Dedicated to a flourishing Ukrainian culture in Canada
The Shevchenko Foundation builds community, fuels creativity, and inspires philanthropy to enrich the Canadian experience with the beauty, passion, and diversity of Ukrainian culture.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Diana Lawryshyn!
Winner 2026 REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts
In partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation
Stories
Amplifying Ukrainian voices to change the narrative
“What is it to discover that you've been loving something that doesn't love you back? And even worse, I suppose, to invest in a culture that wants your culture to disappear?” – Andrew Kushnir Playwright Andrew Kushnir wrote an article in 2023 entitled: Why...
Helping everyone to love Ukraine
It’s always more than music. Always more than me. Always more than everything. It’s this kind of connection. I want audiences to feel what I’m feeling, what I live through in like an hour. – Marichka If you’ve been listening to Kultura Rising, you’re familiar...
Short story captures cultural conflicts of a young Ukrainian newcomer
Anastasia Skrypnyk, a Toronto-based Ukrainian-Canadian writer, won The Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition in 2026 for her story JCS: Impressions, Pt. 1. In this short story, her first unpublished non-fiction work, Anastasia shares...
Inspiring the spirit of philanthropy
We gratefully acknowledge the generous gifts of our principal donors.
Temerty Foundation
Boris Horodynsky Foundation
Zena Kossar Estate
Pawlo Lychkun Farm Estate