Friday 11. of April 2008 Government of Canada announces support for the Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society to help newcomers settle in the community

Toronto, April 11, 2008 — Ed Komarnicki, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced funding to help...

Monday 17. of March 2008 The Government of Canada Supports 2008 Vitaemo Festival

On behalf of the Honourable Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, Chris Warkentin, Member of Parliament (Peace River), today announced funding for the Troyanda Society of Ukrainian...

Friday 08. of February 2008 Ukrainian MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj introduces bill to combat underground trade in human organs and body parts

Ottawa – Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre) introduced Bill C-500, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking and transplanting human organs and other body parts), a Private Member’s Bill that would address the...

Saturday 02. of February 2008 Ukrainian famine-genocide is excluded from TDSB curriculum

M.P. Borys Wrzesnewskyj has discovered that Toronto District School Board has excluded Holodomor from their curriculum. Below is a letter written by Borys Wrzesnewskyj to John Campbell(head of the Toronto District School...

Tuesday 29. of January 2008 “Oméigwessi” the Ojibwe Ukrainian

As Alyssa embraces her Ukrainian cultural along with her French Métis roots, it was only nature to call her debut CD Oméigwessi (Ukrainian): Reel Métis, a tribute to Walter Flett.

Omé igwessi was the nickname of Manitoba...