Holodomor Memorial Day

 

Every year on the fourth Saturday in November, Ukraine, Canada and the world commemorate Holodomor Memorial Day. We gather in our communities to remember and honour the millions of victims of the Holodomor. Holodomor stands for forced hunger, and this day commemorates the genocidal famine created by Stalin. At 7:32 pm, we light a candle and hold a minute of silence to remember the victims of the Holodomor.

To find out more, please read the statement by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress or read some of the documentation collected by the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.

Statue from National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, Kyiv