Lubomyr Y. Luciuk

Canada's Ukrainians : negotiating an identity

The first Ukrainian settlers came to Canada over one hundred years ago. Today the Ukrainian-Canadian community holds a distinct place in the cultural mosaic. This collection of essays, first published in 1991, presents an overview of the communitys experience, and brings together the works of over twenty scholars in history, politics, and sociology. Divided into three sections, the first group of essays focus on demography and settlement, the second on relations between the community and the state, while the third considers dynamics within the Ukrainian Canadian community. Archival photographs create a strong sense of time and place.

Unintended Consequences in Refugee Resettlement: Post-War Ukrainian Refugee Immigration to Canada.

This article examines the resettlement of Ukrainian Displaced Persons (DPs) in Canada during the immediate post-World War II period (1945–1951). Allowed to emigrate from Western Europe to Canada, partially as a result of the lobbying efforts of various voluntary agencies established by Ukrainian Canadians, these DPs soon became embroiled in acrimonious debates with representatives of the previously established Ukrainian Canadian population. The DPs’ creation of a number of new organizations both alienated the receiving Ukrainian society and had deleterious effect on the latters overseas refugee relief and resettlement operations, which lasted only until 1951.

Book Review: The Unwanted: European Refugees in the Twentieth CenturyThe Unwanted: European Refugees in the Twentieth Century. By MarrusMichael R.New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 414.

for overtime wages for work after 8 hours per day and 40hours per week, as well as three-week paid vacations. Minimum wages shall be set through collective bargaining or government so that an unskilled worker can earn enough to reasonably provide for his family. These goals are laudable, but it is hard to imagine immigration countries accepting them. Ifemigration countries formed a labor cartel and refused to supply workers to countries that did not offer such contracts, it is likely that fewer migrants would be employed given the alternatives of labor-saving changes and foreign investment. Bohnings book is a valuable collection of articles on a variety of labor migration topics, including migrants and dual labor markets in western Europe, the brain and brawn from Mediterranean countries, and worker migration into South Africa. This book is highly recommended for students and scholars of international worker migration.

The Unwanted: European Refugees in the Twentieth Century.

There have always been homeless people, but only in this century have refugees become an important part of international politics, seriously affecting relations between states. This book traces the growth of this 20th-century phenomenon, and takes a stern view of the international communitys apathy towards the vast homeless population. While a considerable portion of the book is devoted to the dislocations of the Nazi era, Professor Marrus also looks at the whole period from the late nineteenth century to the present, depicting the astounding dimensions of the problem. He also examines the impact of refugee movements on Great Power diplomacy, and considers the evolution of agencies designed to assist refugees, noting outstanding successes and failures. The books thesis is that the huge refugee inundations of the twentieth century in Europe represented a terrible new page in human history, presaging what we see today in parts of the Third World. Readership: students and teachers of modern history and politics, especially European.