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The Ukrainian Canadian campaign for acknowledgement and redress was spearheaded by members of the UCCLA from the mid-1980s (at that time within the Ukrainian Canadian Congress). On May 9, 2008, the Government of Canada established a $10 million fund. [21]
To showcase their unique hybrid culture, Ukrainian Canadians have created institutions that showcase Ukrainian Canadian culture such as Edmonton's Cheremosh and Shumka troupes – among the world's elite Ukrainian dancers; or the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village – a living-history museum approximately 39 kilometres east of Edmonton where ...
The Ukrainian Canadian Research & Documentation Centre (UCRDC) (Ukrainian: Українсько-Канадський Дослідчо-Документаційний Центр, French: le Centre canadien ukrainien de recherche et de documentation) is a community center which collects, catalogs, and preserves material documenting the history, culture and contributions of Ukrainians throughout ...
Canadian Ukrainian was widely spoken from the beginning of Ukrainian settlement in Canada in 1892 until the mid-20th century, when the number of its speakers started gradually declining. [1] Today the number of native speakers of Canadian Ukrainian is significantly lower than its peak in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
This is a list of notable Ukrainian Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants.To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Ukrainian Canadian or must have references showing they are Ukrainian Canadian and are notable.
Statue of Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka donated to the AUUC by the Soviet authorities in Ukraine in 1976 and residing at the University of Saskatchewan.. The Association of United Ukrainian Canadians (AUUC; Ukrainian: Товариство Об'єднаних Українських Канадців) is a national cultural-educational non-profit organization established for Ukrainians in Canada.
Ukrainians are one of the Canadian Prairie Provinces' largest ethnic groups. [citation needed] In recognition of this legacy, in 1972, a group of eleven members of the Ukrainian community in Edmonton, led by Hryhory and Stefania Yopyk, decided to establish a facility for the preservation of the history and culture of Canadians of Ukrainian heritage. [3]
On September 22, 2009, talks began between Canada and Ukraine on a free trade agreement. [5] [6]Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper in July 2015 announced the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, [7] and signed it in July 2016.