Committee Members

Team member

Liza Zienchuk

CYMK Representative
youth@ucc.ca
Team member

Nina Semchyshyn

UCC Liaison
Team member

Andreya Figol

PLAST Representative
Team member

Nestor Sanajko

CYM Representative
Team member

Oksana Luczkiw

UNYF Representative
Team member

Danya Wasylyk

SUSK Representative

Events

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CYMK presents “The Lenten Challenge,” in collaboration with CYM, PLAST & MUNO (UCC’s Inter-Organizational Youth Committee.)

Each week follows a theme with related challenges and activities that will practice mindfulness and wellness in preparation for Easter.

Please fill out the form below to receive the weekly program for this year’s Lenten Challenge!

Click here to register

Opportunities in Youth Engagement

  • Word of mouth and existing friendships are the main reason youth join Ukrainian Youth Organizations
  • Newcomer families who are unfamiliar with all the different organizations and their purpose usually enroll their kids in organizations to which their friends belong. Should we be marketing the diversity of youth organizations in our community to newcoming families? Is relying on word of mouth sustainable?

Challenges in Youth Engagement

  • Low engagement in participation (will be members on paper but rarely physically show up) and volunteering (do we need to rethink model for volunteering? Change the way youth commit? A type of no-commitment commitment?)
  • Once students enter post-secondary institutions it is difficult to continue their engagement in their original youth org
  • Membership fluctuates with generations

The Approach

Create a natural pathway for youth in different stages to foster continuous community engagement (change the mentality – “Ukrainian for life”)
Leverage each other’s resources to further awareness about the extensive reach of the Ukrainian community in GTA
Create more opportunities for youth to learn and create relationships with other organizations

Next Steps

  • Step 1

    Commitment

    Commitment to the committe by both committe members and UCC
  • Step 2

    Inter-organizational participation

    Each member organization participates in one event of another member organization by the end of 2020
  • Step 3

    Inter-organizational youth event

    Host and inter-organizational ukrainian youth event by end of 2021. At this time gather feedback about successes and challenges, focusing on impact on member organizations and apply these notes to a re-evaluatoin of approach.

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