August 25, 2015 – Ottawa – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) strongly condemns the verdict and sentencing handed down today in Russia’s show trial of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kolchenko. A Russian court in Rostov-on-Don, ignoring all evidence exonerating the two men, found guilty and sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in [&hellip
Dear Friends! The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, its member organizations, provincial councils and local branches extend warm greetings to the Ukrainian Canadian community and all those celebrating the 24th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Through the centuries, the people of Ukraine struggled and fought for their liberty and independence. Generations of Ukrainians endured and resisted years of [&hellip
August 18, 2015 – Ottawa – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) encourages all Canadians to take part in Black Ribbon Day Commemoration events being held across the country. Organized by the Central and Eastern European Council (CEEC), locations have been announced for the 2015 National Black Ribbon Day Commemorations. The CEEC represents the interests of [&hellip
August 18, 2015 – Ottawa – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) encourages all Canadians to take part in Black Ribbon Day Commemoration events being held across the country. Organized by the Central and Eastern European Council (CEEC), locations have been announced for the 2015 National Black Ribbon Day Commemorations. The CEEC represents the interests of [&hellip
Robert Conquest, the writer on Soviet Russia who has died aged 98, was a polemicist and a serious, published poet; but above all he was an historian, one of the outstanding scholars of his time, whose books did as much as any other man’s to alter our view of the communist experience. Conquest personified the [&hellip
Business and Community Leader Round table Meetings with Prime Minister Yatsenyuk PHOTOS July 27 2015 – OTTAWA – On Tuesday July 14, The Embassy of Ukraine in Canada in coordination with the Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, held a business leader round table discussion with the Prime Minister of [&hellip
Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 July 16 2015 – OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 On July 17, 2014, Russian-backed terrorists shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-17 flying over Russian-controlled, [&hellip
Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 July 16 2015 – OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17: On July 17, 2014, Russian-backed terrorists shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-17 flying over Russian-controlled, [&hellip