorno-Karabakh region remains the oldest conflict that erupted in the post-Soviet space, while the one that has rapidly escalated since 2014 in southeast Ukraine’s Donbas is historically the latest. https://ukrainian-studies.ca//the-donbas-conundrum-throug/

Online round table | Belarusian protests: Possible consequences for Ukraine and neighbours The results of the 2020 presidential election in Belarus provoked ongoing massive protests against the incumbent, Alexander Lukashenko. His victory in the election is believed to have been rigged, and the brutal treatment of the Belarusian protesters has been widely condemned by Western countries. President Lukashenko has been in power for 26 years, his rule of the post-Soviet republic ...Continue reading