Lubomyr Yaroslav Luciuk (born July 9, 1953) is a Canadian academic and author of books and articles in the field of political geography and Ukrainian history. He is currently a full professor at the Royal Military College of Canada. and a Senior Research Fellow of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto.

Background and education

Luciuk was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. He earned two degrees from Queen's University, an Honours BSc (1976) and MA (1979) and completed his PhD (1984) at the University of Alberta. He had postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Toronto and Queen's University.

Political and academic work

Luciuk served as a part-time Member of the Parole Board of Canada from 2013 to April 2016. He is currently a full professor of Political Geography in the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston. A founding member of the Civil Liberties Commission/Ukrainian Canadian Committee, and of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, he resigned from the latter on 6 November 2024.

Awards

In 2010, Luciuk was one of 16 recipients of the Shevchenko Medal of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in recognition of his educational, research and advocacy efforts on behalf of the Ukrainian Canadian community. On 6 December 2019 he received the Cross of Ivan Mazepa, a Ukrainian Presidential Award, presented in Kingston by His Excellency, Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada. More recently [April 2022] he was declared a persona non grata by the Russian Federation.

Publications

Professor Luciuk specializes in the political geography of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, refugee studies, and the ethnic and immigration history of Canada. He is the author or editor/co-editor of 32 publications including "In Fear of the Barbed Wire Fence: Canada's First National Internment Operations", "Searching for Place: Ukrainian Displaced Persons, Canada, and Migration of Memory", and "Konowal: A Canadian Hero", and over 200 editorials in Canadian newspapers. Luciuk also established Kashtan Press, a publisher of books on Ukraine. Since 1989 Каштан Press has published works by A Chyczij, Y Gagnon, Gareth Jones [with R Gamache], B S Kordan, G Lepore, L Luciuk, M Mandres, A McVay, P R Magocsi and I Stebelsky.

Books authored/edited/compiled by Luciuk