The Ukrainian War Veterans Association of Canada held a very successful Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Event in Toronto on Friday June 1, 2018
The event delivered excellent presentations and the greetings made an impact on the attendees.
Special guests included:
- Members of Parliament James Maloney, Borys Wrzesnewskyj and James Bezan
- Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine, His Excellency Roman Waschuk
- Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Andriy Shevchenko
- Commander of the Canadian Army – Lieutenant General Paul Wynnyk
- former UNIFIER Commander Lt Col Kristopher Reeves
- Ukrainian Canadian Council President Paul Grod and Vice President Alexandra Chyczij
- Contingent of 23 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment and 2nd Combat Engineering Regiment from CFB Petawawa
- First commander of UNIFIER – Col Jason Guiney
- Commander of 32 Canadian Brigade Group – Col Dan Stepaniuk
- Commander of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada – LCol Frank D. Lamie, CD
- Numerous veterans from Canada and Ukraine – WWII, Afghanistan and Donbas
For the photo gallery, please click here or the image below