The Department of History is welcoming a new visiting fellow, Henrique Schlumberger Vitchmichen, as of Friday, April 4th, 2025.
Henrique is a PhD student at the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil), currently studying human rights and humanitarian aid, especially for refugees. His main research circles around processes of disposal that happened in Ukraine after World War II, and how trough correspondence between the refugee camps, and the Ukrainian Aid Committee, founded in the city of Curitiba, capital of the state of Paraná, many people have been emigrate to Brazil, and escape Europe.
Home of a large community of Ukrainian descendants, both Canada and Brazil were in constant contact in that time, even contributing with financial aid, and together with many other Committees formed around the world, they contributed by helping the refugees cause. In Carleton University, his main activities will be researching about the Ukrainian community in Canada, and how trough correspondence between the Brazilian and Canadian Committees, their actions contributed for the humanitarian aid.
Those interested in learning more about the work he will be undertaking while at Carleton University can read his blog post on the Canadian Network on Humanitarian History here.