13.02.2008
NDP MP Peggy Nash (Parkdale – High Park) is proud to announce that her Private Member’s Bill C – 394, also known as “Once in a Lifetime”, will undergo second reading in February 2008. Bill C – 394 is potentially beneficial to the Ukrainian community because it can help to reunite many Ukrainian families... |
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13.02.2008
Ukraine’s president has asked the country’s parliament to officially recognize the contribution that anti-Soviet military and political formations made towards Ukraine’s independence during the last century. But recent polls show that public opinion is still divided on issues such as the recognition of OUN and UPA, whose history remains obscured by Soviet-era propaganda and stereotypes... |
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12.12.2007
 Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined Canadians in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, addressing a ceremony in Ottawa on November 28, 2007. Acknowledging the Holodomor and its victims, the Prime Minister stated, "We in Canada are bonded to this dark chapter in human history by more than a million Canadians of Ukrainian descent, many of whom lost loved ones in the Holodomor. And so, all Canadians join us in commemorating this 75th anniversary of the terrible famine of 1932-33. Because what was done to the Ukrainian people was a mortal offence against the values we hold dearest; freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law." Condemning the bankrupt communist ideology and its apologists he continued... |
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07.11.2007
 The national coordinating body for Ukrainian Canadians – the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) - held its 22nd Triennial Congress in Winnipeg from 19-22 October, 2007 under the slogan “Connecting our Community.” The Congress elected Toronto lawyer and business person Paul Grod as its national President. In his acceptance speech, Grod outlined a program of increasing the reach of the UCC to make it more active in Canadian society... |
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07.09.2007
The Ukrainian youth association Plast held its International Jamboree in Canada August 4-19. Over 1200 members from around the world participated in the final weekend’s activities at the organization’s camp, Plastova Sich, in Grafton, Ontario. 600 youth had an opportunity to enjoy a one-week camp program which was based in four areas... |
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05.09.2007
The League of Ukrainian Canadian Women (LUCW) and League of Ukrainian Canadians (LUC) will launch a grass roots movement to organize the Parents’ Coalition for Holodomor Education (PCHE). All interested parents can join PCHE and attend its meeting on Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 6pm in the Ukrainian Cultural Centre on 83 Christie St. in Toronto... |
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10.08.2007
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is preparing to send an observer mission to monitor the early elections to Ukraine’s parliament scheduled for 30 September 2007. This will be the third mission that the Congress has sponsored as part of its on-going commitment to promoting the development of a fully democratic Ukrainian society. Anyone interested in being a volunteer observer is asked to complete the application form on the UCC website (go to http://www.ucc.ca/eom/) by Friday 17 August 2007... |
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10.08.2007
Ukrainian Canadians have rejected the Government of Canada’s proposed Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP), which received Treasury Board approval on June 14. The $24 million historical recognition program would oblige ethnocultural communities to apply for funding for projects aimed at recalling past government wrong doings. This fund is to be administered by the Ministry of Canadian Heritage... |
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10.08.2007
The last time I visited Ternopil, undoubtedly a Banderite hotbed in Halychyna, was in January 2006. The town and environs have unquestionably progressed in the ensuing 18 months, contributing to the region and Ukraine’s growing image as a contemporary European country. While not having actually counted every vehicle, I detected more commercial tractor-trailers and other trucks on the dilapidated roads that simultaneously serve all motorized and non-motorized modes of transportation or conveyance... |
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12.06.2007
He was always innocent. But it took more than a decade to get that confirmed. Last month Cabinet ruled that Wasyl Odynsky will not be denaturalized and deported despite his having been demonized as a “Nazi” and a “collaborator” for over ten years. Wasyl was just a teenager when the Second World War began... |
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