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The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is pleased to announce that Bohdana Bashuk will be taking over from Lesia Szwaluk as Executive Director of the Shevchenko Foundation on July 1, 2019. Ms Bashuk brings over 15 years of...

Emerging Canadian theatre artist Andrew Kushnir, of Toronto, has received $21,000 from the inaugural $25,000 REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts grant program, a project of the Shevchenko Foundation in partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation. The 2018-19...

  The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is a national, chartered philanthropic institution dedicated to the preservation, promotion and development of the Ukrainian Canadian cultural heritage and to the advancement of a flourishing Ukrainian...

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...

The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is a national, chartered philanthropic institution dedicated to the preservation, promotion and development of the Ukranian Canadian cultural heritage and to the advancement of a flourishing Ukranian community for...

The Shevchenko Foundation proudly congratulates Lesia Szwaluk, Executive Director of the Foundation, on her appointment to the Manitoba Arts Council. The appointment was made July 7, 2017 by the Manitoba Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage, Rochelle Squires....

The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is proud to announce the appointment of Oryssia Lennie, CM to its Board of Directors. Oryssia Lennie has a wealth of professional and volunteer leadership experience.  She had an extensive career in the federal and...

The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko (Shevchenko Foundation), and Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, announces a new partnership that will allow Ukrainian undergraduate students to participate in research internships...

The Shevchenko Foundation offers bursaries to undergraduate students who are registered, through an accredited Canadian university, to study Ukrainian Language Courses in Ukraine this summer. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2017! For more information please...