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Wishing you a Blessed and Happy Easter! from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress

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Message from the President

Dear Friends,

During this time of Lent and reflection, I am very proud and grateful for all that has been accomplished by UCC during the past year.  A few of the events are highlighted below:

UCC successfully hosted the triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians in Edmonton, Alberta in November 2010. AT the Congress, ideas were debated, resolutions were adopted and a new course was set for the Ukrainian Canadian Congress for the next s year mandate.  I am proud to have been re-elected by the delegates to be President for the next three years.

In addition, the UCC participated in the Prime Minister’s highly successful trip to Ukraine. Prime Minister Harper met with President Yanukovych and opposition leader Tymoshenko. In addition, he visited the Holodomor monument, and met with Father Gudziak at Lviv Catholic University to discuss restrictions on freedoms under the Yanukovych government.

We have been very busy over the last 3-4 months expressing our dissatisfaction with the situation at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR)in Winnipeg.  We have met with Museum management and several cabinet ministers to inform them of our concerns regarding the plans based on the discredited content advisory committee report.  We have begun an advocacy campaign including media, petitions and letter writing which has resulted in more than 45 Members of Parliament supporting the UCC position on the inclusion of a permanent and prominent gallery recognizing the Holodomor as a genocide and Canada’s First National Internment Operations to be included in the CMHR.

UCC is actively planning activities to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian pioneer settlement in Canada.  In particular, Ukraine Day on Parliament Hill is planned, but has been postponed due to the federal election.

All of these accomplishments would not have been possible without the dedicated volunteers from our community and I thank them all.  Please enjoy reading through the rest of our bulletin for more articles about UCC.   I wish everyone a very happy Easter as we look forward to our future successes.

Paul M. Grod

Click here to download the Print Edition (PDF) of the 2011 UCC Easter Newsletter