Cyril Ivanovich Genik was a Ukrainian-Canadian immigration agent. He is a Person of National Historic Significance.
Cyril Genik
Cyril and Paulina (Tsurkowsky) Genik and children, and the Jones family, 1906
Dr. Joseph Oleskiw or Jósef Olesków was a Ukrainian professor of agronomy who promoted Ukrainian immigration to the Canadian prairies. His efforts helped encourage the initial wave of settlers which began the Ukrainian Canadian community.
Joseph Oleskiw (1860–1903)
Bust of Joseph Oleskiw at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village in Alberta, Canada