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Three Months Later: A Heartfelt Reflection on a Conference That Became a Movement 🇺🇦🌍

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Sasha
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Selfie of a smiling man with eight people in a classroom, in front of a screen showing a Zoom meeting gallery, a Ukrainian flag at left.
Selfie of a smiling man with eight people in a classroom, in front of a screen showing a Zoom meeting gallery, a Ukrainian flag at left.

Three months ago, from February 7–9, 2025, we gathered in Kamloops and online across continents for the Educating for Tomorrow: Ukrainian Values in a Global World conference, and it still resonates in our hearts today.

What began as an academic gathering quickly transformed into something far more powerful: a movement of solidarity, scholarship, and shared responsibility. With over 100 participants from more than 10 countries, 60+ research presentations, and voices joining from war zones, classrooms, and diasporic communities, we built something extraordinary together.

We discussed:

  • How Ukrainian identity continues to evolve under pressure.
  • How education, innovation, and civic engagement are shaping resilience.
  • How global solidarity, from Kamloops to Kharkiv, can uplift a people and a cause.

From opening prayers by Elder Gwendy Campbell-McArthur and Father Wasylinko, to the stirring resolutions passed at the closing ceremony, the entire conference was anchored in care, courage, and hope.

📘 You can now revisit the journey through the official proceedings and story summary:

To all who presented, attended, organized, or supported: thank you. This was more than three days. It was the start of many collaborations and a living commitment to a better future for Ukraine and the world.

💛💙 Let us carry this momentum forward, together.

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One response to “Three Months Later: A Heartfelt Reflection on a Conference That Became a Movement 🇺🇦🌍”

  1. Gwen Campbell McArthur Avatar
    Gwen Campbell McArthur

    I have no words to describe the joy that leapt off these pages Sasha! You caputure a world of culture, scholarship, and lived experiences from worlds away.