Media Releases
“The Matryoshka Memoirs” by Sasha Colby wins the 2026 KOBZAR Book Award
Winnipeg - The Shevchenko Foundation (TSF) is pleased to announce that The Matryoshka Memoirs by Sasha Colby, published by ECW Press, is the winner of the 2026 KOBZAR Book Award. Sasha Colby was presented with the award at a gala presentation...
Introducing Kultura Rising
A new podcast featuring Canadian artists fighting for an endangered culture On this fourth anniversary of the genocidal invasion of an independent Ukraine, The Shevchenko Foundation (TSF) is introducing Kultura Rising – an original, limited-series podcast...
#StandwithUkraine: Join a rally in your community
On the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine EN/UK It is difficult to imagine life in Ukraine this winter. The cold, the darkness, the uncertainty. Millions endure relentless missile attacks, power outages, and infrastructure damage. Occupation,...
Congratulations to the TSF Short Prose winner!
Anastasia Skrypnyk Anastasia Skrypnyk, a Toronto-based Ukrainian-Canadian writer, has been selected winner of The Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition in 2026 for her story JCS: Impressions, Pt. 1. Anastasia immigrated to...
Folk artist awarded 2025 REACH Mentorship
Bozena Hrycyna, a folk artist and community educator based in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, has been awarded the annual REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts for 2025, a project of the Shevchenko Foundation in partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation. Now in...
TSF launches Project Roll Call: new online resource for internment education
Winnipeg – The Shevchenko Foundation (TSF) is pleased to announce the launch of Project Roll Call, a searchable online resource that identifies the individuals who were interned in Canada during World War I. The database is a project of the TSF WWI Internment Legacy...
Camille Pavlenko wins Short Prose Competition
Winnipeg – Camille Pavlenko, Alberta writer, early-career playwright, and theatre artist, has been selected winner of The Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition in 2025 for her story Kuzmenko Residence. Camille Pavlenko’s plays for children,...
Career Opportunity: Finance Officer
The Shevchenko Foundation is seeking a results-driven administrative professional with CPA or legacy designation and a demonstrated high standard of work excellence to fill the position of: Finance Officer (Full-time) Working out of the office in Winnipeg, Manitoba,...
$30,000 in REACH funding available in 2025
The $30,000 REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts is now in its seventh year, encouraging emerging Canadian artists to reach for their career dreams by seeking opportunities for mentorship, residency, internship, training, workshop, and research. The funding program...