Taras Pidzamecky

BIO

CEO and General Counsel Ukrainian Credit Union Limited (Toronto) which he joined in 1987 as corporate solicitor, co-leading a many-year effort to consolidate Ontario’s rich Ukrainian cooperative legacy into a vibrant province-wide network of credit union branches serving our community. Through the CUCUC, helped champion the restoration of the cooperative credit movement in post-Soviet Ukraine, including co-authoring Ukraine’s first credit union act.   

Community service includes UNYF National President (1984-86); founding director, Canada Ukraine Foundation (1995); Chair, UCC Organizing Committee, 2006 Ukraine Parliamentary Election Observer Mission; Co-Founder, UNF’s Paul Yuzyk Institute for Youth Leadership (2007-2009); UNF National President (2007-12 & 2015-18); past director Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, and Ukrainian World Foundation.  

Currently director Metropolitan Andre Sheptytsky Institute Foundation. Member UNF Toronto, UWVA, and St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Parish. Married to Ulana Plawuszczak for 31 years; they have three children.