List of BINiM’s Membership 1967-2017
Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences, Canada
Institut bélarussien des arts et des sciences, Canada
Founding members (1967, Toronto).
Name/title/occupation | Exec. Position at BiNiM | Term of service | Credentials | |
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Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič, PhD; | BiNiM’s 1st President | 1968-70 | Scholar; philosopher; educator; writer; radio journalist, and public figure. | |
Dr. Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič | Dentist; writer, educator, and public figure; community worker. | |||
Mr. Alieś Hrycuk (MA) | BINiM’s 1st Secretary-Treasurer | Scholar, administrator, and community worker. | ||
Prof and Dr. Barys Ragula (MD) | BINiM’s 2nd president | 1970-72 | 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. | |
Mrs. Ludmila Ragula (RN) | Pharmacist; registered nurse; community worker. | |||
Dr. Jaŭchim Skurat | Educator; scholar, researcher, writer, and community worker; public figure; received his graduate degree (equivalent to DSc) in France (1930s); Minister of Education: Biełaruś, 1942-1944). |
Members who joined and / or continued to serve after 1967
Name/title/occupation | Exec. Position at BiNiM | Term of service | Credentials | |
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Mr. Kastuś Akula | Prolific writer; journalist; public figure, and community worker. | |||
Professor Emeritus Zina Gimpelevich | BINiM’s 5th president | 2002-2018 | 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. | |
Ms. Valancina Paškievič | Educator; writer and author of Biełarusian text-books; public figure: community worker. | |||
Prof. Janka (John) Sadoŭski | BINiM’s 3rd president | 1972-74 | Educator; researcher and scholar; literary critic with peer-reviewed publications; public figure. | |
Mrs. Ivonka (Joanna) Survilla | BINiM’s 4th president; the President of the Biełarusian Government in Exile: Biełarusian Democratic Republic, RADA BNR. | 1974-2002 | 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. | |
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). | |||
Mr. Janka Survilla (MA, Economics) | Economist; radio and print media journalist; writer; public figure; accomplished artistic photographer; community worker and administrator. |
Members joined in 2002 (AGM at Waterloo, ON)
Name/title/occupation | 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 | ||
Mrs. Vialeta Kavalova | Educator; journalist; editor-in-chief of the newspaper “The Biełarusian Word;” editor for various Biełarusian press & media; translator; musician; artistic director of the Biełarusian folk group “Javarovy ludzi” and folk group for children; public figure; community worker; | |||
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. Piotra Murzionak (MD; DSc., PhD., Prof.) | BINiM’s 6th president | 2018- | Distinguished Scholar with over a hundred-and-forty peer-reviewed scientific publications; public figure; poet; writer and journalist; founder and editor of the web-magazine “Culture, Nation.” | |
Dr. Yurka (Yury) Pelyushonok (MD) | Medical Doctor; writer, musician; sportsman. | presently not active | ||
Mr. Valodzia Ragula (MA) | Educator. | presently not active | ||
Mr. Jurka (George) Rapećki | Secretary | 2020- | Theologian; pastor, educator; writer and radio-preacher http://gr.krinica.org | |
Mr. Juraś Šamiećka | Computer scientist; poet; community worker. | |||
Mrs. Vłada Šamiećka | Musician -violinist; community worker. | |||
Mr. Peter Schwartzman | Architect, artist and designer; Many of the artist’s paintings are bought by museums and private collectors. Received first prize in the international artists’ competition (Italy, 1979). | |||
Ms. Iryna Varabei | Secretary of the BINiM | 2002-16 | Writer; translator; journalist; member of the Society of Biełarusian Writers; artist; artisan; photographer; needlework designer; member of the Canadian Guild of needlework designers. | |
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 in 2016
Name/title/occupation | Exec. Position at BiNiM | Term of service | Credentials | |
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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. | |||
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). | |||
Ms. Niki 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). | |||
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 | |||
Mrs. Valancina Šaŭčenka, (MMath) | Treasurer | 2020- | Mathematician; computer scientist and analyst; public figure; singer, musician, actress, and an artist; community worker: | |
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 |