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Call For Artist Submissions – Shevchenko Month Bookmark
Every March, the Shevchenko Foundation commemorates the work of poet Taras Shevchenko by distributing thousands of bookmarks to children across Canada who are enrolled in Ukrainian language classes in public, private, and Saturday schools. All Ukrainian dance schools...
In Memory of Anne (Mysyk) Wach
In loving memory of Anne (Mysyk) Wach, 96 years who passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at Holy Family Nursing Home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Anne was predeceased by loving parents John (Ivan) and Katherine (Kotyk) Mysyk, husband Peter, sons George and...
New Members Appointed to the CFWWIRF Endowment Council
The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko (Shevchenko Foundation) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund (CFWWIRF) Endowment Council. Boris Balan (Toronto), First...
Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition – Open for Submissions
Short Prose Competition The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is committed to encouraging and promoting new authors who write on a topic with a tangible connection to the Ukrainian Canadian experience. We look to receiving submissions that reflect:...
Shevchenko Foundation Welcomes New Investment Committee Members
The Shevchenko Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointments of Chris Chernecki (Winnipeg), Marc Marzotto (Toronto), and Nataliya Stasyuk (Toronto) to its Investment Committee. Chris Chernecki, CFA, is a Commercial Account Manager - Prairie...
Tryzub Awards Gala 2020 Cancelled
Shevchenko Foundation Board of Directors Appoints New Officers
The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is pleased to announce the new officers of the Foundation for the 2020-21 term as appointed during the Annual General Meeting held virtually on June 15, 2020. The officers of the Foundation for...
Andriy Hladyshevsky, Q.C., President of the Shevchenko Foundation on the successful creation of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund
After decades of Ukrainian Community concerns, in 1999 three groups finally arrived in unison to make a difference. Watch how the Taras Shevchenko Foundation with a 37 year history of Fund stewardship; and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association(UCCLA),a...
Lianna Makuch – Recipient of the 2020 REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts
Emerging Canadian theatre artist Lianna Makuch, of Edmonton, AB, is the 2020 beneficiary of the $25,000 REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts grant program, a project of the Shevchenko Foundation in partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation. The REACH...