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UCC URGES SUPPPORT FOR THE UWC MAY APPEAL

Posted May 8th, 2013, in Community News, Featured, News, UCC Communiques & News, Ukrainian World Congress

UCC URGES COMMUNITY TO SUPPPORT THE UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS

Toronto -May 8, 2013-The Ukrainian Canadian Congress asks you to support to the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) during its annual May Campaign.
“The work of the World Congress is critical today more than ever,” state Paul Grod, UCC National President. “I am very proud of the work being done

UCC Easter Greetings

Posted May 5th, 2013, in Featured, UCC Communiques & News

Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес!
Kонґрес Українців Канади вітає всю українську громаду із світлим празником Христового Воскресіння!

Christ Is Risen! He is Truly Risen!
Wishing you a Blessed and Happy Easter!
from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress

UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS CELEBRATED AND RECOGNIZED IN ALBERTA

Posted May 3rd, 2013, in Community News, Featured, News, UCC Communiques & News

May 2, 2013-OTTAWA- Ukrainian Canadian Congress National President Paul Grod presented Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals to 6 deserving community leaders in public ceremonies held in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta on April 19 and April 20, 2013,

Ukrainian Canadian Congress Marks Anniversary of Chornobyl Nuclear Disaster

Posted Apr 25th, 2013, in News, UCC Communiques & News

Ottawa, Ontario-April 25, 2013 – On April 26, 2013, the world will commemorate the anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine.
In 1986, the Chornobyl nuclear disaster suddenly and drastically transformed the lives of thousands of people in Ukraine and Belarus. Even today, Ukraine continues to cope with the long-term health, economic and environmental consequences

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL MANITOBA ROADSHOW FIERY WINNIPEG TOWN HALL ASKS UCC TO STEP UP EFFORTS ON RIGHTS MUSEUM

Posted Apr 24th, 2013, in Canadian Museum for Human Rights, News, UCC Communiques & News

WINNIPEG- APRIL 23, 2013-Ukrainian Canadian Congress National President Paul Grod and Executive Director Taras Zalusky, successfully concluded the first leg of the UCC National roadshow with successful meetings in Winnipeg, Brandon and Dauphin April 5-7, 2013.
“We had a very successful visit in Manitoba and are encouraged by the vibrant and active community that we met

SUSK Congress Banquet and Zabava

Posted Apr 18th, 2013, in Community News, News, UCC Communiques & News

SUSK invites you to the 55th National Congress & Banquet in Edmonton, Alberta
May 9-12, 2013

55th National Congress
The University of Alberta Ukrainian Students’ Society (USS) is hosting its umbrella organization SUSK: the Ukrainian Canadian Student’s Union, from May 9-12, 2013 in Edmonton, Alberta for the 55th NATIONAL SUSK CONGRESS.

UCC Congratulates Irena Bell

Posted Apr 17th, 2013, in Community News, News, UCC Communiques & News

OTTAWA – April 17, 2013 -The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is pleased to congratulate Ms. Irena Bell of Ottawa on being presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by Senator Raynell Andreychuk in a ceremony on Parliament Hill yesterday

UCC ESTABLISHES NEW DAUPHIN CHAPTER

Posted Apr 14th, 2013, in Community News, Featured, News, UCC Communiques & News

WINNIPEG, Manitoba-April 13, 2013 - On Saturday, April 6, 2013, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) National and Ukrainian Canadian Congress Manitoba Provincial Council met with the leadership of the Ukrainian community in Dauphin and Parklands region and is pleased to announce the establishment of a new UCC Branch in Dauphin and Parklands region, Manitoba. The Honourable

CMHR “Promise Made – Promise Broken”

Posted Apr 14th, 2013, in Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Community News, Featured, Government of Canada, News, UCC Communiques & News

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASPER COMMITMENT:
UCC CALLS UPON RIGHTS MUSEUM TO LIVE UP TO COMMITMENT

Winnipeg, Manitoba-April 11, 2013-Ten years ago today, Dr. Israel Asper, made a commitment to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) to feature the Holodomor and Canada’s First National Internment Operations (WW1 internment) very clearly, distinctly and permanently in the Canadian

UCC Welcomes Release of Political Prisoners

Posted Apr 11th, 2013, in Government of Ukraine, News, UCC Communiques & News, Ukrainian News Sources

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS WELCOMES RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS LUTSENKO AND FILIPCHUK AS IMPORTANT FIRST STEP
OTTAWA – APRIL 10, 2013-The Ukrainian Canadian Congress welcomed news from Ukraine on the release of two political prisoners, former Interior Minister Yurij Lutsenko and former Environment Minister Hryhoriy Filipchuk.
“The pardoning and release of Lutsenko and Filipchuk marks an important first