Leslie Salnick
BIO
Leslie B. Salnick (nee: Oleksa Borislaw Tsaleniuk) was born in the mining town of Kirklandlake, Ontario, Canada, on June 8, 1941. His family immigrated from Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk region and landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 5, 1894 (128 years ago) and boarded a train directly to Wakaw, Saskatchewan. When his father Peter Salnick arrived in Kirklandlake, he became a member of the Ukrainian National Federation.
In 1946, the family moved to Toronto, Ontario. Leslie became a member of Doryst, Ukrainian National Federation (UNF). Later he attended Ukrainian school at the UNF on College Street. Like his father Peter, Leslie has always been a proud member and supporter of the Ukrainian community in Canada.
1958-1960 – President of Ukrainian National Youth Federation, Toronto-West Branch.
2000-2012 – Member and secretary of the Board of Directors of National Executive Ukrainian National Federation of Canada.
2004-2012 – President of Board of Directors of The New Pathway Ukrainian Weekly.
2004 – Participated and contributed to The Ukrainian Canadian Congress International Observer Mission Ukraine Presidential Election and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
2004 – Purchased a set of dishes (300 pax) for the UNF, when the federation moved from College Street to Evans Avenue.
2010 – Donated $5,000 to support member transportation at the UNF of Canada convention in Montreal.
2015 – Donated $5,000 to the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation/KUMF Gallery to support the Art Programme for children.
2018 – Donated $125,000 to the Holodomor Memorial in Toronto, Exhibition Place.
2022 – Donated $10,000 to support a Ukraine Military Autel Robotic.
Leslie has been on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce since the mid-1990s, he travelled three times as part of CUCC trade delegations to Ukraine, and is a staunch donor and patron of CUCC annual golf tournament each year.
L. Salnick is the Executive Vice President Metrospot Marketing, Toronto.
