Holodomor – Page 8 – Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Caledonia Park School, AB Winterkill visit

This is my favourite pic from the Nov 3rd visit with Caledonia Park School in Alberta. This is Bonnie N Eldon Wurban and what I love about this pic is what’s on her desk — a printout about #rheaclyman whom I dedicated Winterkill to. Rhea was a Canadian journalist and absolutely fearless. She did not take bribes from Stalin during the Holodomor like so many journalists did. Instead, she wrote the truth about the genocide she was witnessing. Rhea Clyman has a cameo role in Winterkill. Alice, one of the two main characters in Winterkill, is based on the real Alice that Rhea met in her Kharkiv hotel.

Winchester PS: Winterkill presentation

I am in the midst of doing presentations about Winterkill and many of them are funded by HREC ED. Want to know more about that? Go here.

Thanks, grades 6 to 8 students for the great questions. My favourite was about when interviewing a survivor face to face, how do you gain their trust and get them to open up.

Winterkill, in person event Brantford Public Library

https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/author-aims-to-build-empathy-in-young-readers

Scholastic Book Fair visits: Winterkill

Deerwood ES in Humble Tx and Raisinwood ES in Monroe MI. Such great questions from students about the real history behind Winterkill and the real people I based my characters on.

Winterkill: HREC ED Webinar for educators

Here is the complete video of the webinar on Winterkill and the historical background of the Holodomor. Thank you, Dr Mateusz Świetlicki for the perceptive questions and Valentina Kuryliw for the curriculum connections. And of course, thank you HREC ED for all your amazing work and resources.

Winterkill webinar Nov 17th, 2pm CST

Winterkill Webinar for educators

Thank you, Valentina Kuryliw and HREC ED for hosting this wonderful opportunity to discuss Winterkill with Dr. Mateusz Swietlicki, author of many academic works, including the upcoming Next-Generation Memory and Ukrainian Canadian Children’s Historical Fiction. Thank you to all who tuned in. The webinar will soon be available online as an educator resource.

St. James School

Thank you Ms Richardson and your 7/8 students for great questions and interesting conversation about Winterkill, the Holodomor and Russia’s current war on Ukraine. Thank you, HREC ED for making this visit possible!

Webinar for educators about Winterkill

Thank you, HREC Education, for providing this webinar for educators. I look forward to speaking with Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki about Winterkill, my novel set during the Holodomor, and how it can be used in the classroom as an entry into a time in Ukraine’s history that is chillingly like the current war.

Go here for more info.

Hurffville Elementary virtual visit

These pics from the other side of the screen are ever so much better than mine! I enjoyed the great questions and enthusiasm of Hurffville students during yesterday’s Scholastic Book Fair visit as we talked about Winterkill, the Holodomor and the current war that Russia is inflicting upon Ukraine.