Who We Are
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) represents the Ukrainian Canadian community before the people and Government of Canada, promotes linkages with Ukraine, and identifies and addresses the needs of the Ukrainian community in Canada to ensure its continued development within Canada’s socio-cultural fabric.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Toronto Branch (UCC-Toronto) has 64 member organizations that represent our community across a wide spectrum of demographics and interests. These organizations are separate entities with their own members and are represented within UCC-Toronto via their member representatives who elect the Board of the UCC-Toronto.
There are currently over 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian background living in Canada, over 100,000 living in the City of Toronto and many more residing in the surrounding Greater Toronto Area.
Board of Directors
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Our Board for the 2022-2024 term is pictured here.
1st row: Sitting from left to right: Lesia Bonk, Ann Semotiuk, Taras Bahriy, Petro Schturyn, Lesya Winnicki, Nadia Prokopiw, Roksolana Buyak
2nd Row: Standing from left to right: Javier Aponiuk-Sawicz, Nataliya Halych, Lily Hordienko, Marta Huta, Luba Tarapacky, Marijka Stadnyk, Irene Solomon, Markian Shwec, Andrew Shwec, Alex Jemetz.
3rd Row: Standing from left to right: Nestor Sanajko, Roman Bonk, Taras Antoniw
Not present: Lesia Zelyk, Paul Horbal, Petro Kardasz, Oleksiy Slyepukhov, Lyubov Slavatynska, Nadia Sydorenko (office administrator), Cassandra Prokopiw (Audit Committee), Andrij Tarapackyj (Audit Committee), Orest Haluszka (Audit Committee).
UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS – TORONTO BRANCH
Board of Directors
2022-2024
MEMBERS of the EXECUTIVE
Schturyn, Peter
President
Bahriy, Taras
Past President
Antoniw, Taras
VP, Operations
Bonk, Lesia
VP, Operations
Semotiuk, Anna
VP, Administration
Stadnyk, Marijka
VP, External Affairs
Zelyk, Lesia
VP, Finance Internal Relations
MEMBERS
Aponiuk-Sawicz, Javier
Director
Bonk, Roman
Fundraising & Grants
Buyak, Roksolana
Government Relations “LINK” Liaison
Halych, Nataliya
Recording Secretary
Horbal, Paul
Governance
Hordienko, Lily
Youth & Volunteer
Huta, Marta
Holodomor Commemoration
Jemetz, Alex
Fundraising & Grants
Kardasz, Petro
Outreach Public Relations
Shwec, Andrew
Director
Prokopiw, Nadia
Director
Sanajko, Nestor
Director
Shwec, Markian
Government Relations
Slavatynska, Lyubov
Member Organization Liaison
Slyepukhov, Oleksiy
Social Media & Communication
Solomon, Irene
Director
Tarapacky, Luba
Special Events
Winnicki, Lesya
Remembrance Day
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Prokopiw, Cassandra
Chair
Tarapackyj, Andrij
Haluszka, Orest
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Kalymon, Olia
Board Nomination
Kuryliw, Valentyna
Holodomor Education
Kalymon, Taras
Education - Ukrainian Schools
Rewa, Oksana
Holodomor Memorial Project
IabIonskyi, Oleksandr
Ukrainian Sports Council
Aims & Objectives
The Board is supported by its member organizations and the community in its efforts to achieve the following goals and objectives:
- 1.
To represent the Ukrainian Canadian Community in the Greater Toronto Area and all surrounding municipalities where no branch of the UCC exists to serve the needs of the Ukrainian Canadian Community.
- 2.
To strengthen and co-ordinate the participation of Ukrainian Canadians in Canadian social and cultural life, based on democratic principles of justice, freedom and independence.
- 3.
To promote the development of friendly and mutually beneficial relations between Canada and Ukraine.
- 4.
To assist Ukraine in building an independent, united, and democratic state.
- 5.
To plan and develop among Ukrainian Canadians sound community life in all its aspects.
- 6.
To maintain, develop and enhance the Ukrainian culture and language as integral elements of the Canadian multicultural mosaic.
- 7.
To carry on and assist in efforts for the improvement of the social, economic and cultural conditions of Ukrainian Canadians, and to cooperate with other agencies in rendering assistance to Ukrainian Canadian elderly, disadvantaged, youth, and Ukrainian immigrants, and refugees.
- 8.
To promote the growth of a spirit of tolerance, understanding and goodwill between all segments of society within a multicultural Canada.
