Founding members (1967, Toronto)
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Mr. Alieś Hrycuk (MA)
BINiM’s 1st Secretary-Treasurer
Scholar, administrator, and community worker.
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Dr. Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič
Dentist; writer, educator, and public figure; community worker...
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Prof and Dr. Barys Ragula (MD)
Renowned and highly decorated medical doctor: performed the first renal (kidney) transplantation in Canada; cancerologist; receiver of a number of professional awards; writer, educator, and public figure...
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Mrs. Ludmila Ragula (RN)
Pharmacist; registered nurse; community worker.
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Dr. Jaŭchim Skurat
Educator; scholar, researcher, writer, and community worker; public figure; received his graduate degree (equivalent to DSc) in France (1930s)...
Members who joined and / or continued to serve after 1967
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Prof. Janka (John) Sadoŭski
Educator; researcher and scholar; literary critic with peer-reviewed publications; public figure.
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Mrs. Ivonka (Joanna) Survilla
BINiM’s 4th president (1974-2002);
the President of the Biełarusian Government in Exile: Biełarusian Democratic Republic, RADA BNR.
Government, public and community worker; scholar, linguist, writer, translator; artist with over thirty exibitions. The founding member and the President of the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus [Biełaruś] CRFVCB); Awarded the Life Membership and memorable plaque #ooo1 from the CRFVCB.
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Professor Maria Paula Survilla
Fulbright scholar; Ethnomusicologist; ethnographer; educator; researcher; scholar with peer-reviewed monographs and articles; writer; public figure; artist and musician. Past-President of the North American Association for Biełarusian Studies (NAABS); the Executive Director of the Center for Belarusian (Biełarusian) Studies (CBS)...
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Professor Emeritus Zina Gimpelevich
BINiM’s 5th president (2002-2017)
Educator, researcher, literary critic; author of seven academic monographs and over 70 peer-reviewed articles; Executive member of MAB (International Association of Biełarusists’ (2005-); Executive member (various capacity) of CAS (Canadian Association of Slavists, 1993-2014); President and Past-President of the CAS 2010-14); one of the founding members and a former Vice-President of the NAABS (North American Association for Biełarusian Studies; the founding member and the Vice-President of the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus (Biełaruś) [CRFVCB]); Awarded the Life Membership and memorable plaque #ooo2 from the CRFVCB; Recipient of the acclaim-letter for teaching from the Governor-General of Canada, Mr. E. Schreyer...
Members joined in 2002 (AGM at Waterloo, ON)
| Exec. Position at BiNiM | Term of service | Credentials | ||
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| Metropolit Mikalaj, Archbishop BAOC | Distinguished theologian scholar; writer; translator: translated the Bible into modern Biełarusian; highly profiled ecclesiastical and public figure. | |||
| Dr. Natalia Barkarŕ (PhD) | Educator, researcher, scholar, and accomplished scientist with peer-reviewed publications; member of the Editorial Board of magazine “Culture, Nation.” | |||
| Dr. Alex Danilovič | Scholar: political scientist | presently not active | ||
| Dr. Sirhiej Drozd | Retired scholar: literary studies | presently not active | ||
| Mrs. Nadzeja Drobina | Public figure; performer; community worker. | resigned Sept. 2016 | ||
| Dr. Ruslan Kačatkoŭ (MD, Prof.) | Medical doctor, oncologist; an educator; professor; public figure; poet; writer; composer. | |||
| Dr. Siarhiej Kryčeŭski | Scholar: economist | presently not active | ||
| Dr. Irena Lysenka | BINiM’s Treasurer | 2002-16 | Scholar and educator; historian; linguist; translator; archivist. | |
| Dr. Yurka (Yury) Pelyushonok (MD) | Medical Doctor; writer, musician; sportsman. | presently not active | ||
| Mr. Valodzia Ragula (MA) | Educator. | presently not active | ||
| Mrs. Vłada Šamiećka | Musician -violinist; community worker. | |||
| Mr. Anton Varabei | Artist | presently not active | ||
| Ms. Jaŭhienija Šaŭčenka (MA) | Architect; artist and designer; Designed BINiM’s major symbol, Pahonia (The Pursuer). | presently not active | ||
| Ms. Volha Jankouskaja | Folk singer. | presently not active |
Members Joined since 2016
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Dr. Volha Ipatava (PhD)
Renowned writer, journalist, and translator. Mrs. Ipatova authored over twenty books, which are translated into fourteen languages. She served as the executive editor and as the editor-in-chief for several major Biełarusian publishing houses and press & media; Vice-President [1998-2001] and the President of the Society of Biełarusian Writers [2001-2002]. Mrs. Ipatova is the awardee of the Order of Symbol of Honor, the Francysk Skaryna Medal, and a recipient of a number of International Literary Prizes, among which is the Honorary Membership of the Eurasian International Academy of Sciences.
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Mr. Siarhiej Paniźnik
Highly accomplished poet, writer for adults and children, journalist, ethnographer, translator and the chronicler of Biełarusian culture; public figure, active member of the BSSR’s Writers Union from 1967 and the PEN International (Biełarusian Chapter); Mr. Paniźnik is awarded the Francysk Skaryna Medal (1991); among many other national and international awards, the recipient of UNESCO’s International Literary Prize (1992), and Latvian Order of the Three Stars (1998).
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| Name/title/occupation | Exec. Position at BiNiM | Term of service | Credentials | |
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| Ms. Niki Paniźnik | ||||
| Dr. Galina Toumilovitch, (PhD) | Historian, researcher and scholar with peer-reviewed publications; regular contributor to the academic and community press; public figure and administrator: formerly a dean of French-Biełarusian Faculty of Political Sciences and European Studies, European University of Human Sciences, Minsk); the Executive Director of the two major international programs in Eastern Europe; an activist in the Belgian-Biełarusian Charity, “The Future to Kids” (10 years of service); member of the Association of Biełarusian Szlachta and the Assembly of the Russian Nobility in Biełaruś; The recipient of the French most prestigious academic Order, Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms, 2004). | |||
| Ms. Natasha Kolas, (MA) | Secretary-Treasurer | 2016-2020 | Educator: former EFL instructor at Minsk State Pedagogical University and Minsk Linguistic University; translator and interpreter; performed a long-term work for the Minsk chapter of the Rotary International; community worker: past-Treasurer/current BOD member of Toronto chapter of BCA | |
| Mr. Jurka Šaŭčenka, (MEng) | Engineer; photographer; stage designer for performances of Javarovy ludzi; artisan; community worker; current BOD member of Toronto chapter of BCA | |||
| Ms. Iryna Toŭstsik | Educator: former teacher of Biełarusian language and literature, writer and journalist; political activist; founder of Mova Nanova, Toronto branch; educator and promotor of Biełarusian culture and language in Biełarusian Canadian community; | |||
| Mr. Alex Korolkevitch (MSc) | Vice-President | 2020- | Engineer, enthusiast of Biełarusian language and culture; artistic photographer; video producer and editor | |
| Dr. Jahor Fiadziušyn (PhD) | Scientist, nuclear physicict and researcher with a number of peer-reviewed academic publications, member of Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association |