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Staff Sergeant George Narozniak is the recipient of this year’s Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) Youth Service Volunteer Award. Staff Sergeant Narozniak received his award in 2016 at the OACP's annual conference. A 25-year member of the Service, S/Sgt Narozniak is passionate about community engagement and has been a lifetime active member of the Canadian Ukrainian community...

The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko rang in the New Year by acknowledging James and Louise Temerty’s generous $5 million gift to the Our Legacy Our Tomorrow Campaign in the December 31st issue of The Globe and Mail.Their gift supports the Shevchenko Foundation’s Community Development Program, which provides grants to organizations and individuals for national and local festivals, community concert events, and community development projects...

The National Executive of the League of Ukrainian Canadians (LUC) and LUC - Ottawa Chapter took part in the Commemoration of the 83rd Anniversary of the Holodomor on Parliament Hill. Mr. Orest Steciw, LUC National President and Mr. Borys Mykhaylets LUC National Vice President represented LUC National and Michael Hrycak and Dr. Mykola Bilaniuk represented LUC-Ottawa Chapter. In attendance were members of BCU Wealth Management from Toronto, Maksym Trojan and Andrew Ostapchuk, as well as Damian Snih, manager of Buduchnist Credit Union-Ottawa Branch and LUC-Ottawa Chapter executive member...

On Saturday, November 26, 2016 over 400 people attended a very moving Holodomor Commemorative Service organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch. The Commemorative event was held to honour and pray for the millions of lives that perished by a deliberate starvation led by the Soviet regime during 1932-1933. Present were two Holodomor survivors, Mr. Stefan Horlatsch and Mr. Mykola Latyshko along with their families. As well in attendance were children and grandchildren of deceased Holodomor survivors...

On November 29, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, in partnership with the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada, held a solemn commemoration in Canada's Parliament to mark the 83rd anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. In 1932-33 the totalitarian regime of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin sentenced the Ukrainian nation to death by starvation. Millions of children, women and men were condemned to death because of the Ukrainian peoples' aspiration for independence, their desire to speak their language and maintain their culture and traditions. The fourth Saturday of November is designated Holodomor Memorial Day in Canada...

The National Executive of the League of Ukrainian Canadians welcomes the decision of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) to change the location of the World Championship in 2017 from Sochi, Russia to a different country. After multiple teams, including American and Latvian athletes, decided to boycott the world championship event in Russia due to an insufficient response by various international sports organizations to the Russian doping scandal, the IBSF decided to move the event...

The XXV Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians, held in Regina September 29-October 2, 2016, adopted a series of resolutions that will guide the work of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) for the next three years. Over 250 delegates from Ukrainian Canadian organizations and communities across Canada participated in the work of the historic Triennial Congress. "These resolutions set out an ambitious agenda and plan for the next three years. We have left the Congress energized by the vibrant discussion," stated Paul Grod, National President of the UCC. "As the UCC continues its role as the voice of the 1.3-million-strong Ukrainian community in Canada, we call on all our member organizations, provincial councils and local branches to work towards achieving these important goals." The Resolutions adopted by the XXV Congress focused on several themes...

Over 300 people attended a very moving and poignant Remembrance Day Ceremony organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress-Toronto Branch and the Ukrainian War Veterans Association of Canada, commemorating our Canadian fallen and the veterans, as well as all of the Canadians of Ukrainian descent, who served and contributed to Canada’s military forces and the defence and security of Canada. 10,000 Canadians of Ukrainian descent took part in WWI and over 35,000 served in the Canadian Military during the Second World War...

Renata Roman, Chair of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Invictus Games Organizing Committee and Bohdan Kupych, member of the UCC Ukraine Advisory Council, met with Ukrainian officials on October 21 to discuss Ukraine's participation in the Invictus Games, which will be held in Toronto, September 24-30, 2017 featuring 550 competitors from 17 nations. The Invictus Games are an international sports competition in which wounded, ill and injured military personnel and veterans take part. Founded by Prince Harry, the inaugural Invictus Games took place in London in 2014, with more than 450 competitors from 13 nations. "The Invictus Games demonstrate soldiers' and veterans' indefatigable drive to overcome and the power of sport on their journey to recovery." More information on the Invictus Games is available at http://www.invictusgames2017.com/...

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Ukraine Appeal is pleased to announce that ten ambulances from across Canada were shipped to Ukraine as part of the "Ambulances for Ukraine" Project - Phase 2. "Ambulances for Ukraine" was established in early 2015 in response to the dire humanitarian situation in Ukraine brought on by Russia's invasion and ongoing war against Ukraine. Over 9500 people have been killed, over 20,000 wounded or injured, and over 1.7 million displaced from their homes as a result of Russia's aggression...