Dr. Denis Hlynka is a professor of instructional technology and curriculum theory in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Manitoba. He is widely published, most notably as co-editor (with John Belland, Ohio State University) of Paradigms Regained: The uses of illuminative, semiotic and postmodern criticism in instructional technology, published in 1991 by Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. This text has been used in numerous graduate courses in instructional technology throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Hlynka has a major contribution to the McGraw Hill Handbook of Research in Educational Technology (1996, 2004) on the topic of postmodernism. His most recent research is The Musicalization of Chornobyl, which examines how meanings are constructed in trans-national and technological discourses, through an analysis of North American popular songs.

His current research deals with the intersection of instructional technology, culture, history, and philosophy. He is on the editorial boards of Educational Technology and the Canadian Journal of Technology. He is also a well-known public speaker in business, military, education and community venues. Internationally, Dr. Hlynka has worked in both Ethiopia and India.

From 2000 to 2007, he served as Acting Director of the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba. His popular culture study "A day in Hollywood, a night in Ukraine..." was an invited presentation in Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Calgary, and Regina. In Winnipeg, it was selected for the J.B. Rudnyckyj Distinguished Lecture for 2003. His other research includes Taras Shevchenko in world music and The Mazeppa Legend in North America. He is co-editor with Oleh Gerus of the The Honourable Member for Vegreville: The Memoirs and Diary of Anthony Hlynka, M.P (1940-49), published by the University of Calgary Press in 2005. In 2006, he researched and spearheaded a concert event at the University of Manitoba, culminating in a performance of a forgotten cantata titled Mazeppa (1851) by Michael Balfe.

Dr. Hlynka has been a long time member of the board of directors of St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba. He serves on numerous other boards and is listed in Who's Who in Canada.

Denis Hlynka, Ph.D.
Email: dhlynka@cc.umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/hlynka

Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Office: 236 Education Building
Phone: (204) 474-9062