In this episode, Student Editor and podcast host Alexandra Holyk speaks to former professor at the University of Manitoba, Myroslav Shkandrij, about the importance of commemorating and learning about Taras Shevchenko beyond the years of elementary and Ukrainian school. For those students who may not have grown up learning about Shevchenko or some of Ukraine's other great writers and artists, Shkandrij says it's not too late to learn; with translations of many poems and stories available online. Shkandrij also reveals some of his favourite Ukrainian writers, take notes and you, too, can start reading the backbone stories of Ukrainian literature, culture and history.