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Full remarks by Taras Kuzio, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12 January 2018. Dr. Kuzio is Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS.

Current state of Ukrainian studies in Canada and CIUS
0:25 Five segments for CIUS: Canadianization, intellectual revitalization, become relevant to modern Ukraine, modernize, counter Russia information war
0:56 University of Alberta attempted to impose David Marples as the next director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies without any internal or international competition
1:46 David Marples is not a historian of Ukraine, but of the Soviet Union; has perspectives on issues that are not in line with the majority of Ukrainian Canadians, e.g. Soviet crimes are not as bad as Nazi crimes, Decommunization laws
3:13 Ukrainian Studies in Canada have stagnated; previously it was the beacon in the 1970s and 1980s; Journal of Ukrainian Studies
4:07 Poland has more experts on Ukraine and publishes more on Ukraine than Canada
4:34 CIUS pushes away leading scholars including Taras Kuzio and Serhy Plokhy
5:05 Where are the Ukrainian Canadian scholars equivalent to Timothy Snyder, Anne Applebaum? These two Americans have done more for Ukrainian studies than anyone in Canada. No one at CIUS are doing what they do
6:15 Canadianization; Manoly Lupul, Orest Subtelny, Paul Robert Magocsi
7:50 After 1991, CIUS did not broaded its research into international relations, politics
8:10 Ihor Bardyn: Funds for Ukrainian studies in Canada are monopolized
8:35 New director of CIUS should be a Canadian
9:05 CIUS needs new scholarly blood, including from Ukraine
9:40 Study of Ukrainian history is dominated by men. There is no gender balance in Ukrainian historical studies unlike Ukrainian political studies. Employment hiring should aim for more women.
10:39 Certain people are continuing to monopolize positions for personal self-interest leading to the stagnation of Ukrainian studies
11:00 CIUS is not the powerhouse it use to be. It does not publish books like Bloodlands, Red Famine, On Tyranny, etc.
11:25 The only scholar of Ukrainian studies in Canada of stature is Paul Robert Magocsi
12:01 CIUS should be equally divided between Edmonton and Toronto. Toronto is the media capital of Canada, yet CIUS is not media ready, not consulting with policy makers in Ottawa, or the MUNK centre which is Canada's premier think tank
14:20 Marko Stech: I can't attract two Ukrainian students to my Ukrainian course at York University
16:00 Current scholars don't use social media like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube very well
16:35 CIUS page on Wikipedia leaves much to be desired
17:24 Countering Russia's information war of pro-Russian biases with Ukrainian scholarly studies. CIUS and HURI are not doing their job. They need to be revitalized and transformed
18:30 Chrystia Freeland, Oksana Bashuk Hepburn
19:15 Ukrainian studies in Canada have been in stagnation too long. This should end. CIUS used to be the "go to" place". It can become that again, but only if CIUS changes, transforms, and revitalizes into 21st century realities, not for career academics. Until then, CIUS will remain unattractive to students. This will be a disservice to the founders of CIUS and Ukraine

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