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KRZYSZTOF GEBHARD
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Benedykt Heydenkorn of ''Polish Immigrants
in Pan-irl- a r=n=rlianPnlich DoĆcnrrh IncHłllłn Tnmntn 1Q7Q
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PP 322 $14
In 1971 lho Canadlan Pol- -
isb Research Institute madę
an appeal to Polish imml- -
grants in the Cariadian Polisli
press for memoirs The
purpose was to 'gatlici'
authentic materiał abolit
the lives ot Polish im- -
migrants The writers of the"
morę outstanding accounis
were to receive a smali monę-tai- y
award Although thero
were only fifty-fiv- e peoplo
who responded the competi-tio- n
was hailed ds a success
by the Institute The contri- -
butions did indeed mirror
nearly the enlire- - Polish
group in Canada Ali Ihe
provinces that have the lar- -
gest concentrations of Polish
immigrants were represent- -
ed The writers came from
varying sociąl backgrounds
and included farmers mań--'
uai lanorers sKminieo1 traaes- -
men sales people as welKas
nmfesslnnals Amonu ihnm
'
years ol age tlie inutdle
aged and a relatively young
group between 'thirly and
fortv 1924 was the vear 'Of
arrival for lhe caiiiest es-say- ist
while the latest ar-riv- ed
in 1969
The Institute published
nineteen memoirs in their
original Polish Three vol- -
umes appearecl: 1975 1977
ima uacn voiunie comanieu
u iyrwiu 11 i- - iu u c
extensive analvsis by the edi--
tor Benedykt Heydenkorn
The subject of this partlcular
revicv is the selection of
these memoirs which aopeai
ed in English translation in
1979 Tho translations vere
complefcd bv six students
under the direction of Pro-fesso- rs
Louis Iribarne and
Hanka Markowicz of the Uni-versit- y
of Toronto
The aufhors of the rnem- -
oirs tell fascinating stories
Each is filied with the cir--
cumslances the conditions
the successes and the failures
of tho immigrants Those
writers who arnved in Cana- -
da before the Second World
War relate the extremely dif-ficult
conditions imposed
upon them in the new coun-ti- y
In the introduction Hey-denkorn
makes an important
obseiwafion He writes that
among those "brougbt up in
the poverlv of village life in
Poland who came to this
country to eam their daily
bread we find no compudnts
in the face of hardshlp
These immigrants do not
blame anyone they only
grieve because they cannot
find work and they never
give up their slubborn searcli
for jobs"
Post-wa- r immigrants the
demobiiizea soidiers ana peo- -
ple from German work
camps did not hesitate to ex- -
press their dissatisfaction
with their new country Their
reminiscences contaln griev- -
ances against the dehumatuz- -
mg memoas oi me ttuir
anu we iwisn uLdu m-- m on
tne pan ot ne canadian m- -
vtt ł rrun ł --vł Aiirin iv njn UH51HUUJ1 uun-jai-o xn utuci
to obtain
status many had actT? a two-yea- r contr rm
IdUUU KIS -- IUC Hll oceupa--
4uio__n was ueeiiieuJ uuy" many 01
me SOldieiS as an msuit 10
their record as yictorious
members of ' the Allied
Forces Disputes with em-plove- rs
and government offi-cial- s
were freąuent Some
enyisioned lhemselves as
"wbite slaves" On their part
the farmers rarcly eslab-lished
good relations
with the Poles They forced
them into workins lonc hours
for inadecjuate wages The
rpjality of food and lodging
was in many instances ąuile
poor One author writes thal
he was not allowed to take
bis meals at the same labie
nm ntunu rncgiiii Isfetffitó
rULUlIlMIl
FEBRUARY 271380 V0L III No 2
Editorial Board: Leszek ArWroW Richard Tyndorf
Krzysztof Gebhard
Editorial Board acceptś no responsibility for opinions expressed
individual conlributors Articles do n necessarily roflect the
of any organlzation
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ed Reminiscences:
(Editof)Memoirs
Vmmig7f
onthiy English
' '
'
'
the Polish Poóple's Republic
Their' 'great expectalioiis
were usiially slvat--
lered upon arrival in Canacla'
Their background educalion'
and wórldAiew contrasted
wilh that of Canadiamsoci- -
ety Adding to this they
found that they hadMittle' in
common with tłie earlior Pol- -
isli immigrants
The majorify of the imml--
(ironio łiniimnof m-o- il nolKr _ii_J a-
-
1 „i„i!ii themsel' v"es w'ithin Canariinłi
society ifsometimes only on
nie 'periplieries The early
years and the period ot ad- -
justment were difficult" for
alb One 'author writes hów
in the lfł20Vho was swindtód
successivelvbv a Canadian
employer and a fellow Polo:
((' j ' When the first snów leli
l"n~łn jI"n "V"yQ"-"T"-A!- l"a-łVho tirn rn
fPU'Pfi nlll" nSV ineid were
eighteen workers' but it
turned out that eerybody
that year
was chealeel -- out or 'their
wages Oiit of the $210 IJiad
cpming I rcceived $90
said that he onlyrpaid
for a Juli day's work of
threshing or if tłiere a's
fain or a transfer of machinę- -
ry from one farm'toanother
he didn t pay for that IIows
ever we always had to
whether there was raiń or
not always found work
jor us do liKe repainng
iiiauiuncłY uuuuuiga anu
so on But counted thal
for room and board After
our arrWal in Winnipeg
evervone "
went to lawyers I
went to Polish one who
listened to my case and sald:
"Sir that is daily oceur-enc- e
Thafs why people look
for immigrants Just sign this
paper here" He shoved
something writteń in English
in front of me and believing
him sińce he was after all a
"Polak" I signed He told
me that I sliould wrile to him
in a monlh's limę telling him
where I would be He was
surę thal he would get the
money Irom tlie iarmer and
ne would send it to me
After I work in the
iwnci i cmi łin in 1U11UI i UllL H-tLt_l-
Ll LU moi iinnwj„Łni "i„i ny riiviu_iijc5 łuu'fi
1 recenecl no reply iour
wnlhs later I sent regis- -
tpi-pi- l letiei łi__ answtiea In
a vury uueaieimiy lone say- -
ing that if I didn't stop wril--
ing letters and demanding
money he would take me 'to
a criminal cpurt to have me
arrested Since I had no re- -
ceipt from him I was 'in no
position to anytlung to
him In otlier words it was
elear that once he" had
autliorization he went and
got the money from ihe
farmer and kept it for him- -
s-e-lf
Two years later I met
some people to wliom that
Jawyer had done the saine
but they had witnesses
so he had to return the mon- -
ey As for me may the Lord
forgive him for the iniustice
he did lo a poor immigrant" _™_ "™i "" L"
i iii- - i nvi i-i- imi iii i it— i nr — ' ii -r-rt e'LbifSlairfaCtiouTldto
stale that his stcĄ is one of
success nn nf his proudest "":„„-"'- '- XX" JT"
~v~ v — ~uv Ji 11 national conyention of
the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce he was inlrodućed
to tlie delegates as an exam-pl- e
of the new Canadian:
"Someone who came here not
knowing the language not
haying a Irade bul who
after twenty-fou- r years had
succeeded in buildine his
own business dedicating
himself to the good of Cana
da"
Tlie story of the
above writer greatly con-Iras- ts
with that of another
contributor The person in
rilnU m I
because the translations Jeacl ana
l new thelr
5t-iWi- iu the witl nnri
outstanding — Slncc 11 !!!„': °11L
ni places they ORLĘTA per- - ant{
accom- -
as exercisc Anionij 'in
and is ances thev lave active 1 The revicwcr " ł
Supplement) o ?
r ' '
A Review
experiences from that period
rW!nn1 n lniinł lii™ "hł'
life1 has becn a traeic' one
and wbenever I think of the
past I get very upset I 'start
to and my eyes go
cloudy" 'In readlng
ticular memoir one is in- -
to fhaf the-au- -
thpr's life had i n d e e d
been a calamitouś one! In
Canada he broke off relations
with of his brotherscon- -
unually ąuarrelled with hij
wife and never enjoyed any
matertal rewaRlŁ
' nnclicni' immi „ a„ :i L i i:„ 'i!„„„
ot estrantrement uoon arnval
to Canada The Polish °
immigrants offered so- -
lace to the newcomor: "On
tlie whole they" ' trcąled
ew immigrants warmly bul
there were few oiceotions
and signsof antagonism The
reąson for this anaconism
was essentially the Idgher in- -
i][ecŁual level of lhe new of
iimmigrants" F_ urthI ermorc' ne len tnai ne nad nouung
in common with the socalled
--— Canadians Their hori2ons
are extremely limited and
TllPir nrn nnociclorl
1 ZZT i'' ignoiance is a common ractenstic Canadians H
their displeasure at the out- -
spoken and criticat opinions
that immigranls have about
Canada by telling tlie immi- -
grants to go back where they
came from Their favorite
innine rr n -
h0CkeV baseball and
vvomen"
„uiC1 n an ivJii° tUlt- #- ""m""M"rn0'i-i - ri """
lhe mosl honesl was
wnlten by a temale immi- -
iwinćniil wmlho cwamomeano is a lirsmii i
raantdę ' shtaodry shleellebreena nabatlueral is
ohtain an educalion it in
riuite conceivable that she
haye eslablished bor--
atji aa a wiiiei wilii uunt
Plele dctail slle narrated ber
arduous lite in Canada: hor
marriageto' a man she did hot
love lier slruggle (o altain a
decent standard of living and
raismg a iamily Al this point
" must be noted that a nunP
"U1 "„''„ V ' u"T „„:„ „ T:' tu t mijumi Ułii ui
Hiitn wiU™ tiił -- i"nfi
„ u„ : m„i i r„ 1: I M l'l 1 J r I1V Mi ucuiar case one musi iues- -
Uon he wisdom of suc!l prac"--
complIente0pdrmoces0s ofj immigra- -
tion to tic student descrip- -
lions o{ life ln the country 0f
orIginł reasons for and lhc
pieparation for emigration
are as i„iportant as the pe- -
iod of adaplation and setle- -
ment in the country
Tlie unifying theme of tlie
contributors is" their everlast- -
ing aifeclion for their native
land Al_ limes it is difficult
to understand this attacli- -
Note
Hłio ATnU
society of Ontario is an inde--
Dendenti „on-prof- it organiza- -
{ion eslablished in 1976 lo
hell) reserve lhe documen- -
tary record of ethnicity in
ts - the proyince and to publicize
W ln Ontario In addifion to
our ćollection and pubbcation
programs the bocieiy
nw r!pvplnnprl n spi-Ip- s nf
For
inv
rciieciu - - iiaLuus
of llie Society's
photographic and orał bis- -
tory collections well as
the history community
and interests of a number of
To dale we
have posiers dealing with tho
following groups: Armenian
Dutch Finnish Greek Hun- - %S"™™„£ 1JUU1I1UU UliOll
Serbian Ukrainian Yugosla- -
vian and As
our collections from other
ethnic groups grow we will
be able to expand lhe num- -
of communities repre- -
Tlie crilical accounts queslion suffered immensely senled
liowever came from those during the war body and Tlie Polish display is basi-wh- o
arrived after 1956 from soul were ravaged and the cally ą selectiye sampling oi
IrA:' Sa!? '?" folan? b°'
teanUe~ cńnriiST "" "" Yet they
are proud of thelr Polisli
3ackground „nmnrUi atrugglod to
7(ialntain thcir Polishness
throiighout their lives
V miG tllC OOOk lliakPS
reating lor the col- -
4le "fron TdSuScnCy
noinl of v ew fm- - ilu- - nrofes- -
siónal scholar Many of the
pręblems encountored by-th- o
aiuhors ia Lanada aro pron- -
ably common to immigrants
from olhćJ- - arouns„No
°ier source is as effective in
UlO Pl'oblemS aS
divldual experienco In- -
spirecl wntng of hrckmd s
excellent for gathering im- -
pressions opinions and atti-tude- s
of tho iieweomors
The metnoirs in English
translation provido non-Pol-is- li
willi fascinaling
stories The English language
ćollection however does not
eniit-th- e hunian feeling" of
the wirters as tho original
while the Polisli accounts aro a±VlA (uotu suiiud nuiu jiuuij For the most part 1lie ori- -
umasil'haricUccounat!sl aorrofhoagnraaprruac-v-
" errors and bccause of tius
they theselves unicie
documents They are valn- -
able to the linguist and lo the
folklorist In rcading them
one noles cuscoms icgionu
dialects and torms that
be found in Parlicular areas
Poland The iniluence of
uAjuUen i i„"(oiinsns m1in"i "„ t"?"--
err"li°t"l orulu onnnltmnc nl-ii- ii i--
"'Łj i"
niań is auother interesting
area of study within llie me- -
moirs These neculiarities are
by the English reador
difficulty in translating non- -
literale anrt quainl languago
UlH u fit IS 110 UACUSC 101 ii
i_j: !_i iraiisiaung maiaieicI ua„ lo__oa%1
really ciuite absurd The
most senous error howe'er
was translaling po rusku as
in Russian The author ol tho
original lexl refene(i lo the
Ukrainian language and by
jneonectly taking this for
Russian the transial greal- -
]y altered the memoir
T]lc- - book is we]l anfl
is pjntecj otl better ąuality
paper (han some o[ {hc prc
vious publications of lhe In- -
stitute Uniortunately this is
somewliat offset by lhe total
- mnil-- u
—'---'—- "'"--
in Uie 1 olIS lcrmii lil 1!°
- ił ł I lcxl-- i' urinermore ino uook
:„ jiiimlnlnrl willi nUUlPer
0r nk drawingSi but lhe ar
" lc„""u"° """"ł1""1"„' "nnu_
where is he or she ciedited
Despite these weaknesses
the memoirs are an impor-tant
conlribulion to Canadian
ethnic history The Canadian
Polish Research Institute did
well in encourasing Polish
Canadians to recoid their
expeiiences It is hoped that
tlie publication of the mera- -
oirs will inspire others to
conlribute to this valuable
record
pj'ops
Yaried
O" transla- -
not t--
Z
sin„f
Canada
student
aporeciales i "Ann(iH„i
clined agree
older
express
„ n
Lanada
could
łicG lh„
TTicfnrf
I
life
- ~— ~--
s-luc-ient
archaic
farmer
lefffor
rrn™oHr
anyone
readers
Mip 1 „ : 4 :
I
mnłorinlc in C!rv
cięty by indiyiduals organiza
tion and Canadian
ish ]Research Institute Tho
cxhibit consists of three largo
panels describing Polish im- -
migration to county aml
yarious aclivities within Tc
ronto s Polish community
The panel concerns
snlf wilh thn nronaration for
--- „ uuiuai unugiauuu
Poland Oki
documents are featured Tho
second panel
how immigrants haye
ipto a in Can- -
ada This theme to
ałtention photograplis ot
isli Canadians at work loi- -
suie actiyitios private family
" '
(
"" p ""=' "
UllIItlOL] Ul tAllijtl VJU1IU Łnm
musliroomed Ontario
Finalły a third panel lells
the story ot lhe strength
of
Toronto This
facl has madę that city lhe
undisputed capilal of Cana-da
Polonia
To create an Inlerest with- -
First Annual Canadian Polish Folk
The Flrsl Innual Canadlan Polish Festival took
„i„_ „„ j „!„ ta„„„ Va-- a °"""'y' 'L'T ""'' T
Secondary School AudilorlUm ih Toronto Tłils Important
svent iii"ijt organtóed by miwii "Kujawiacy5' Song diiii ii-iiii:-
m --- w
EnsemblB from Mlssissauga
grouji under tha leadershlp of
llnlu llicon amnne inrilt
tival — "Kujawiacy" Toronto's "Biały Orzeł" "Orlęta"
fr°'" Montreal Since the festival proved to be suehan
bnormuus aitistic and financiar success there" iis no
'doubt that will be back
ian ever (
"Orlcla" Montreal
Direcłor: Ireneusz Popławski a
In Fali of 1971 a new
Folklorie group was started
in the Polish community of
Montieal Its iounders were
Mr and Mrs POPŁAWSKI
The grop's nanm "OP1LE-TA- "
translaled into English
means '"eaglels" a
Tho nuin goal of tho group
to gue the youth willdn
the Polish community an op-poitun- ity
to inercase thcir
knowledgo fo acąuire au
avarcness of tlieir Polish
beiitage and its cullurul
atinevenienis
Betwcen 1971-197- 5
group progres-e- d and widen- -
ed its aitistic horidons
under lhe leadeiship of Air
Joimy Korycki and Jlr Stan- -
lev Cyprys In November of
1975 Mrs Zolia Boniecka and
Theodore Sobczak took
the group over and continued
{o c]eveiop iuither the young
talents ol the group
Prescntly the group is un- -
the artislic direction
Hr Edwaid Wawuyniak
expeitie as a teachr
jestival uttawa "Klimo
Ouelicc FesMyal" "La Prin--
COJC( cii rete in u ran dv
' ' cials cxchaiige progranimes
„itł ir i(i oic
and in 1976 at the Fos- -
th-n- l „r Pni kii icnlt- - vn
embles in Poland
"Biały Orzeł"
To roni o
Directcr: Paul Dubicki
Fouifeen vears ago "BIA- -
Ły ORZEŁ" anoeared the
sccno of Poiish-Canadia- n
loiKiore ine giouo was iorn
on Fooruary 20 19rj(5
for anrt clioieograplicr can new cosiumes lor
VMl literarw "ORLCTA" to great presontations
their own achiecmenls Ali Hejduk
tions are ils beeinnines ' ?
are even below lravelled and '
standard They were formed iinoUghout Dubid-- i -- ikn tnńfc
plished their manv perfonn-- atiiVoiH t vnnn:ńn
the product just that '"' ardmhe ?
tlie v„i nn
shake
this par- -
AnnHiOf
r
little
uifw
cars
memoir
nie nt
to
nieSBlll
new
IpiiHiiiq1
nas
are
number _ ~ crno
pani
posiers anrt
documentary
life
i11UVVJUIllŁ411f
Multicultural
ber
His
Utldenilling
doM0
m'n
ilAtinfor?
Pol
life
ted
nrsi
photograplis and
the
liie
draws
Pol- -
'across
achievements the Polish
community in
Folk
the
and
the
][_
der
'
world
Paul Dubicki Bronisław
U-nc-zruw- sU-i K'rvl:i
HciVduk"m1cl dlK1 ""„
wiin a ciance practice
the enthusiastic
choieographer and direcłor
Bronek played lhe accordion
and Krysia and Jurek
danced Since there were
only two dancers they
course began with duet
original version ol that
number is still performed by
the gioup) the "Kujawiak- -
Oberek" When a third mcm- -
in cach community and to
make morę people aware
organizatioiis
loan and iree of charge lo
orpanizalions holding fes- -
thals conferences or func
0
community the public
al large
„TheS:(J łposle:T_S " " '
cjuality paper and :i
attaehed lo wali sur-face- s
We hope they will
make an interesting and al-lracli- ve
addilion to com
munity multicultural
cxeiił Because lmilod
number available copies
arrangements
niade well in
ance
Anyone interested in
ther inforniation about our
display seiwice coidacl
Terry Canmbell al (4 6)
979-297- 3 wrile to The
Multicultural Uislory Society
of Ontario Queen's
Cresccnt Easl Toronto On-tario
M5S 2C3
1980 at Wast Toronto
a verv tounc but dynamie
Jan Mielcarek
nnrf itt firet ntUHial Ppa- -
next year bigger arid better
__ f
bor Krysia Jaśkiewicz joinod
fioup tnoy added sdc
ónd dance and performed as
trio in the "Trojak"- -
A later ensemble
numbered lnembers and
madę first trip ouUide
Canada Ropresenting tho
Polish community Irom
ronto they traolled toSy-raous- e
to lakę part 111
"National Polk Postnal"
1" 1be l!Xi7 "Biały
Plvcł" took part in the a
tion Huildcrs Folk Festisal"
aj the CNE contributing to
u witi) ever popular
"Krakowiak" and "CJóralski"
two sliort years "Blaly
Orzcl" bccame of tlie top
performing groups in Cain- -
Now nearly lorty danceis
slrong'the troupcbegan liav--
eiłing throughoul Canada
and' llnilling audiences with
their beauliful dances In
October 1S63 Bialv Orel
took a very activo in
"Nova Scotia Multicultural
Festial" and eagerly partici- -
paiea in ainiosi every t-oJ-k-
I- - --- - vs i! -- ionc i'esuvaii nem umano
ancl Canada
tlieir repertoire ex- -
panded so did lhe need lor
king uiai cacu
piece eery costurae was
in excellent condition
mng awaiteu clream
a roalifv "Ria4v Oivr
elled the way to Poland
lo take oaH in Swnul
World Feslival of Polonian
Folk Ensembl For
program group pro- -
pared Iwo Polisli tolk dancos
and an authentic Canadian-India- n
dance to represent
the country origin
Also under direction
ot Barbara and Waldemar
Chodorek 'Biały OrełV iro- -
gra mnie was enlianced wiiJi
authentic and specially wril- -
4„ I_ 1 1 _ c "w ueiop a eon- -
tmuous two hour piogramme
for lhe Polish Folk Festiva
Th( Irip was a tremendous
success Alter Iwo week
colus given by lop Polisli
cnoreograpiiers group
befan pre-anang- ed tour
uhtch could described as
"magnificenf
thrill rnnifliin
diences with Polish folk- -
dances has its rewards but
lo able to do the same in Poland where these
dances origin-ite- d was lhe
grealesl thrjll the group
could hope for
Since that first Irip tlie
group returned to Poland
several times althouph not
always as a complete en- -
semble Many members
started and completed
greut number ot dances and
songs to tlieir icperloire
InASg the many high hehls i aSJ „rsits "they
received ue lop
perlormIng from 1ol
While on tour in North
Amoripn fnllnwimf irminm
of lenns used the irOCii„i i„ vin„ 1972 was ono nf lho mnsi
iianslators in- - „„0m „ „ ni„™ imnorłanl wars in Hu his
slances usinf tne tmi- - d'i ivi'ni" torv ol thn danw mim (n
term Mi$sus for and:
'
no tdeWsion I sne-- lhe summer of a
The
work'
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to
mc
he
a
a
it
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4imi
a
do
thing
w'
-
a
and
success
a
one
ethnic groups
most
gOOCl
ethnic
can
missed
to
1'
as
he
the
it- -
mm
aeinonsiraies
settled new
and
u"
and
it
is
ol
whose
jn
on
Lu- -
sinl ni(l
je
Paul was
of
a
(tlie
of
or for
are n iiv 4
can iis v
be most
a
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visits "Biały Orzeł" had an
opportunily learn from
and to show off tlieir aceo in
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singers and dancers
Today as in ils be-ginnin- gs
"Biały is still
giowing Tlie group is con-stantl- y
altracling new
Wś oxpaiidlng it? repcr- -
tolre and promotlng mrurpK'
inu™ fólM„Ófre Jiłan"
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ing a little discipline and a
great dealr of lovp lor tolk-ior- e
cułture and tho Polisli
way of-1'if- e
Through their contact wilh
so manv other young peoplo
of rarioiis cullural back- -
grounds they weic able In
givc rcceke contribule and
share" in a better understand- -
ihg of Iheir "multicultural"
land
Ku jawiący
Mississaiiga
Dlrccłor: Jan Mielcarek
The "KUJAWIACY" atu a
group of young Canadians 01
Polish dcicenl who aie d'di- -
cated o kecping Poiisn tolk- -
lorę alie
The group began when a
nuinber of young peoplo
wanted to learn moro abpul
their Polish ancostiy Wluit
moie enjoyablc way coull
lliere he than throui :h song
musie and dance
In October ol 1 970 under
the direction of Jan Mie-lcarek
the groun staited to
rehearsc and slowly assombk
a repertoire of somo of lhe
most popular Polish tolk me-lodi- es
Success it seeined war pr--t
around the corner In Decfin-be- r
of lhe same year aiter
just thiee short months "Ku-jawiacy"
gave ils first pub-li- c
performance al the Toron-to
City Hall singing Polish
Christmas carols The occa-sio- n
was a multicultural
event inolving many ethno- -
cullural groups from Metro- - tako part in the "Interna-polila- n
Toronto The pro- - tional World Fe?tival of PiJ-gram- me
was a spccial event ish Folk Ensembles"
A conference on Ethnic
"S"ładte'"oTf łlnfe A°r?t wili be beVki
l ? micnaei s uuuugt um
versKy ° Toronto May 28-13- 1
l9fi()' J '1Q conference is being
sponsoreu ny uie multicul
tural History Society of On- -
lario an institute deoled to
research p'iblication and ar-chiv- al
ćollection
The tliirty-liv- e conference
participanls from Europę the
United States and Canada in
clude scholais conimunily
leaaers ana goprnmeni om- -
cials Papers will be read at
four sessions on eMmic stu-die- s
and acadomic disciolinos
— sociology history orał bis-iory
and lolklore i omul' able
discussions will be hołd on
ethnic history socielies on
institulos of migration and
ethnic sludics and on gosern-men- t
and ethnocultures The
cnnfprpncp will cnncliiflo wiOi
a half-da- y svniposium on tlie
futurę of ethnic studios in the
unhersity and community
Amo"S l1"sc parlicipatmg
oumi i iuhiui
of Sociology York Unhersi- -
tv Jorqen D-ihl- ie president
Canadian Ethnic SUidies As- -
sociation John Hioham Pro--
fessor of History Johns Hop--
Universily Bernard
Wax director American lew--
isli Historical Society Ru- -
Center (Minnesota) Raymond
Breton piogram diiector In- -
stitute for Research on Pub- -
llc lo!lCY= RonalId T?relet'ocl1: O u IIuto{'"J °JjJ
rlu[esso
University George Pozzetta
president American Ilalian
Historical Association Gian- -
Ethnic Herilage Studies Pro-gram
(Washington DC )
Olavi Koivukangas director
fi Y T t ' v
our work tlie Society makes struclor's couises This en- - dolph J Necoli director lm-the- se
posters avaitable on abled "Biały Orzeł" to add a migration History Keseaich
the
fur- -
the
fali
the
yisited the home bąse of "Bia- - fausło Rosoli' director Cen-l- y
Orzeł": "Mazowsze" — tro Studi Emigrazioni (Ronie)
"Śląsk" "Lubłiniacy" and Lawrence Koziarz director
Poland
lo
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mem- -
kins
A A ft
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callerl "Christmas Carola
from Arotindlhe World"
Neodlpss to say wijh cach
new performance Iho "Kuja-uiacy- "
were inorc enthusias-ti- c
and Ihe audionces moro
rccepllve Tlie group rotl:cd
liivil nwń onnn łiwiro 'llln ir
add a number of folk dancos
° r already Well illslea
chorał icpeitoiru
In 1078 "Kujawiacy" lotdc
a eiy actie pait 111 th"
"Warsaw" pavilion during
tho Metro International Cara-va- n
restival Tocether villi
moups sitch as tlio "Wbite
Easlos' "Lcchowia" and
"Stoki otki' "Kujawiacy"
llirilled audiences not onłv
with thcir songs bul also with
dances The gioup" leward
war tinly great when at tho
ciul of the losihal the "War-'a- w'
pailion won lst pii70
tiom amoug oer fi i ty paiti-cipalin- g
paihons
"Kuawiacs's" populniiy
i' rew ni l"'ps ho mdi
The number ol iiciloimancs
increa-e- d and thit óiidtencos epnd'd Jn H'7'J the gioiin
peiformed m Can ula ani
the T nited Ptatps loo': pan
hi radio and tcloviti in pro-gramy
and successlully cut a
long plaing ipcoid Thu
group incrcasŁd in membcis
and in tlu sunimer ol tbal
jear Miss BemideH1 Pankun
took ovei as choial diiiidor
Tnie to thcir oiiginil d 5-dic- ation
tlie "Kujawi-cy- "' looked for moro wavs
lo opand and popuh'Vj
Polish follloie They began
plannmg 1he Firsł nnu'l
Polish Canadun Folk Fe-li-a- l
and as always came
throtnjh wilh fljing colour
The latpst ndi1ion to Uri
"KuiawjacY' la"iily is their
folk band "Kapela Kujaw-ska"
which is under the di-rection
ol Mr Stanisław Gai-nic- ki
"Kujawiac's" bighlight for
1 000 will be their tiip to Ri- -
szów Poland where thev will
R 1 aie &2& n
Institute lor Migiation Stu-die- s
(Tui ku Finland): Orct
Kruhlak Multiculturalism Di-lector-ate
(Ottawa) M R Lh-pu- l
direcłor Canadian Insti-tute
of Ukrainian Sludics (Ed-monl- on
(Albeda): W isaib"
Prolessor ot Sociology Uni- -
versity of Toronto lv:n Linht
Professor of Sociology Uni-yersit- y
of California Los An-geles
Edward t-u-r_
rn Pro-lessor
of Sociology Univcrsi-t- y
of Chicago Firre Savard
direcłor Contro de rech ciche
t(n cnilisalion cunadienn"-francais- c
(Oltawa) Crni-ie- s
?ut-!- a assistanl dii'oc'or
MuIticilturabMii S-iskach"-v-an
MinłTY oi Cultur" and
Youlh Rol-er- t F Hirrn"
academic diiector Mul'uul-tura- l
Historv Society ol On-fai'- o
How-r- d Pa!u"3t edilor
Canadian Ethnic Sludics Jotn-na- l:
Mark Stolaiik duftciov
R'łlch Insfilute lor Ethme
SUidics (Philadclplua): I1JI0
Tomasi direCor Centic for
'igralum Sludics iNew
Ynik) John Modeli Profesor
0f History Unienitv oi Mm- -
upsoui tsruni Kinirez r:o- -
tossor ot Hisioiy Unhcisity
i Mon'real Rohort Klwnaji
folkioris1 Canidian Instilulo
0f Ukrainian Sludics (Edmon--
(()!1) Alberta)' Fmnic Rcnkio- -
vl-Z-i
P(tl0 i0llsli Aniont-- m
ukim-ip-i- l Dphow vViHi- -
William' Faculty of Commu-nity
SUidies Manchester Po-Mechn- ic (Manchelor En-glan- d) Hirold Rurbb'ti Pio--
ossor ol iiis'orv Uppsala
Keiin Virtare" -- '11NLl!s"ł'
Uniyeisily 0f Tmku (Fin
Iand)- - :tof Cebharcl
Saskatcbewan A r c h i v e s
For funher infoimalion
aboul the conicrence pleass
wrile to Janel Hamilton The
Multicultural History Society
of Onlaiio 4o Queen's Paik
Cresccnt Easl Toronto Onta-li- o
M5S 2C3 (Telcphone- - 4l(i
979-2970- )
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