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Tryzub Gala postponed to September
“Our Familiar Hunger” by Laisha Rosnau wins the 2020 Kobzar™ Book Award!
The Shevchenko Foundation is pleased to announce that Our Familiar Hunger, by Laisha Rosnau, published by Nightwood Editions, is the winner of the 2020 Kobzar™ Book Award. Ms Rosnau was presented with the award at a gala award ceremony held at the Palais Royale in...
Monthly Giving Program – Building Tomorrow
Monthly Giving Launch! What if we provided you a way to: Support our cause without a big one-time hit to your wallet: Pick an affordable amount each month and it's automatically donated on your behalf. Save on postage and time: You no longer have to mail in your...
Our 2020 Shevchenko Bookmark
Shevchenko Foundation congratulates Anna Marie Koszarycz for her winning submission of artwork for the 2020 Shevchenko Foundation bookmark, based on the chosen literary excerpt from Taras Shevchenko’s poem “Огні, горять...”/ “Fires burn…”. Over 35,000 bookmarkers will...
2020 Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition $1,500 Winner
Shevchenko Foundation Announces 2020 Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition $1,500 Win The Shevchenko Foundation is pleased to announce that “Grafting” by Oshawa writer Tanya Berezuk is the winner of the 2020 Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition. The $1,500...
Education Program – Bursary for Language Study in Ukraine
If you're an undergraduate student planning to take Ukrainian language courses this summer in Ukraine through an accredited Canadian university, you may qualify for a Language Program in Ukraine Bursary through the Shevchenko Foundation! To find out how to apply...
Detachment – One of the 10 best Manitoba books of the last decade
2016 Kobzar Book Award winning book - Detachment- by Maurice Mierau has been selected as one of Manitoba's 10 best books of the last decade by the Winnipeg Free Press! The Winnipeg Free Press article can be found HERE
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The Board of Directors, Committees, and Staff of the Shevchenko Foundation wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 3 Різдвом Христовим і Новим Роком! Click here to hear more from Andrij Hladyshevsky, President, Shevchenko...
Oryssia Lennie CM appointed as chair of Alberta’s Fair Deal Panel
We are very proud to announce that Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has appointed Oryssia Lennie CM, former deputy minister of Western Economic Diversification Canada, as the chair of Alberta’s Fair Deal Panel. “I am proud to appoint Ms. Lennie as the leader of this...