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The 10th KOBZAR Book Award Presentation was a great success! 150 guests from across Canada gathered on March 21 at Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights to celebrate our Canadian storytellers. The Ukrainian story in Canada spans over 130 years from the first settlers in 1891 to today’s newly arrived Ukrainians displaced by the war in their homeland. The Shevchenko Foundation launched the KOBZAR Book Award (KBA) with a mission to encourage writers to interpret our Ukrainian Canadian stories boldly and creatively for the world to enjoy...

Empowering Voices, Enriching Heritage: BCU Financial and BCU Foundation, as Shortlist Book Sponsors, lay the groundwork for stories that resonate with hearts and minds across borders. Their support paints a brighter future for literature. BCU Financial and BCU Foundation - Фундація Будучність had the honour to be one of the sponsors of the prestigious literary award - 2024 Kobzar Book Award, organized by the Shevchenko Foundation. The award presentation gala took place on March 21, 2024, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. BCU Financial Group was represented by the senior management and the teams of BCU Financial, BCU Wealth Management of RJL and BCU Foundation...

Over two years after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians are still fighting valiantly. Two years on, Russian President Vladimir Putin is still spewing baseless propaganda that my country, a country with a Jewish president and a thriving Jewish community, is a Nazi state. There is no more profound symbol to counteract this false portrayal than the recent completion of the Torah scroll of solidarity between Ukraine and Israel, with letters inscribed by their presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Isaac Herzog. This scroll will be a motivating force for the Ukrainian and Jewish communities to unify, closer than ever, to counter the old Soviet playbook and ensure that freedom prevails. But more must be done...