Parliamentary Appreciation for 2011 CUPP Student Interns

Ottawa - On October 27, 2011, the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada hosted the official presentation ceremony of certificates to the Ukrainian students participating in the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program - internship in the offices of Members of Parliament of Canada. The certificates were presented by Robert Sopuck, Chair of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group, and signed by the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. The ceremony was attended by Members of Parliament Ted Opitz, Peter Goldring, James Bezan, Harold Albrecht, Joyce Bateman, Susan Truppe, Ed Komarnicki, Wladyslaw Lizon, Bernard Trottier, Alexandre Boulerice and others, as well as by representatives of the diplomatic corps and Ukrainian community, particularly, Mykola Bilaniuk, President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Ottawa Branch.

During their speeches, the MPs thanked the Ukrainian interns for their work and stressed their high-level of knowledge and education.

Following the official program, the Ukrainian students organized a cultural program called “Ukrainian Vechornytsi” – an evening gathering of traditional Ukrainian music, songs, jokes and rituals, which was then followed by a reception.

The Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program has been running since 1991. Under this initiative, students from higher educational institutions from regions across Ukraine perform the duties of a two-month long internship in the offices of Members of Parliament of Canada.

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Student interns of Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program, diplomats of the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada, and Members of Parliament of Canada