Project Information and Further Resources

The plan for this study has been reviewed for its adherence to ethical guidelines by a Research Ethics Board at the University of Alberta. For questions regarding participant rights and ethical conduct of research, contact the Research Ethics Office at (780) 492-2615.

In compliance with agreements made at the time of research, several names have been changed to protect the identity of participants.

Many of the materials from this project are held at the Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives, Kule Folklore Centre, University of Alberta: https://archives.ukrfolk.ca/ashley-halko-addley-fieldwork-collection

Further resources to be consulted on the topic:

Hanchuk, Rena Jeanne. The Word and Wax: A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta. Vol. 2. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 1999.
Kis-Halas, Judit. “‘I Make My Saints Work…’: A Hungarian Holy Healer’s Identity Reflected in Autobiographical Stories and Folk Narratives. In Vernacular Religion in Everyday Life : Expressions of Belief. Edited by Valk, Ülo, and Marion Bowman. London: Routledge, 2014.
Klymasz, Andrea Karen. Folk Medicine: A Ukrainian Canadian Experience. Unpublished Master’s thesis: University of Manitoba, 1991.
Klymasz, Robert B. Ukrainian Folklore in Canada: An Immigrant Complex in Transition. Unpublished PhD dissertation: Indiana University, 1971.
Lindquist, Galina. Conjuring hope: Healing and magic in contemporary Russia. Vol. 1. Berghahn books, 2005.
Mucz, Michael. Baba's kitchen medicines: folk remedies of Ukrainian settlers in Western Canada. University of Alberta, 2012.
Phillips, Sarah D. "Waxing like the moon: women folk healers in rural Western Ukraine." Folklorica 9, no. 1 (2004).