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Petro Jacyk

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Peter (Petro) Jacyk, or Peter Yatsyk[1] (Template:Lang-uk, 7 July 1921, Verkhnie Synyovydne, today Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine — 1 November 2001) was a Ukrainian Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Petro Jacyk Education Foundation was established in 1986 in Toronto. Today his educational and philanthropic works are being continued by his daughter, Nadia Jacyk.

He supported:

  • Entsyklopediia ukraïnoznavstva (Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies),
  • Encyclopedia of Ukraine,
  • Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research

References

  1. ^ Jacyk is in Polish language