Oksana Stech

BIO

Oksana Stech is currently working as an Investigator- Financial Crime Investigative Reporting for HSBC.  Oksana has completed her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology and Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Toronto, as well as her Master’s Degree in Global Criminology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.  

Oksana is an active member of the Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada (CYM), where she has been a director on the National Executive Board of Directors since 2019. Recently, she has been appointed as Communications Director. Within the CYM Mississauga Branch, Oksana has been a member of the board since 2016, and currently takes on the role of Program Coordinator, where she organizes weekly meetings for children aged 6-17, yearly leadership seminars and cultural concerts.  

Oksana has partnered CYM with Canadian Blood Services and organized a Canada-wide blood donation event which occurs bi-annually in honour of the “Heavenly Hundred Heroes”. She currently is the liaison between the two organizations. Oksana has also helped organize and lead the tri-annual Congress that occurred in Calgary with her session emphasizing how to improve the organization and engage and bring back past members. Oksana has also played an integral role in helping organize and volunteer at summer camps at Veselka (Acton, Ontario) in the past. Specifically, this year, Oksana helped in organizing summer camps for kids affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine.  

Oksana continues to promote and show her love of her Ukrainian background by not only teaching the youth and mentoring young adults how to grow and become great leaders, but also how to keep the Ukrainian spirit alive.