UCC-APC

28th Annual Kyiv Konnection Banquet
2023-05-04 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. John’s Cultural Centre, 10611-110 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2Z5, Canada
Join our annual Kyiv Konnection Banquet fundraiser with this year’s event speakers, Hon. Ed Stelmach, Orysia Boychuk, and Kevin Royle. Presented by the
Ukrainian Foundation for College Education (UFCE).
Ed Stelmach was Alberta’s 13th Premier, making him the first Premier of Alberta of Ukrainian origin and only the second person of Ukrainian descent to be elected Premier of a Canadian province. Being the grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Ed has always been an active member of the Ukrainian community in Alberta. He received the Hetman Award from the Alberta Provincial Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in 2011 and the Michael Luchkovich Award by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in 2013. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ed Stelmach organized one of the first planes filled with humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Orysia Boychuk is a president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Alberta Provincial Council, an umbrella organization representing the Ukrainian community organizations in Alberta. She has been an active community member holding various leadership roles including committee member of the Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations, President of UCC Edmonton, President of Ukrainian Benevolent Society. Orysia is a recipient of several awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Award, Hetman Award, and the Alberta Federal Council Award.
Kevin Royle is a first class firefighter and fire investigator and a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. He founded Firefighter Aid Ukraine (FFAU) in 2014. As of March 15, 2023, FFAU has shipped almost 240 tons of aid to Ukraine in the form of rescue equipment, specialty tools, medical supplies, surgical instruments, hospital equipment, drugs and medicine. FFAU is actively training first responders in Ukraine. FFAU was one of the first NGO’s in Canada to charter a plane and send aid in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The banquet will take place on May 4 (Thursday) in St. John’s Cultural Centre, 10611-110 Avenue NW.
Reception: 5:30 pm
Dinner and Program: 6:30 pm
Tickets are $90 per person
Tax receipts available
For tickets, call:
George Zaharia at 780- 435-5842
Rena Hanchuk at 780 468 6206
Ernie Skakun at 780-434-0543
Buy tickets online – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/590101979907
UKRAINIAN FOUNDATION FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION
c/o Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre
MacEwan University, P.O. Box 1796 Edmonton AB T5J 4S2

Viewing Hours • Taking Wing Art Exhibition: Erin Haugen & Nina Leontowicz
2023-05-05 14:00 - 2023-05-27 19:00 | ACUA, 10554 110 Street Unit 100, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 3C5, Canada
We are delighted to announce our May Signature Artists are painter Erin Haugen and metal artist Nina Leontowicz!
Note: This is our last Signature Artist Series Exhibition of the season. Our next exhibition season begins September 2023.
Opening Reception
Friday May 5th, 2023
6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Exhibition will be on view at ACUA May 5 – May 27 during regular hours.
Gallery Hours:
Tue-Thu 10am-4pm
Friday 2pm-7pm
Saturday 11am-3pm
ACUA
10554 110 Street Edmonton

Opening Reception • Taking Wing Art Exhibition: Erin Haugen & Nina Leontowicz
2023-05-05 18:00 - 20:00 | ACUA, 10554 110 Street Unit 100, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 3C5, Canada

Volya School of Ukrainian Dance Year End Concert
2023-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 | The Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert, AB, T8N 3Z9, Canada
Attention all music and dance enthusiasts! Get ready for an unforgettable night of entertainment – the Volya School of Ukrainian Dance is proud to present their Year End Dance Concert.
Join us for an evening of vibrant dance performances, foot-tapping music, and traditional Ukrainian costumes as we display our love for Ukrainian culture. Our talented dancers will transport you to a world of energy and passion as we showcase many traditional dances, including Hopak and Kozachok. This concert is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich history and culture of Ukraine.
The Volya School of Ukrainian Dance serves as the primary training ground for the renowned Volya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Our school welcomes students aged 4-18 years and offers comprehensive training in academic-style Ukrainian dance. Our program places emphasis on traditional Ukrainian stage dance, as well as ballet and character dance training. Our dedicated and talented team of instructors, led by the esteemed Artistic Director and State Honored Artist of Ukraine Zhenia Bahri, provide expert guidance to students of all skill levels. Our assistant instructors are also highly skilled and experienced, ensuring that every student receives the individual attention they need to thrive.
The Volya School of Ukrainian Dance is honored to receive support from the Province of Alberta through the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. This support is a valuable recognition of our commitment to promoting and preserving Ukrainian culture through dance. We are grateful for this opportunity to enhance our school and provide even better training to our dancers. Thank you to the Province of Alberta and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for their support.

Ukrainian Jam • A Showcase of Ukrainian Music
2023-05-07 13:30 - 16:30 | ACUA, 10554 110 Street Unit 100, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 3C5, Canada
We are pleased to announce that our next Ukrainian Jam, happening Sunday May 7th at ACUA, among other acts will feature musician and Consul General of Ukraine in Edmonton Oleksandr Danyleiko! Come out for a relaxed afternoon of live Ukrainian music: Admission is free and everyone is welcome!
UKRAINIAN JAM 🇺🇦
A showcase of live Ukrainian music.
Sunday May 7th, 2023 at ACUA
Doors 1:30 P.M. • Music 2:00 P.M.
*FREE TO ATTEND*
ACUA • 10554 110 Street Edmonton
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Ми раді повідомити, що наш наступний УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ДЖЕМ, який відбудеться в неділю, 7 травня в ACUA, включає музиканта та Генерального консула України в Едмонтоні Олександра Данилейка! Приходьте та насолоджуйтеся живою українською музикою: Вхід вільний, запрошуємо всіх!
УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ДЖЕМ 🇺🇦
Жива українська музика.
Неділя, 7 травня 2023 р. в ACUA / АРУМ
Двері 13:30 • Музика 14:00
*ВХІД ВІЛЬНИЙ*
Presented by Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts.
Представляє Альбертська рада українського мистецтва.
ACUA / АРУМ – 10554 110 Street Edmonton
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ONGOING CALL FOR MUSICIANS
ЗАВЖДИ ШУКАЄМО МУЗИКАНТІВ
Email events@acuarts.ca or call 780-488-8558.

Storying Indigenous - Ukrainian - Canadian Relationships
2023-05-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T5J 3C6, Canada
As part of the Indigenous – Ukrainian-Canadian Relationships Building Initiative, join our round table discussion at the Rice Theatre Lobby, Citadel Theatre. The discussion will take place after the Show based on an Indigenous-Ukrainian love story, the First Métis Man of Odesa. However, you do not need to attend the play to join the round table discussion (which is free of charge).
The discussion will be led by the Ukrainian-Canadian writer, Myrna Kostash, an Indigenous poet, Naomi McIlwraith, a Métis playwright Matthew MacKenzie, a Ukrainian playwright Mariya Khomutova, and facilitated by the play director, Lianna Makuch.
The event is organized by the Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre, MacEwan University, and the Kule Folklore Centre, University of Alberta, within the Indigenous Ukrainian Relationship Building Initiative, together with Punctuate! Theatre.
Welcome

https://citadeltheatre.com/shows/first-metis-man-of-odesa/

37th Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival
2023-05-10 - 2023-05-14 | The Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert, AB, T8N 3Z9, Canada
The Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival is one of the largest dance festivals of its kind in North America. It provides thousands of dancers with the opportunity to perform and learn in a professional and constructive environment.
Each year, the festival concludes with a “Show of Stars” production, with tickets open to the public, showcasing the top-ranking dances of the festival. We invite you to come and share in the experience!

Censorship, Surveillance, Resistance: Twentieth-Century Ukraine and Letter Writing
2023-05-15 08:00 - 2023-05-16 12:30 | Senate Chamber, Arts Building and Convocation Hall, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Senate Chamber, #326 Arts Building and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E6, Canada
Letter writing often conjures notions of separation in space and time, and with reunion. What was it like to sustain and nourish personal relationships across borders and sociopolitical divides for Ukrainians under the constant scrutiny of the KGB? How did people manage to keep writing despite separation, exile, imprisonment, forced labour, wars, and migration?
Scholars of epistolary culture from Canada, Ukraine, and the United States will examine international letter writing, censorship and surveillance, epistolary conventions and legislation, anxieties and personhood under totalitarianism, and related topics during the international symposium “Censorship, Surveillance, Resistance: Twentieth-Century Ukraine and Letter Writing” on 15-16 May 2023, in the Senate Chamber at the University of Alberta.
The event is free and open to the public. Advance registration required.
Register here: https://app.groupize.com/e/censored-letters-symposium
This is an in-person event and will not be digitally streamed.
Please direct any questions to: lytwyn@ualberta.ca

Genocide of the Crimean Tatar People
2023-05-18
Canada’s House of Commons unanimously recognizes Sürgünlik – the mass deportation of the Crimean Tatar People from their homeland in 1944 by the Soviet Communist regime – was an act of Genocide against the Crimean Tatar People.
The motion, introduced by Member of Parliament Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre), and adopted unanimously, affirms that the House of Commons:
Recognizes that the mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars by the Soviet regime in 1944, known as the “Sürgünlik”, constituted a genocide against the Crimean Tatar people.
It designates May 18th of each year as Crimean Tatar Deportation (“Sürgünlik”) Memorial Day.
“The recognition of the Sürgünlik as an act of Genocide and the establishment of an annual Memorial Day in Canada is an important step in ensuring historical justice and education, and that this crime is always remembered. The Sürgünlik was an attempt by the Soviet communist regime to destroy the Crimean Tatar People, the Indigenous people of Crimea. But through their courage and determination, the Crimean Tatar People persevered, and preserved their language, culture and traditions,” stated Alexandra Chyczij, National President of the UCC. “We are grateful to MP Baker for introducing this motion and to all parliamentarians for supporting it.”
Today, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, an integral part of Ukraine and the ancestral homeland of the Crimean Tatar People, suffers under illegal Russian occupation. The Crimean Tatar People are once again subject to systemic repression and attacks on their inalienable rights by a colonial Russian regime that seeks to subjugate Ukraine. Together with all citizens of Ukraine, the Crimean Tatar People bravely resist the Russian occupation of Crimea and defend Ukraine against Russia’s war of annihilation. With God’s help, the people of Ukraine will be victorious.

Vyshyvanka Day March - Calgary
2023-05-18 18:00 - 20:00
В четвер 18 травня о 18:00 збираємось всі разом відмітити Всесвітній День Вишиванки і пройтись центром міста ходою у Вишиванках.cСаме в цей день в третій четвер травня щороку тисячі українців по всьому світу святкують та одягають свої найкращі вишиванки.
Плануємо зустрітися коло Music Pavilion в East Village де зробимо спільну знимку в формі тризуба. Звідти колоною піти по березі річки до Prince’s Island Park і назад повернемся по Memorial Drive.
Будь ласка, запрошуйте всіх рідних і знайомих приєднатися до нашої ходи. Особливо тепер дуже важливо обʼєднатись, підтримати один одного, познайомитись та показати всьому світу нашу Українську культуру та традиції які передалися від наших предків до сучасних поколінь.
Збір о 18:00, спільна знимка о 18:15, і початок ходи о 18:20, будь ласка, приходьте вчасно.

Vyshyvanka Day
2023-05-18 19:00
Запрошуємо на ходу вишиванках!
