Diaspora

Last month, a team of 25 specialized Canadian health care professionals travelled to Ukraine to perform difficult reconstructive surgical procedures on victims of the Euromaidan revolution and the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. The team was comprised of surgeons, anesthetists, and nurses from across Canada, including Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Toronto. Throughout the ten-day mission the team worked alongside Ukrainian doctors and nurses to assess over 60 patients from across Ukraine with complex post-traumatic injuries and deformities. In total the mission was able to perform...

The X Ukrainian World Congress was held 20-22 August 2013 inLviv,Ukraine, with the participation of 208 delegates representing 27 countries. The delegates were joined by 350 guests who travelled from around the world, including all regions ofUkraine, to participate in the proceedings and learn about the work of the UWC. The X Ukrainian World Congress provided an opportunity for participants to share accomplishments, exchange ideas and develop plans for the further consolidation of the 20-million strong Ukrainian diaspora...

The Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at University of Toronto is accepting applications for the Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society for the year 2013-2014. The objective of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to support on an annual basis one of the most promising junior scholars studying contemporary Ukraine and thereby to advance academic understanding of Ukrainian politics, culture, and society. The Fellowship is made possible by generous support of the Petro Jacyk Education Foundation. Description: The Fellowship has both research and teaching components. The successful candidate will...

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is pleased to announce that the 24th Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians will be held in Toronto, Ontario from November 7-10, 2013. This meeting is the first time this gathering of the leadership of the Ukrainian Canadian community will be in Toronto since the III Congress of Ukrainian Canadians held in Toronto in 1946. This event will also mark the launch of activities to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko and preparations for the 125th Anniversary of the settlement of Ukrainians in Canada. We encourage you to make plans now to attend what will be one of the most impactful and celebratory Congresses yet. Hosted by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress National and UCC Toronto Branch, the 2013 Triennial Congress will provide three full days of networking, policy forums, exhibits and awards. Most importantly we will be electing the leadership of the...

On November 11th 2012, The Ukrainian National Federation of Canada concluded it’s 37th National Convention at an historic 3 day conference and 80th anniversary banquet in the city of Edmonton Alberta. Returning to the city of its birth to hold the convention and celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the UNF of Canada, the theme of the Convention was “Challenge the Future”. Members from the organization’s 4 Affiliate Groupings and 15 Branches across Canada met to discuss the changing needs of the Ukrainian Canadian Community and to develop a road map to the future of organizational life within the Ukrainian-Canadian Context. The convention activities began on Thursday November 8, 2012, when several national and local representatives of the UNF and its Affiliated Organizations were guests in the gallery of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Hon. Gene Zwozdesky, and were warmly greeted by...

As Chief Election Observer for the International Election Observer Mission of the Ukrainian World Congress, I am pleased to report back to you on the degree of fairness of the parliamentary elections, as well as to consider where the Ukrainian nation that has emerged from the elections is heading and what influence we may bring to bear to support Ukrainian sovereignty and a return to democracy. I would like to thank the Ukrainian World Congress, together with the Canada Ukraine Foundation and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, for having supported our Mission. Ours was the largest non-government supported Mission observing the elections in Ukraine. I believe it proved its usefulness by providing an independent viewpoint, unconstrained by any political considerations. I hope that the findings of the Mission will support the useful work the UWC is doing in presenting the views of the Ukrainian diaspora to governments concerned with Ukraine. I hope that the UWC will find it useful to support such Observer Missions for future Ukrainian elections. Our Election Observer Mission began its work on July 12. When the Mission came...