Yelyzaveta Taranukha is a first year PhD candidate at the Department of Literature Studies of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine); research profile – comparative literature studies. Yelyzaveta is also engaged in 4-year PhD program “Philosophy and Literature” at the Yuchymenko family Doctoral School. She is a researcher in Canadian-Ukrainian comparative studies. Yelyzaveta’s research topic is “Lyrical self in poetry of V.Stus, O.Zuyevskyi, and M. Atwood”. Besides literature studies, Yelyzaveta is Ukrainian language teacher in Ukrainian Language Department of the National University of Kyiv- Mohyla Academy. Her specific teaching method is based on fairy-tales. Moreover, Yelyzaveta volunteers leading English speaking club for children