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Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of political geography at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Should every refugee claim be decided on its own merits?

  • This is a tale of two tales. Not tall tales but real ones siphoned from the storied vaults of the Immigration and Refugee Board
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured responding to the auditor general's report on May 7, told reporters that the government has cleared its backlog of legacy refugee claims last week. In the 2019 budget, the feds set aside $208-million for the Immigration and Refugee Board to help tackle the backlog. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Should every refugee claim be decided on its own merits?

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
  • This is a tale of two tales. Not tall tales but real ones siphoned from the storied vaults of the Immigration and Refugee Board

Should every refugee claim be decided on its own merits?

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
  • This is a tale of two tales. Not tall tales but real ones siphoned from the storied vaults of the Immigration and Refugee Board
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured responding to the auditor general's report on May 7, told reporters that the government has cleared its backlog of legacy refugee claims last week. In the 2019 budget, the feds set aside $208-million for the Immigration and Refugee Board to help tackle the backlog. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ukrainian credo comes with a price

  • DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE—I’m not as good a runner as I used to be. This came somewhere between the ninth and first floors of a murky, bomb-ravaged
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | October 2, 2017
Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of political geography at The Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ont., travelled to Ukraine in July 2017, first visiting Canadian troops who were training Ukrainian soldiers in western Ukraine before going on to the front lines in Donetsk and Luhansk as a private citizen. The Hill Times photograph by Lubomyr Lukiuk

Ukrainian credo comes with a price

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | October 2, 2017
  • DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE—I’m not as good a runner as I used to be. This came somewhere between the ninth and first floors of a murky, bomb-ravaged

Ukrainian credo comes with a price

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | October 2, 2017
  • DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE—I’m not as good a runner as I used to be. This came somewhere between the ninth and first floors of a murky, bomb-ravaged
Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of political geography at The Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ont., travelled to Ukraine in July 2017, first visiting Canadian troops who were training Ukrainian soldiers in western Ukraine before going on to the front lines in Donetsk and Luhansk as a private citizen. The Hill Times photograph by Lubomyr Lukiuk

Ukrainians remain unbowed, not the first time they have fended off a foe

  • ON THE DONBAS FRONTLINE, UKRAINE—Looking out and down from the inside a Ukrainian Armed Forces Mil Mi-8 helicopter, I surveyed Ukraine as I have
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | August 7, 2017
Lubomyr Lukiuk, left, pictured July 15, 2017, with Col. Igor Slisarchuk holding a copy of A Canadian, and Lieut.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk. Photograph courtesy of Lubomyr Luciuk

Ukrainians remain unbowed, not the first time they have fended off a foe

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | August 7, 2017
  • ON THE DONBAS FRONTLINE, UKRAINE—Looking out and down from the inside a Ukrainian Armed Forces Mil Mi-8 helicopter, I surveyed Ukraine as I have

Ukrainians remain unbowed, not the first time they have fended off a foe

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | August 7, 2017
  • ON THE DONBAS FRONTLINE, UKRAINE—Looking out and down from the inside a Ukrainian Armed Forces Mil Mi-8 helicopter, I surveyed Ukraine as I have
Lubomyr Lukiuk, left, pictured July 15, 2017, with Col. Igor Slisarchuk holding a copy of A Canadian, and Lieut.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk. Photograph courtesy of Lubomyr Luciuk

The telling of a tragic history can be a sign of a healthy country

  • It’s a small case in a big hall. I have no idea of how many people will pause beside it, but millions of visitors
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | June 29, 2017
An exhibit inside the Canadian Museum of History's newly renovated Canadian History Hall, which covers 15,000 years of human life on the territory. The Hall opens to the public on July 1. The Hill Times photograph by Ally Foster

The telling of a tragic history can be a sign of a healthy country

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | June 29, 2017
  • It’s a small case in a big hall. I have no idea of how many people will pause beside it, but millions of visitors

The telling of a tragic history can be a sign of a healthy country

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | June 29, 2017
  • It’s a small case in a big hall. I have no idea of how many people will pause beside it, but millions of visitors
An exhibit inside the Canadian Museum of History's newly renovated Canadian History Hall, which covers 15,000 years of human life on the territory. The Hall opens to the public on July 1. The Hill Times photograph by Ally Foster

Not sure why folks in Toronto staged a ‘Victory Day’

  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Some folks in Toronto recently staged a “Victory Day” rally. I am not sure why. Making merry on April 23, the day the
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 1, 2017
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin, pictured at the Yalta Conference, held Feb. 7-11, 1945. No fair-minded person denies the Soviet Union eventually played a major role in helping defeat the Nazis. Millions of Soviet citizens and soldiers died. Those victims deserve to be hallowed. That said, the Soviet Union was not our ally when the war began, writes Lubomyr Luciuk. Photograph courts of Wikipedia

Not sure why folks in Toronto staged a ‘Victory Day’

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 1, 2017
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Some folks in Toronto recently staged a “Victory Day” rally. I am not sure why. Making merry on April 23, the day the

Not sure why folks in Toronto staged a ‘Victory Day’

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 1, 2017
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Some folks in Toronto recently staged a “Victory Day” rally. I am not sure why. Making merry on April 23, the day the
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin, pictured at the Yalta Conference, held Feb. 7-11, 1945. No fair-minded person denies the Soviet Union eventually played a major role in helping defeat the Nazis. Millions of Soviet citizens and soldiers died. Those victims deserve to be hallowed. That said, the Soviet Union was not our ally when the war began, writes Lubomyr Luciuk. Photograph courts of Wikipedia

Understanding true meaning of sacrifice sometimes takes awhile

  • KINGSTON, ONT.—My parents took me there when I was a young lad. I recall going into City Park, to the corner of Wellington and
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | April 10, 2017
A Canadian soldier shortly before the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Understanding true meaning of sacrifice sometimes takes awhile

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | April 10, 2017
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—My parents took me there when I was a young lad. I recall going into City Park, to the corner of Wellington and

Understanding true meaning of sacrifice sometimes takes awhile

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | April 10, 2017
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—My parents took me there when I was a young lad. I recall going into City Park, to the corner of Wellington and
A Canadian soldier shortly before the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Freeland pilloried for unproven wartime misconduct of her grandfather

  • KINGSTON, ONT.—I’ve heard it all before. It was fake news then and it’s still fake now. Allegations about supposed “Nazis in Canada”—the most recent
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | March 13, 2017
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in a Hill scrum. Lubomyr Luciuk writes that what is shocking about this recent effort, however, is how the Russians have deployed a ‘blood libel’ argument to undermine Ms. Freeland. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Freeland pilloried for unproven wartime misconduct of her grandfather

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | March 13, 2017
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—I’ve heard it all before. It was fake news then and it’s still fake now. Allegations about supposed “Nazis in Canada”—the most recent

Freeland pilloried for unproven wartime misconduct of her grandfather

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | March 13, 2017
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—I’ve heard it all before. It was fake news then and it’s still fake now. Allegations about supposed “Nazis in Canada”—the most recent
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in a Hill scrum. Lubomyr Luciuk writes that what is shocking about this recent effort, however, is how the Russians have deployed a ‘blood libel’ argument to undermine Ms. Freeland. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Inside the Parole Board of Canada, what it was like to be a member

  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Truthfully, I wasn’t sure if I could do it. How would I react to spending long hours with offenders, studying the crimes associated
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | July 4, 2016
A law-abiding person encountering prison subculture and its denizens is certain of one thing: every prisoner they meet is a convicted offender. So, on the face of it, determining whether someone has earned the right to parole seems simple. They’re the bad guys. You’re not. It’s their case to make if they want out. In truth, it’s nowhere near that artless, Lubomyr Luciuk. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Inside the Parole Board of Canada, what it was like to be a member

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | July 4, 2016
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Truthfully, I wasn’t sure if I could do it. How would I react to spending long hours with offenders, studying the crimes associated

Inside the Parole Board of Canada, what it was like to be a member

Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | July 4, 2016
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Truthfully, I wasn’t sure if I could do it. How would I react to spending long hours with offenders, studying the crimes associated
A law-abiding person encountering prison subculture and its denizens is certain of one thing: every prisoner they meet is a convicted offender. So, on the face of it, determining whether someone has earned the right to parole seems simple. They’re the bad guys. You’re not. It’s their case to make if they want out. In truth, it’s nowhere near that artless, Lubomyr Luciuk. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
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