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The Ukrainian Genocide

The Durham District School Board recognizes the fourth Friday in November as Holodomor Memorial Day.  The literal meaning, from the Ukrainian word Holodomor, is death by hunger. 

Holodomor was a human-engineered famine that led to the deaths of up to 10 million Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933.  News reports and records of the genocide were denied by the Stalin regime and were subsequently suppressed by Soviet authorities for more than 70 years.

The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario recognize Holodomor Memorial Day on the fourth Saturday in November.

*  The DDSB recognizes Holodomor Memorial Day on November 22 rather than November 23

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