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“Ukraine In 20th Century Crises” Toronto Street Exhibition Launches September 16

Sep 8, 2022 Estonian Life No. 36 2022


September 8, 2022

Toronto - A street exhibition outlining Ukraine’s extraordinary resilience in overcoming a century of geopolitical challenges will open in downtown Toronto on Friday, September 16, outside of Tartu College, 310 Bloor Street West. The exhibition will run for two weeks until September 30.

The exhibition was developed by The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory and was previously installed outside of Estonia’s parliament. The Toronto exhibition is sponsored by VEMU The Estonian Museum in Canada, The Estonian Central Council in Canada and the Central and Eastern European Council in Canada.

Ukraine’s rich culture, language and history are highlighted by the exhibit, as are efforts by European imperial powers to conquer, control and colonize it. The exhibit challenges Russian government disinformation that promotes a distorted extremist nationalist view of Ukrainian history - suggesting that there is no Ukrainian culture or nation.

“We’re fortunate and grateful to be able to work with a world class memory organization like the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory to bring this extremely important and relevant exhibition to Toronto to help fight against Russian neo-fascist information warfare” said CEEC President, Marcus Kolga.

“The Estonian community in Canada will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine and Canadians of Ukrainian heritage” added Estonian Central Council President Kairi Taul-Hemingway.

“The Estonian Museum in Canada, located in the heart of Toronto, is proud to host the exhibition and we hope that tens of thousands of Canadians, who pass Tartu College each day, will stop to learn more about Ukraine over the two week exhibition period,” said the Chief Archivist of VEMU, Piret Noorhani.

For more information contact: ceecouncilcanada@gmail.com

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