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UM faculty and staff available to contact regarding Ukraine

February 24, 2022 — 

Regarding the current situation in Ukraine, the following individuals and resources may be available to media for comments and insight:

UM Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies

Yuliia Ivaniuk, Coordinator, Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies
Office:  209 St. Andrew’s College
Phone:  204-474-8905
Email: Yuliia.Ivaniuk@umanitoba.ca

Also:

Orest Cap
Orest.cap@umanitoba.ca

Myroslav Shkandrij, Professor Emeritus
German & Slavic
Tel: 204 474 6605
Myroslav.Shkandrij@umanitoba.ca

In Political Studies:

Andrea Charron, Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies
(204) 474-9834
Andrea.Charron@umanitoba.ca

Field: International Relations
Interests: UN Security Council, sanctions, Article 41 measures, use of force, security studies, Arctic, Canadian foreign and defence policy, international relations, NORAD and alliances.

James Fergusson, Deputy-Director, Centre of Defence and Securities Studies
(204) 474-6606
James.Fergusson@umanitoba.ca

Field: International Relations
Interests: Strategic Studies; Methodology and Statistical Studies on Voting Behaviour; American Government.

Tami Jacoby
(204) 474-7108
Tami.Jacoby@umanitoba.ca

Field: International Relations
Interests: Security Studies; Middle East and Gender; Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Politics of Protest; Extremism; Terrorism and Political Violence; Middle East Diaspora studies

Orysia Kulick
(204) 474-6410
Orysia.Kulick@umanitoba.ca

Field: East European Studies; Comparative Politics
Interests: Russian Politics, Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine, Modern European History, Regionalism, Empire, Women and War, Human Rights, Rebellion and Revolution, Science, Technology and World War II.

Bryan Peeler
(204) 272-1586
Bryan.Peeler@umanitoba.ca

Field: International Relations
Interests: Politics of International Law; Use of force in the international System; Compliance with International Humanitarian law; International Order; International Relations Theory

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