Myroslava Pidhirnyj

BIO

Enrolled in the Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM) at a young age, Myroslava has remained an active member throughout her life; assuming progressively more challenging and responsible positions as youth counsellor, Camp Komendant, Head of the Youth Section and President of Winnipeg’s CYM Branch and its representative for 9 years to the National CYM Executive. From 2003 to 2011, Myroslava was president of the World Executive of CYM.
In addition, Myroslava has been a prominent member of many community boards and organizations, including: president of the Ukrainian Club at the University of Manitoba, board member of the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Toronto, member of local and national boards of the League of Ukrainian Canadians (LYK), board of the Canadian Ukrainian Institute Prosvita (Winnipeg) and for many years on local and national boards of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, where she was instrumental in establishing the joint Canada-Ukraine Advisory Council and was its first co-chair.
Myroslava is currently Vice President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress-Manitoba Provincial Council (UCC-MPC) and chaired its Shevchenko 200 Commemoration Committee.