April 13, 2016. Toronto and St. Catharines. To mark the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), as part of the Cross-Canada Tour undertaken by UCC President Paul Grod and Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko, the UCC held celebrations in Toronto on April 8 and St. Catharines on April 9. Attended by 500…
The Toronto Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC-Toronto) welcomed over 10,000 people to the 25th annual Ukrainian Independence Day celebration on Saturday, August 20 at Centennial Park in Toronto. A full day of greetings, festivities, and entertainment was enjoyed by all. This Independence Day celebration marked not only a quarter century of Ukraine’s independent…
September 7 marks Ukrainian Heritage Day in Ontario – the day when 125 years ago in 1891 Ukrainian settlers arrived in Canada. Members of the community celebrated Ukrainian Heritage Day at an event organized by St. Vladimir Institute. Ukrainian Heritage Day was created when in March 2011, the Ontario Legislature unanimously passed Bill-155 – the…
It may number only about 3,000, but Greater Sudbury’s Ukrainian community delved into its rich past Sunday to create a vivid, varied and colourful heritage event at the Ukrainian Seniors Centre in the downtown core. On top of the Ukrainian bandura (or lute) music and songs performed on a tsymbaly – a metal-stringed instrument played…
October 4, 2016. OTTAWA, ON. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is pleased to welcome the incoming Board of Directors, appointed at the XXV Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians, held in Regina, SK on September 29-October 2, 2016. Over 250 delegates from coast to coast met to set the priorities and establish the leadership of the…