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Wishing you a blessed Easter!
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Ukraine, too, will rise![ENG/UKR] The Shevchenko Foundation wishes you and yours a blessed Easter! As we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, one of the greatest Holy Days in the Christian calendar, let us unite in the joy of...
TSF President to deliver Medwidsky Memorial Lecture
TSF President Boris Balan will deliver the Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture on April 4. With a focus on relationship building, he will speak on the challenges and opportunities for the Ukrainian community in Canada in making a stronger cultural impact.
What’s new in March 2025?
Highlights from our March e-bulletin include: TSF presents the 2025 Shevchenko Commemorative Bookmark Children's Bookmark Contest continues Read about a few success stories Reminder about upcoming deadlines Remember TSF in your charitable giving READ OUR E-BULLETIN...
Presenting the 2025 Commemorative Bookmark
We’re pleased to present the 2025 Taras Shevchenko Commemorative Bookmark designed by Calgary artist and educator Iryna Bolgaryna. At The Shevchenko Foundation we take great pride in annually honouring our namesake Taras Shevchenko – Ukrainian national poet and artist...
1095 days of resistance: Stand with Ukraine
[ENG/UKR] For three long and painful years daily life for the people of Ukraine has been filled with human loss and suffering, tears and grief, broken hearts and lost futures. The toll on the Ukrainian family will impact the nation for generations. For three agonizing...
What’s new in February 2025?
HIghlights from our February e-bulletin include: Watch the trailer from the Canadian documentary "Doors of War" See list of events marking the 3rd anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine TSF announcements including Children's Bookmark Contest Reminder about...
5th Annual Children’s Bookmark Contest underway
The Shevchenko Foundation (TSF) is delighted to announce the 5th Annual Children's Bookmark Contest! This year's contest invites children and youth to create a bookmark inspired by Taras Shevchenko's poem Za sontsem khmaronka plyve (Beside the setting sun drifts a...
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,...