The Exhibit Brings History to Life and Celebrates a Prairie Legacy The Ukrainian-Canadian community of Western Canada is about to experience a celebration of its vibrant musical heritage with the upcoming exhibit, “Ukrainian Music on the Prairies: The Vinyl Era,”…
Celebrating Literary Excellence and Global Leadership: The 2025 Peterson Literary Fund Translated Book Award Gala
On Saturday, November 29, 2025, the Peterson Literary Fund, under the auspices of the BCU Foundation, hosted the distinguished Translated Book Award Gala at Toronto’s historic Old Mill. The annual celebration brought together authors, translators, publishers, philanthropists, diplomats, and community…
Ukrainian UA Days culture festival held in Luxembourg
The third yearly Ukrainian cultural festival, UA Days 2025, took place in Luxembourg on June 6-19. “Our goal was to shine a light on Ukrainian music, cinema, literature and art that once faced censorship and silence, and to celebrate the…
“DIED NOT IN HIS HOUSE, BUT AS A ROOLESS BOATMAN”
On April 4, 1918, almost all of Kyiv gathered at St. Sophia Cathedral to see off the writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi on his last journey. The Ukrainian Central Rada ordered a luxurious hearse drawn by four horses for the funeral, but…
FIGHT — YOU WILL WIN, GOD HELPS YOU!
Mykola Bidnyak — Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine in 1995, Kyiv To the 95th anniversary of the birth of a unique artist — a member of the World Association of Artists VDMFK. Principality of Liechtenstein. Nominee…
ULAS SAMCHUK
February 20, 2025 marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great writer Ulas Samchuk. Many of us in Toronto remember him. Short, well-built, always smiling, sociable. A participant in public events passively and through speeches. I remember him…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KOBZAR! LET’S WIN! GLORY TO UKRAINE!
Famous people’s sayings about Taras Shevchenko Yevhen Malanyuk Not a poet – because that’s painfully little, Not a tribune – because he’s just a mouthpiece for the masses, And least of all – “Kobzar Taras” He who took hold and…
UKRAINIAN FILMS IN CANADA THAT ARE WORTH YOUR TIME
Sanin’s historical adventure film “Dovbush” in various Canadian cinemas across the country. Nowadays, you can watch almost anything at home through a streaming service. Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and other services are flooded with movies, but Ukrainian content is largely…