Stories

T he Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival was inaugurated in 1997 as the Ukrainian Canadian community’s response to the City of Toronto’s call for the revival of a 1991 Twinning Agreement between Toronto and Kyiv, the Capital of Ukraine. The Festival is a...

Ukrainian Day in the Park festival is a high-profile annual Ukrainian Canadian cultural event in Saskatoon that appeals to tourists and the public at large. Since 2001, it’s been the largest Ukrainian summer festival in the Saskatchewan. Its mission is to develop and...

The Calgary Ukrainian Festival offers the citizens of Calgary an informative, educational, and entertaining festival that celebrates all aspects of our unique and rich Ukrainian heritage. A welcoming and inclusive celebration, it takes prides in true Ukrainian...

Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival is a vibrant example of Manitoba’s strong and active Ukrainian community. What began as an opportunity to celebrate Ukrainian culture with Canadians has blossomed into an internationally known event. People come from all over the...

The Lviv, Ukraine Folklore Festival is a 3-day event that began as part of a larger multicultural festival. The Ukrainian community has continued the tradition and today the festival is among the longest-running Ukrainian festivals in Canada. Presented by the...

The 10th KOBZAR Book Award Presentation was a great success! 150 guests from across Canada gathered on March 21 at Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights to celebrate our Canadian storytellers. The Ukrainian story in Canada spans over 130 years from the first...

Lviv oblast – Edmonton * Shumka Ukrainian Dancers Andriana and Osyp Slavych shared this story with us along with a beautiful poem. “We are new to Canada, we came here a year ago, on June 8, 2022. Osyp is 12 and Andriana is 13. We both are students of St. Theresa...