TY - JOUR
TI - From Kraków to Ottawa. Maria Flora Zielińska – a piece of Poland in Canada
AU - Kijewska-Trembecka, Marta
TI - From Kraków to Ottawa. Maria Flora Zielińska – a piece of Poland in Canada
AB - 
	From Kraków to Ottawa. Maria Flora Zielińska – a piece of Poland in Canada
	Maria Flora Zielińska, née Nałęcz-Odrzywolska, left Krakow in 1957. With her husband Janek, she settled first in Montreal, later in Ottawa. Maria, a woman of great temperament and heart, worked tirelessly for her beloved Poland, Polish diaspora and Canada for over half a century. When still in Poland, she completed her studies at the Jagiellonian University, and then in Canada – library studies at McGill University. She was active in almost all Ottawa’s Polish diaspora organizations, representing them in the Canadian fora. Professionally, she worked for the university library in Montreal and the National Library Canada in Ottawa, but she also helped establish libraries at Polish diaspora institutions. She created and for over 20 years served as head of the Multilingual Biblioservice, a library service for Canadian ethnic groups within the National Library Canada. It was one of the most important institutions supported by the P.E. Trudeau government as part Canada’s cultural pluralism policy. Krakow remained her great love until the end of her life. She often returned to the city to stroll in the Old Town, to go to St. Mary’s Church and to the Noworol Café, to visit friends, just to stay in town for a while. In the Zielińskis’ Ottawa apartment newcomers were always welcome, not only those from Poland. She died in the fall of 2016 at the age of 95.
VL - 2019 (XLV)
IS - Vol. 2 (172)
PY - 2019
SN - 2081-4488
C1 - 2544-4972
SP - 295
EP - 303
DO - 10.4467/25444972SMPP.19.025.10851
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/z-krakowa-do-ottawy-maria-flora-zielinska-kawalek-polski-w-kanadzie