UCC Ontario
Elects New Executive
(UCC Ontario) - On May 26th,
2012, UCC branch presidents and delegates from across Ontario elected a new
volunteer executive to lead the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Ontario Provincial
Council (UCC-OPC). The members are:
Stefan Andrusiak, President (London, ON), Walter Chewchuk, Vice President
(Toronto), Nykolai Bilaniuk, Treasurer (Ottawa), Marika Kobzan-Diakiw,
Secretary (St. Catharines); Olya Sheweli, Past President (Hamilton)
Svitohliad & Objectiv
On July 25th, Stefan Andrusiak
accompanied UCC National President Paul Grod and UCC Toronto Branch President
Oksana Rewa to a meeting with executives at OMNI/Rogers Television to express
their concern about the cancellation of the Ukrainian community public affairs
programs Svitohliad and Objectiv.
The meeting with Rogers Television Executive Vice President Malcolm
Dunlop and OMNI TV’s National Vice President Madeline Ziniak lasted for almost
90 minutes.
“The goal has been to
find a creative, competent and cost-effective solution to this dilemma and we
appreciate OMNI’s on-going willingness to work with our community to maintain
programming hours that bring viewers news and information about Ukrainians in
Ontario and beyond,” stated Andrusiak.
Ukrainian Heritage Day September 7th
All Toronto area residents and visitors
are invited to attend the formal Ukrainian Heritage Day Ceremony at
Queen’s Park on the South Lawn just in front of the Ontario Legislature
Building. Our Keynote Speaker will be
the award winning documentary film producer Halya Kuchmij. We are also delighted to report that baritone
Christopher Dunham will perform the pioneer song: Edna Star, which is dedicated to our
120th anniversary of settlement in Canada.
He will be accompanied by the song’s music composer Ihor Zhylyak.
Anyone wishing to
donate to the work of UCC Ontario to help with our outreach to build our
communities across Ontario can do so at any Ukrainian Credit Union Limited
(UCU) branch. Our special account number
is 200591.
To contact UCC
Ontario, email steve.andrusiak@sympatico.ca or phone 519-657-5882.
UCC OPC Executive
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