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]
Biography
He 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]
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:
in the publication of the first edition of the "Postup" newspaper;
in the working groups of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on draft laws on disability and education.
Доступність до об'єктів житлового та громадського призначення для людей з особливими потребами (2004, coauthor)
Активний відпочинок та туризм для неповносправних (2005, coauthor)
Реабілітаційний супровід навчання неповносправних дітей (2008, coauthor)
Сільський відпочинок для неповносправних (2011, coauthor)
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]