Canada and the Ukrainian Question, 1939-1945: A Study in Statecraft (Mcgill-Queens Studies in Ethnic History. Series Two)
by Bohdan S. Kordan
Category: History

The start of the Second World War placed Canadian officials in the difficult position of trying to maintain their stated position of respect for national self-determination while refusing to further Ukrainian Canadian requests that Canada support the principle of Ukrainian independence. Bohdan Kordan shows that Canadian officials, claiming that Ukrainian independence was not in the interest of the Canadian state, used measures such as close surveillance of the community and intervention in community affairs in the attempt to manage the so-called Ukrainian problem.