Mykola Swarnyk
Mykola Swarnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Сварник, born 23 February 1957, Lutsk, Volyn Oblast[1]) is a Ukrainian photographer, Wikipedian, and public figure. Candidate of Biological Sciences (1989).[2] BiographyHe graduated from Lviv Secondary School No. 28 (1974) and Lviv Forestry Institute (1979). He worked as an engineer, a junior researcher at the Institute of Carpathian Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1979-1994), a lecturer at the Department of Physical Rehabilitation at the Lviv State Institute of Physical Culture (1996-2000), a lecturer in medical and social rehabilitation at the Lviv Medical College (1998-2000); a lecturer (2000-2002), associate professor (2002-2013) at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Lviv Polytechnic National University.[1][2] He currently lives in Toronto, Canada, where, after retiring, he became a freelance photographer for the Ukrainian community. He also volunteers and edits Wikipedia.[3] Public activities![]() He was the chairman of the "Nadiya" society (1992-1996), co-founder of the "Dzherelo" Training and Rehabilitation Center (since 1994), member of the Board of Education of the city of Lviv (2000-2005) and the board of the "Step by Step" Foundation (1999-2012); chairman of the Board of the Coalition for the Protection of Disabled and Intellectually Disabled Persons (2004-2013); corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Canada (2018); member of the board of the Ukrainian Canadian Social Service, Toronto Division (2014-2019).[2] As a member of the "Our Ukraine" party, he ran for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the 1998 elections.[4] He was a member of the Reform and Order party.[5] Member of the Lviv City Council (2006-2010) from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction.[6] Member of the Standing Committee on Medicine, Education, Science and Social Protection.[1] Participated in:
Member of the jury and organizing committees of the photo contests "Wiki Loves Earth" and "Wiki Loves Monuments" (2016, 2018[3]).[7] Scientific activityAuthor, co-author of about 80 scientific and popular science works, 10 manuals, collections and guidelines.[2] Selected publications:[2]
Research interests: population ecology of natural and anthropogenically modified ecosystems of the highlands of the Ukrainian Carpathians (structure and dynamics); rehabilitation, inclusive education, human rights, methodological and organizational support of social services for children and adults with disabilities; work with parents of children with special needs; methods of training in physical rehabilitation and social work; motivation of volunteers in the public sector.[2] Awards
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