Hunger is being used as a weapon in the sieges of places like Aleppo, Homs and Eastern Ghouta in Syria.  There have been food blockades in Yemeni ports.  

In the 1930’s Joseph Stalin used hunger to starve the Ukrainian nation.  That starvation of millions to death has a name: Holodomor.

Born in Edmonton, based in Montreal, rooted in reggae… a song writer and recording artist known only by her first name, has expanded her influence to Ukraine. This week, Nasha Kasha hears from Auresia and reggae with a Ukrainian vibe.

Early achievement in mathematics is a strong predictor of later academic achievement. This week Nasha Kasha introduces us to two math educators, who tell us how teaching math squares with the root of their Ukrainian culture.

Membership in a university students club can extend horizons, build knowledge, shape social networks, even stand out on a job resume.  This week Nasha Kasha meets 3 Queens University students, who have excelled at school with benefits rife by getting busy with student life.

In 1982, the communist newspaper Pravda referred to Moshe Azman as an enemy of Soviet Power. This week Nasha Kasha meets this refusenik, who would go on to become chief Rabbi of Ukraine.

Mat-ka, Mat-oosh-ka, Dob-ro-diy-ka: no matter how you say it in Ukrainian, there is a special role and respect given to the wife of a priest. Yes, in both the Orthodox and the Ukrainian Catholic Churches, men about to become priests are permitted to marry.

The Ironman competition is among Susan Koziak’s most recent professional assignments. This week on Nasha Kasha we here of her career, her heritage and the first boy she ever kissed. Along the way Susan discovers there’s a bit of iron in all of us.

Doctor Brian Cherwick leads Newfoundland’s finest Ukrainian folk band. Okay, … he leads Newfoundland’s only Ukrainian folk band. The Kubasonics combine chants from centuries past, Ukrainian love songs, and a touch of punk and rock ... from the Rock. This week, Nasha Kasha introduces a band leader, who earned his PhD in polka, and music that could only have been inspired by a kubasa (koo-bah-sah).

Odessa, Ontario is 26 kilometres west of Kingston. It is in the very heart of British Loyalist country. There is no evidence of a Ukrainian presence. So why in the mid-1850s would the villagers name their community after a Ukrainian port? The answer is this week’s Nasha Kasha story.

This coming fall, voters in the province of Ontario will elect mayors, councillors, school trustees and all other elected municipal officials.  There’s a dizzying array of choices.  Nasha Kasha profiles two candidates in Hamilton with similar roots, similar opinions and aspirations.  Remarkably they have never met.