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UCFTS ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF
UKRAINIAN CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL PARK
August 3, 2002
Dauphin, Manitoba – Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of
Taras Shevchenko (UCFTS) Executive Director, Lesia Szwaluk,
participated in the formal naming of the Ukrainian Centennial
Memorial Park. In addition, Ms Szwaluk announced the support
of the project in the amount of $1,000.
“The Centennial Memorial Committee is to be commended
for their tireless efforts in developing this site,”
said Szwaluk. “The UCFTS is pleased to be an supporter
in this cause.”
In 1989, the Ukrainian Centennial Memorial Committee celebrated
the 100 years of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada by erecting
a monument to the Unknown Ukrainian Solider. Over the years,
the Park has grown to include three additional memorials;
namely:
· A memorial honouring Filip Konowal, Victoria Cross
Recipient, World War I
· Canada’s First National Internment Operation,
1914-1920; and,
· The Great Famine, 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Lesia Szwaluk
Executive Director
UCFTS
(204) 944-9128
2008
MAY 28, 2008 – Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko President Andrew Hladyshevsky, Q.C. Received the Order of Merit From President of Ukraine
MAY 9, 2008 – Government of Canada Establishes Historic Endowment Fund With the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko
MARCH 7, 2008 – Janice Kulyk Keefer Named Recipient of $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award for 2008
2007
MAY 8, 2007 – Victor Malarek Investigative Journalist Recipient of 2007 Syrnick Journalism Award
2006
MARCH
2, 2006 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: KOBZAR LITERARY AWARD 2006 RECIPIENT (PDF)
FEBRUARY
27, 2006 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: KOBZAR™ LITERARY AWARD 2006 GALA (PDF)
JANUARY
16, 2006 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: KOBZAR™ LITERARY AWARD 2006 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT (PDF)
2005
ORANGE REVOLUTION COVERAGE WINS
NEW JOURNALISM AWARD
SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION FINDS NEW
HOME
2004
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CALLING
THE CANADIAN LITERARY AWARD "THE KOBZAR"?
WHAT ARE SOME CANADIAN STORIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD OR POTENTIALLY COULD
BE TOLD?
2003
06/30/03 - NEW MEMBER OF SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION INVESTMENT COMMITTEE NAMED
05/27/03 - SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET TO DISTRIBUTE GRANTS TO THE COMMUNITY
05/14/03 - NEW LITERARY AWARD TO HONOUR ACHIEVEMENTS OF CANADIAN AUTHORS
05/05/03 - COMMEMORATIVE BOOKMARKER ISSUED IN HONOUR OF UKRAINE'S GREATEST POET: TARAS SHEVCHENKO
02/13/03 - SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION SECURES PLACE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
2002
08/23/02 - “UKRIANIAN DAY IN THE PARK” RECEIVES UCFTS SUPPORT
08/09/02 - 2002 UKRAINIAN DAY GIVEN SUPPORT
08/04/02 - KYIV PAVILION RECEIVES UCFTS SUPPORT
08/04/02 - SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION ASSISTS IN ERECTION OF MONUMENT IN HONOUR OF BISHOP NYKITA BUDKA
08/03/02 - UCFTS ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF UKRAINIAN CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL PARK
08/01/02 - UCFTS PROVIDES SUPPORT TO SHRINE OF BLESSED VASYL VELYCHKOVSKY, C.Ss.R.
08/01/02 - 37TH ANNUAL NATIONAL UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL RECEIVES UCFTS SUPPORT
07/31/02 - FOUNDATION SUPPORTS SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
07/31/02 - FOUNDATION SUPPORTS WORLD PREMIERE OF KOUZAN’S WORK “THE
FINAL MESSAGE”
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