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Ukrainian-Canadian Congress
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC; uk, Конгрес Українців Канади) is a nonprofit umbrella organization of Ukrainian-Canadian political, cultural, and religious organizations. History Originally known as the Ukrainian Canadian Committee (by which it was known until 1989), it was established as a result of the efforts of the Ukrainian Canadian community in November 1940 by the Government of Canada. In August 2022, Russia designated the Ukrainian Canadian Congress as an " undesirable organisation". Leadership The UCC National President is Alexandra Chyczij. The previous UCC National President was Paul M. Grod (2007–2018), who later became the President of the Ukrainian World Congress. Shevchenko Medal The UCC has issued the Shevchenko Medal to the following recipients: * Eugene Czolij * Stephen Harper * Isydore Hlynka * Michael (Khoroshy) * Paul Konoplenko-Zaporozhetz * Michael Luchkovich * Lubomyr Luciuk * Mykola Plaviuk * Peter Savaryn * Jo ...
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Government Of Canada
The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown-in-Council''; the legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ..., as the ''Crown-in-Parliament''; and the courts, as the ''Crown-on-the-Bench''. Three institutions—the Privy Council ( conventionally, the Cabinet); the Parliament of Canada; and the Judiciary of Canada, judiciary, respectively—exercise the powers of the Crown. The term "Government of Canada" (french: Gouvernement du Canada, links=no) more commonly refers specifically to the executive—Minister of the Crown, ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet) and th ...
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Michael Luchkovich
Michael Luchkovich (November 13, 1892 – April 21, 1973) was a Canadian politician. He was the first person of Ukrainian origin to be elected to the Parliament of Canada. Early life His father, Ephraim and mother Maria immigrated from Nova Vis' in Austrian Galicia to Pennsylvania, where he worked as a miner and saloon owner where Michael was born. Shamokin had a politically and culturally active community and in 1894 the Ruthenian National Association was formed there. Michael's parents spoke the Lemko dialect and his older sisters also learned standard Ukrainian, but Michael spoke English almost exclusively, and worked outside the home preparing tobacco for making cigars. After two of his older sisters emigrated to Canada to become teachers in one-room schools in Manitoba, and Michael followed. Luchkovich attended high school at Manitoba College in Winnipeg and then began studying at the University of Manitoba, began learning the Ukrainian language and history from the ...
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League Of Ukrainian Canadian Women
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League Of Ukrainian Canadians
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Council Of Ukrainian Credit Unions Of Canada
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants. A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor or councilperson, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman. In politics Notable examples of types of ...
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Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and e ...
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Canada-Ukraine Foundation
Canada-Ukraine Foundation (CUF) is a national charitable organization established in 1995. The CUF coordinates, develops, organizes, and implements aid projects created by Canadians and sent to Ukraine and other projects in Canada. History 1994–2014 In June 1994, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) decided to establish the Canada-Ukraine Foundation (CUF). The creation of the CUF was declared on the occasion of Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma's official visit to Canada in late 1994. CUF was officially established on August 28, 1995. In 2000-2007 CUF supported various minor initiatives such as assisting youth, students, etc. With increased funding since 2008 (funds raised through donations, membership fees, and government grants), CUF was able to undertake more substantial projects such as Dzherelo Rehabilitation Centre (children and youth with special needs), Covid Relief and others. In 2010, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, the Canada-Ukrai ...
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Borys Wrzesnewskyj
Borys Wrzesnewskyj ( ; born November 10, 1960) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Etobicoke Centre in the House of Commons of Canada. He held the riding from 2004 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Liberal Party. Background Wrzesnewskyj was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada (now a part of Toronto). He is a third-generation Ukrainian Canadian, of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and partly Polish from paternal family. He attended Humber Valley Village Public School and Upper Canada College. He received a Bachelor of Commerce from Trinity College, University of Toronto and has been a member of Plast. He speaks English, Ukrainian, Polish, French, and Spanish. He is the owner of Future Bakery, founded by his grandparents, and M-C Dairy. Humanitarian work Wrzesnewskyj is known for his humanitarian work both in his riding of Etobicoke Centre and abroad, including helping children causes in Ukraine. Through Future Bakery, Wrz ...
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Roman Waschuk
Roman Waschuk (also Roman Vashchuk, uk, Роман Ващук; born 28 January 1962 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat of Ukrainian ethnicity, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Early life Waschuk's parents immigrated to Canada from Western Ukraine after the Second World War. His father was born in present-day Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, his mother born in Buchach. He studied history with focus on Central and Eastern Europe, also German and Russian, receiving 1985 a MA at University of Toronto. He worked for the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals Juli 1985 – December 1986, Providing background information to investigators and counsel on WW2-era events in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. He is fluent in English, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Serbian. He was member of the Ukrainian Scouting organization "Plast" in Canada. Career 1987 he began his career in the diplomatic service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada. First pos ...
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Steven Staryk
Steven Sam Staryk, OC (born 27 April 1932) is a Canadian violin virtuoso. He had a distinguished solo career and was concertmaster of several major orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He appeared frequently as soloist in violin concertos with these orchestras. Staryk also had an extensive and awarded teaching career. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada of Ukrainian descent, began his musical education at 7 years old at the Harbord Collegiate Institute. He pursued further violin studies with Albert Pratz at The Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) and in New York City. As a renowned teacher, orchestral and chamber musician, and international soloist, he is considered to be the leading Canadian-born violinist of his generation. He is listed in ''The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada'' and 23 international publications inclu ...
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John Sopinka
John Sopinka, (March 19, 1933 – November 24, 1997) was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court. Early life and education Sopinka was born in Broderick, Saskatchewan and lived there until his Ukrainian Canadian family moved to Hamilton, Ontario. He completed secondary school at Saltfleet High School in Stoney Creek. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees at the University of Toronto where he was a member of the Toronto chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. While studying law, he also played professional football. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1955 CFL draft. He played with the Toronto Argonauts (1955 to 1957, 29 games) and then the Montreal Alouettes (1957, 8 games) of the Canadian Football League. Career He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1960 and practiced law at Fasken & Calven before becoming a senior partner at Stikeman Elliott. He was desig ...
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