Exploring Yesterday Creates Understanding Today

On March 22, 2003, Secretary of State announced $300,000 in funding to the Society of Friends of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta, to help finance their project: "Local Culture and Diversity on the Prairies."

Secretary of State Jean Augustine and Theresa Warenycia, Chair of the Society of Friends of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre

The goal of the project will enrich Canadians' understanding of diversity and the growth of local community on the Prairies The project will document everday life, ethnic identity and regional variation among people of Ukrainian, French, German and English heritage as they adapted to Canadian life on the Prairies. Some of the research will focus on interviewing and collecting the first-hand accounts from local Canadians who have lived in the region prior to 1939.