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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to author Cynthia Lebrun for her book Black Sunflowers, about the Holodomor, being a finalist for the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prize! Interview video:
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Prince George based author named finalist for 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prize

Prince George based author Cynthia Lebrun has had her book 'Black Sunflowers' nominated for a 2025 BC and Yuko...

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · 12d

A new monument commemorating the Holodomor will be installed in Charlottetown, PEI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Charlottetown gives green light to monument, but some councillors call for new policy | CBC News

A new monument is being installed in Charlottetown, though it sparked a call for city council to develop a policy outlining how and where similar installations should be placed.

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · 22d

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿: 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗭𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘇 𝗚𝘂𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀–director–now available free. 𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗖 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝗱 featured–𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞:
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Film Recounting First-Person Accounts of Forced Ukrainian Famine Now Online - HSToday

A documentary capturing first-person accounts of the Holodomor, the man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932-1933 that starved millions to death, is now available to view in full on the Minnesota PBS...

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · 24d

Viktoriia Gorbunova, a research scientist at the University of Luxembourg, was part of a team of researchers who surveyed more than 1,000 descendants of people who suffered during the Holodomor – a famine which killed millions of Ukrainians between 1932 and 1933. www.luxtimes.lu/yourluxembou...

How intergenerational trauma shapes our lives

Trauma endured by our grandparents or great-grandparents can affect our physical and mental health, two Luxembourg experts say

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Sep 7

Settling into a new school year where new adventures & opportunities await. Let curiosity lead the journey–every day is a chance to grow. Let's build community where everyone feels seen & heard!
HREC ED: for your Holodomor teaching & learning needs🍁🎼🎨🧩🌎🏺⚖️🧭⌚️💡🔬📓✏️⭐️🤓

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Sep 6

#Sudan is facing a hunger crisis, with famine conditions in parts of the country.

The situation is especially severe in El Fasher, which has been under siege for over 500 days.

We call for the immediate opening of safe, unimpeded humanitarian access to meet the mounting health needs & save lives.

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 31

Anonno Afroz: The Business Standard
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿: 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀.
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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 23

www.greenleft.org.au/content/ukra...

‘Ukraine also knows artificial famine’: Kyiv rally in solidarity with Gaza

Left-wing activists held a solidarity rally in Kyiv with the residents of Gaza suffering from famine, highlighting how Ukrainians also experienced an artificial famine under imperialist oppressors. An...

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 22

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‘Children are paying the highest price,’ says aid worker as famine confirmed in Gaza City - live updates

Israel says

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say

www.nytimes.com

HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congrats to James Temerty on receiving Ukraine’s National Legend Award on Aug 20, 2025! 🏆
As a founding benefactor of HREC, his philanthropy honors his family’s legacy and supports Holodomor research and education in Canada and Ukraine.
#NationalLegend #JamesTemerty #Holodomor
#CanadaUkraine

HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 15

Russian occupiers have resumed the export of stolen grain from the Zaporizhzhia region to the ports of Rostov-on-Don. They are seizing grain from agricultural producers for next to nothing, using Soviet practices from the Holodomor era.
unn.ua/en/news/occu...

Occupiers resumed grain export from the captured part of Ukraine: details

УНН Society ✎ Russian occupiers have resumed the export of stolen grain from the Zaporizhzhia region to the ports of Rostov-on-Don. They are seizing grain from agri…

unn.ua

HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Today is anniversary of "Law on Five Ears of Grain": how Stalin’s law helped to cause Holodomor in Ukraine

On August 7, 1932, the Soviet Union passed one of the harshest laws of the Stalin era - a document that officially aimed to "protect socialist property", but

ukranews.com

HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 7

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ukrainian farmers face unimaginable challenges inflicted by Russia's war against Ukraine.

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 7

HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 3

“Hunger is the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced...We [must choose] between death by starvation or death by killing in an attempt to get food from aid trucks.” –AFP journalist Bashar Taleb in Gaza, who is now too weak to continue working.
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Journalists In Gaza Are Documenting Their Own Starvation

As hunger tightens its grip on Gaza, local journalists documenting the crisis are now starving alongside the people they cover.

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Aug 2

Alex de Waal: Israel & the int'l community have a window of opportunity to deliver lifesaving aid to millions of people. We can't wait til it’s time to count the graves of the children who perished, declare it famine or genocide & say “Never again.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...

Opinion | Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Jul 31

𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is underway! 🇺🇦 Ukrainian teachers are exploring new methods for teaching the Holodomor—including Valentina Kuryliw’s “The Historian’s Craft” lesson on human rights & the Holodomor. A strong start to a vital summer of learning. #HolodomorEd

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HRECEducation @holodomoreducation.bsky.social · Jul 31

HREC celebrated 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘄’𝘀 𝟴𝟬𝘁𝗵 birthday. Dr. Frank Sysyn presented her with a 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 from CIUS for her decades of leadership in education & pioneering role advancing Holodomor education.

#ValentinaKuryliw #HolodomorEducation #CIUS #HREC #UkrainianHistory #80YearsStrong

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 24

The babies who were conceived during the famine and whose mothers were undernourished while their brains were being built—those brains were smaller. When those people were adults, their brains were wired in a different way.