Presidents of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress

1940-1953     Rev. Dr. Wasyl Kushnir

1953-1957      Antony Yaremovich

1957-1959     Very Rev. Dr. Samuel W.Sawchuk

1959-1971     Rev. Dr. Wasyl Kushnir

1971-1974     Dr. Peter Kondra

1974-1980    Dr. Serge Radchuk

1980-1986    John Nowosad

1986-1992    Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, C.M., M.D., D.C.L.

1992-1998    Oleh Romaniw, Q.C.

1998-2004    Eugene Czolij

2004-2007    Orysia Sushko

2007-2018     Paul Grod

2018- present  Alexandra Chyczij

Congresses of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress

I (First) Congress, June 22-24, 1943 in Winnipeg, MB

Slogan “Victory and Freedom”  Over 600 delegates

President – Rev. Dr. W. Kushnir

 

II (Second) Congress, 1946 was held in Toronto, ON

President Rev. Dr. W. Kushnir

Appointed Executive Director – Mr. M. W. Kochan

 

III (Third) Congress, 1950 in Winnipeg, MB

President Rev. Dr. W. Kushnir

 

IV (Fourth) Congress, July 8-10, 1953 in Winnipeg, MB

President 1953-1957 – A. I. Yaremovich

 

V (Fifth) Congress, July 5-7, 1956 in Winnipeg, MB

President A. I. Yaremovich

 

VI (Sixth) Congress, July 9-12, 1959 in Winnipeg, MB

Opened by the Rev. W. Kushnir, who returned to his post as President UCC

 

VII (Seventh) Congress, July 5-7, 1962 in Winnipeg, MB

President Rev. W. Kushnir

 

VIII (Eight) Congress, October 9-11, 1965 in Winnipeg, MB

President Rev. Dr. W. Kushnir

Executive Director, W. Kochan

(Purchase of a building at 456 Main Street in Winnipeg)

 

IX (Ninth) Congress, October 11-14, 1968 in Winnipeg, MB

President Rev. Dr. W. Kushnir

Executive Director Dr. S. J. Kalba (he had replaced W. Kochan who had passed away in 1966)

The First World Congress of Free Ukrainians initiated by the UCC, took place in November 1967 in New York

 

X (The Tenth) Congress, October 8-11, 1971 in Winnipeg, MB

President Rev. Dr. W. Kushnir

ED Dr. S. J. Kalba

 

XI (Eleventh) Congress, October 11-14, 1974 in Winnipeg, MB

Dr. P. A. Kondra the first UCC President under the rotational system which had been approved at the previous Congress.

ED Dr. S. J. Kalba

 

XII (Twelfth) Congress, October 7-10, 1977 in Winnipeg, MB

President Dr. S. Radchuk

 

XIII (Thirteenth) Congress, October 10-13, 1980 in Winnipeg, MB

President Dr. Serge Radchuk (elected president for the second term)

 

XIV (Fourteenth) Congress, October 7-10, 1983 in Winnipeg, MB

President John Nowosad

 

XV (Fifteenth) Congress, October 7-10, 1986 in Winnipeg, MB

President John Nowosad (elected president for the second term)

As recommended by the 14th Congress, the UCC Ottawa Branch temporarily assumed responsibility as the Ottawa Bureau of the UCC, and was headed by B. Sirsky

 

XVI (Sixteenth) Congress, October 6-9, 1989 in Winnipeg, MB

President Dr. D. Cipywnyk

Executive Director Wasyl Werbeniuk

UCC Information Bureau in Ottawa, headed by A. Hluchowecky, was opened October 1987.

The Congress approved change of name from the Ukrainian Canadian Committee to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.

The central office of the UCC experienced important staff changes.  Mr. A. Yaremovich resigned as ED in 1984.  Mr. G. Weretelnyk was appointed to this post in August 1985, however, he resigned in June 1986, Anne Wach, initially long time Executive Secretary, subsequently Assistant Executive Director, resigned June 1986.  Lydia Hawryshkiw was appointed Executive Secretary in August 1986.  Mr. Wasyl Werbeniuk was appointed as Executive director in 1987

 

XVII (Seventeenth) Congress, October 8-11, 1992 in Winnipeg, MB

President Dr. D. Cipywnyk (elected president for the second term)

 

XVIII (Eighteenth) Congress, October 6-9, 1995 in Winnipeg, MB

President Oleh Romaniw

Executive Director Lydia Hawryshkiw

 

XIX (Nineteenth) Congress, October 9-12, 1998 in Winnipeg, MB

President Oleh Romaniw (elected president for the second term)

Executive Director Lydia Hawryshkiw

 

XX (Twenties) Congress, October 5-7, 2001 in Winnipeg, MB

President Eugene Czolij

Executive Director Lydia Hawryshkiw

Acting Executive Director  Lesia Szwaluk (1999-2000)

 

XXI (Twenty First) Congress, October 1-3, 2004 in Winnipeg, MB

President Eugene Czolij (elected president for the second term)

Acting Executive Director Rick Mantey

Executive Director Ostap Skrypnyk

In 2005 changed location of head office from 456 Main St. to 167 Lombard Ave. Winnipeg, MB

 

XXII (Twenty Second) Congress, October 19-21, 2007 in Winnipeg, MB

President Orysia Sushko

Executive Director Ostap Skrypnyk

 

XXIII (Twenty Third) Congress, November 5-7, 2010 in Edmonton, AB

President Paul Grod (elected president for the first term)

Executive Director Taras Zalusky

 

XXIV (Twenty Four) Congress, November 8-10, 2013 in Toronto, ON

President Paul Grod (elected president for the second term)

Executive Director Taras Zalusky

 

XXV (Twenty Five) Congress, September 29- October 2 2016 in Regina, SK

President Paul Grod (elected president for the third term)

Acting Executive Director Olya Grod (March – August 2016)

Executive Director Ihor Michalchyshyn (September 2016)

XXVI (Twenty Six) Congress, 1-3 November 2019 in Ottawa, ON

President Alexandra Chyczij

Executive Director Ihor Michalchyshyn