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02.09.2008
Ukrainians from 23 countries gathered in Kyiv, Ukraine August 20-22 for the ninth World Congress of Ukrainians. 209 delegates met to strengthen international ties and elect a new executive for the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the umbrella organization which unites Ukrainians living beyond the borders of Ukraine. Delegates elected Eugene Czolij from Canada to lead the organization for the next five-year term. Czolij, a lawyer by profession, is known... |
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14.08.2008
Covering the state visit of President Victor Yushchenko to Canada and in particular to Toronto, local media concentrated its attention on the matter of accession to NATO, and only superficially covered other issues about which President Yushchenko spoke. One of these issues was Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This organization did not get the same kind of scrutiny... |
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14.08.2008
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress welcomes the announcement by the Minister of International Cooperation, Hon. Bev Oda, pledging $100,000 in aid to victims of the recent flooding in western Ukraine and the neighboring country of Moldova. Late last month the regions were ravaged by the worst flood in more than a century. By latest tally, due to heavy rains... |
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08.06.2008
 On May 26, 2008, President Victor Yushchenko embarked on a three day visit to Canada. The first of his stops, and arguably the most important, was Ottawa. The day’s events started with an address to Senators and Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The public was invited to attend and view the address from the gallery. Addressing a joint session is a distinction that is rarely given and recently reserved for such leaders as President George W. Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai... |
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08.06.2008
 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The picture to the right captures the essence of last month's state visit to Canada of Ukraine's President Victor Yushchenko. Accompanied by his wife Kateryna, President Yushchenko spent three days in Canada in an atmosphere of friendly relations filled with hope for the future. May 26-28, with a hectic itinerary, the President met with government officials and Ukrainian communities in Ottawa, Winnipeg and Toronto... |
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07.05.2008
 The International Holodomor Remembrance Flame is travelling through 17 Canadian cities raising awareness of the famine-genocide in Ukraine of 1932-33. The Flame arrived in Canada on April 18 at Toronto’s City Hall escorted by Ukraine’s Ambassador in Australia, Valentyn Adomaytis, and chair of the International Coordinating Committee Ukrainian World Congress and president of the Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Australia, Stefan Romaniw... |
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07.05.2008
 As this issue of Ukrainian Echo is going print the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame is concluding its journey through Western Canada. From April 20 through May 5 the Flame has touched the hearts of communities in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Yorkton, Regina, Saskatoon and North Battleford, Saskatchewan; Vegreville, Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton, Alberta; Vernon, British Columbia... |
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07.05.2008
The exhibit, sponsored by the League of Ukrainian Canadians and the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women, consists of 98 panels which present historical documentation, address why and how the genocide was organized, highlight the attempts to organize relief efforts, document survivor testimonies and international recognition of the Holodomor to date... |
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08.03.2008
Both the Holodomor and the World War I internment of Ukrainian will be a compulsory component of Alberta’s new Social Studies curriculum to be implemented in 2009, Ukrainian News has learned. They are included in the study program of both Social “20-1 Perspectives on Nationalism” and “20-2 Understandings of Nationalism”. According to Alberta Education, this new Grade 11 program... |
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13.02.2008
Canadians living in the Toronto area, taxpayers and parents of children attending Toronto District School Board (TDSB) schools are being asked to immediately act in response to the introduction by the TDSB of a course on genocide... |
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