Calgary, June 4, 2026, UCCLA RCMP are investigating after the UCCLA discovered that two trilingual bronze plaques commemorating Ukrainians and other Europeans interned in Banff National Park during the First World War were gone. The bronze plaques – one affixed…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets with U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg
In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, in both one-on-one and expanded formats. The President thanked Keith Kellogg for visiting our country and for participating in the Ukraine Recovery Conference and…
BCU Foundation Donor Appreciation Evening (June 26, 2025)
On June 26, 2025, BCU Foundation hosted its biannual Donor Appreciation Evening, titled “Celebrating Our Legacy, Building the Future,” held at Old Mill Toronto. This special evening provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with our dedicated supporters, showcase the tangible…
BCU Foundation Announces Alexandra Shkandrij as Recipient of $10,000 “Canada 150 Fund” Graduate Scholarship for 2025
Toronto, ON, July 7, 2025 – BCU Foundation is proud to announce that Alexandra Shkandrij of Winnipeg, MB, has been awarded the $10,000 “Canada 150 Fund” Graduate Scholarship for 2025. This marks the fourth year of the scholarship, established…
A partnership that delivers hope & a future
L to R Neil Koziak, Sister Partenia, SSMI, Wanda Kowalchyk, Dr. Serge Cipko, Dobrodiyka Luba Kowalchyk, Maryana Dublanko and Sister Myroslava, SSMI The Bishop Budka Charitable Society’s 2025 Annual General Meeting held June 18, 2025 in Edmonton, once again…
Bozena Hrycyna awarded 2025 “REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts” funding
Bozena Hrycyna, a folk artist and community educator based in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, has been awarded the annual REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts for 2025, a project of the Shevchenko Foundation in partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation. Now…
UCC polls Canadian politicians ahead of parliamentary elections
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has published findings of its election survey of national political party leaders ahead of Canada’s upcoming federal election on April 28 to the nation’s legislature – the House of Commons. The poll collected responses from…
'Our identity': Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village damaged in Good Friday wildfire
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP closured a section of Highway 16 east of Edmonton on Friday after a wildfire broke out east of Elk Island National Park, behind the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, razing a number of structures. Supplied/Fort Saskatchewan RCMP…
In the century since his birth
Yaroslav Sokolik Yaroslav Sokolik was born in 1925 in the spring, the joyful month of April. And that’s what he was: joyful, humorous, full of energy, initiative. He loved music, sports, company, movement, traveling, traveling. He was a gentleman, sincere,…
Painting for a just peace
Guardian Angels Ukraine, established in 2014, is a project of the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women (LUCW) that provides mental health supports, rehabilitation, medical equipment for hospitals, organizes educational programs for medical personnel and supports the social reintegration of wounded…
CONCERT-HONORING TARAS SHEVCHENKO “TRANS OF TARAS” IN TORONTO
On March 9, 2025, a grand concert-honoring Taras Shevchenko “Trans of Taras” took place in Toronto, Canada, organized by the Ensembles of the Ukrainian Youth Union, Toronto branch, the League of Ukrainian Women of Canada and the League of Ukrainian…