Ethno-Cultural Leaders: Ukrainian Settlers and Peasant Stock

ethno-cultural leaders: No one leaves their country unless inspired by some selfless ideal, or compelled by imperative political or economic reasons, according to Brandon Sun. It was in early September 1891 that Ukrainian settlers came to Canada from western Ukraine. For Ukrainian-Canadians, it is an honour to be recognized by the government and acknowledged as one of the ethno-cultural leaders in our country. This first wave of Ukrainians left their homeland and settled in a wilderness unknown to them, to endure all the trials of a tough pioneering venture in order to establish a new homestead and a new life. These first Ukrainian settlers were of peasant stock or farmers who arrived with a few personal belongings and limited financial means. This first group established numerous new communities that formed a long and almost continuous belt, commencing in the southeastern corner of Manitoba and scattering diagonally across the three Prairie provinces northwest to the Peace River area in northern Alberta. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.