Perspectives on Media and
Communications in Ukraine

25 & 27 April, 2009
(Draft Programme - Updated Regularly)


25 April 2009
Windermere Manor, University of Western Ontario
London

 Opening remarks
(10:00 AM)
Serhii Kvit, President, National University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
kwit@ukma.kiev.ua

Session 1: Framing the Issues
(10:30 – 12:00)

Chair: Kinga Pozniak, Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Tammy Lynch, Research Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy (ISCIP), Boston University, Boston, USA
"Ukraine’s Post-Orange Evolution: Confusion, Disappointment and the New Role of the Media"
tammymlynch@hotmail.com

Marta Dyczok, Departments of History and Political Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
"Where Are Challenges to Free Speech Coming From?”
mdyczok@uwo.ca

Discussant: Sandra Smeltzer, Faculty of Information and Media Studies,
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
ssmeltze@uwo.ca

LUNCH
(12:00 – 1:00)

Session 2: The Regulatory Framework vs Informal Influences
(1:00 – 2:30)

Chair: Bohdan Y. Nebesio, Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film,
Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
bnebesio@brocku.ca

Mykola Riabchuk, Senior Research Associate, Ukrainian Centre for Cultural Studies, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Politics by Other Means: Media and Propagandistic Wars with/in Contemporary Ukraine”
riabchuk@email.com

Natalia Petrova, Journalism Faculty, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, Media Law Expert, Kyiv, Ukraine
"The Legal Framework: Safeguards and Challenges for Media in Ukraine”
npetrova@ukrainerol.org.ua

Discussant: James Compton, Faculty of Information and Media Studies,
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
jcompto3@uwo.ca

COFFEE
(2:30 – 2:45)

Session 3: Journalism, Ethics, Standards, and International Dimensions
(2:45 – 5:00)

Chair: Tanya Richardson, Department of Anthropology,
Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
trichardson@wlu.ca

Yevhen Fedchenko, Dean, Journalism Faculty, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Building media democracy in Ukraine: the role of journalism education”
fedchenko@ukma.kiev.ua,

Ruslan Deynychenko, Journalism Faculty, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Ethical standards of news journalism in post-Orange Ukraine”
deynychenko@ukma.kiev.ua

Marta Kolomayets, National Democratic Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Kyiv Office Director, Kyiv, Ukraine
"Measuring the Impact of Foreign Influences on the Media in Ukraine: Lasting Effects or Temporary Solutions?"
kyivmarta@aol.com

Discussants: Steve Andrusiak, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada - sandrusi@uwo.ca
Janina Falkowska, Department of Film Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada - falkow@uwo.ca, http://www.uwo.ca/film/Nina.html

27 April 2009
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto

 Opening remarks
(1:00)
Serhii Kvit, President, National University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
kwit@ukma.kiev.ua

Session 1: Framing the Issues: Formal vs Informal Influences
(1:15 – 3:15)

Chair: Olga Onuch, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
olga.onuch@politics.ox.ac.uk

Tammy Lynch, Research Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy (ISCIP), Boston University, Boston, USA
"Ukraine’s Post-Orange Evolution: Confusion, Disappointment and the New Role of the Media"
tammymlynch@hotmail.com

Marta Dyczok, Departments of History and Political Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
"Where Are Challenges to Free Speech Coming From?”
mdyczok@uwo.ca

Mykola Riabchuk, Senior Research Associate, Ukrainian Centre for Cultural Studies, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Politics by Other Means: Media and Propagandistic Wars with/in Contemporary Ukraine”
riabchuk@email.com

Natalia Petrova, Journalism Faculty, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, Media Law Expert, Kyiv, Ukraine
"The Legal Framework: Safeguards and Challenges for Media in Ukraine”
npetrova@ukrainerol.org.ua

Discussant: Lucan Way, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
lucan.way@utoronto.ca

COFFEE
(3:15 – 3:30)

Session 2: Journalism, Ethics, Standards, and International Dimensions
(3:30 - 5:00)

Chair: Olga Kesarchuk, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
olga.kesarchuk@utoronto.ca

Yevhen Fedchenko, Dean, Journalism Faculty, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Building media democracy in Ukraine: the role of journalism education”
fedchenko@ukma.kiev.ua

Ruslan Deynychenko, Journalism Faculty, University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine,
“Ethical standards of news journalism in post-Orange Ukraine”
deynychenko@ukma.kiev.ua

Marta Kolomayets, National Democratic Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Kyiv Office Director, Kyiv, Ukraine
"Measuring the Impact of Foreign Influences on the Media in Ukraine: Lasting Effects or Temporary Solutions?"
kyivmarta@aol.com

Disscusant: Robert Austin, Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
robert.austin@utoronto.ca