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Jun 19
1 min

Remembering the 100th year since the end of Canada’s first national internment operations

UCCLF For immediate release (Calgary, June 19, 2020) On Saturday, June 20, 2020, Canadians will mark the 100th anniversary of the conclu...

Apr 30
2 min

Honouring Canada’s Ukrainian Veterans on V-E Day

For immediate release (Calgary, May 1, 2020) Given the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic in England and around the world, the...

Dec 9, 2019
3 min

"Ukrainian ambassador bestows honour, unveils sculpture in Kingston,” The Whig Standard, Dec 7, 2019

Kingston, Ontario — Andriy Shevchenko, the Ukrainian ambassador to Canada, honoured a local man and unveiled a piece of art celebrating t...

Nov 29, 2019
1 min

UCCLA statement on Holodomor deniers

Ottawa, November 29, 2019 It is with regret that we bear witness to the continued activities of Holodomor deniers in Canadian society, in...

Nov 15, 2019
1 min

Borys Sydoruk Awarded The Taras Shevchenko Medal at the Ukrainian Canadian Congress XXVI Congress

Ottawa, November 2, 2019 UCCLA Board Member, Borys Sydoruk, was awarded the Taras Shevchenko Medal for Community Development, the highest...

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

UCCLF unveils internment monument in St. Paul, Alberta

For immediate release (St. Paul, Alberta -- Edmonton -- Ottawa: September 30, 2019) Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Fou...

Sep 12, 2019
3 min

Opening of St. Paul, AB, First World War Internment Operations Statue and Interpretive Panel

For immediate release (St. Paul, Alta., Edmonton, Ottawa, September 12, 2019) The All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Champions for Ch...

Jul 13, 2019
1 min

Ukrainian World Congress Banned by the Russian Federation

UCCLA Media Release: Ottawa (13 July 2019 - For Immediate Release) The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation has declared...

Jun 24, 2019
2 min

Yoho WWI Internment Camp Site Memorialized and Consecrated

For Immediate Release (Yoho, B.C, Calgary, Ottawa, 24 June 2019) A trilingual educational plaque and commemorative statue were unveiled ...

Jun 13, 2019
2 min

Opening Ceremony of Parks Canada’s Exhibit of Canada’s First World War Internment Operations 1914-20

For immediate release (Calgary, Ottawa, June 13, 2019) The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), Parks Canada and the C...

Oct 8, 2018
1 min

That Never Happened: Canada's First National Internment Operations - Screening Schedule Fall 2018

Screening schedule 2018 THAT NEVER HAPPENED: Canada's First National Internment Operations Sept 20 - Geneva, Switzerland - United Naions ...

Sep 20, 2018
3 min

Legal scholar's historical speech remembered, The Kingston Whig Standard, Sep 20, 2018

by Lubomyr Luciuk https://www.thewhig.com/opinion/columnists/legal-scholars-historical-speech-remembered He was the first to call it what...

Jul 13, 2018
2 min

Unveiling of a Multilingual Plaque Honoring Dr. Raphael Lemkin, Ukrainian Institute of America

September 20, 2018 at 4:00 pm, 2 E 79th Street, New York, NY USA http://ukrainianinstitute.org/event/unveiling-of-a-multilingual-plaque-h...

Jul 7, 2018
4 min

Heritage minister's snub won't be forgotten

by Lubomyr Luciuk, The Whig Standard, July 6, 2018 http://www.thewhig.com/2018/07/06/heritage-ministers-snub-wont-be-forgotten The Nation...

Jun 22, 2018
1 min

Ukrainian Canadians call for Inclusive National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa

UCCLA. For Immediate Release (Ottawa, 22 June 2018) Thousands of postcards are being sent to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Hon...

Apr 19, 2018
2 min

SAVE THE SPIRIT LAKE INTERNMENT CAMP CEMETERY

For Immediate Release (19 April 2018, Kingston) Concerned over the deterioration of the internee cemetery at Spirit Lake, Quebec, Dr Lu...

Nov 22, 2017
1 min

Raising Awareness of the Holodomor - the genocidal Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine

For Immediate Release: Ottawa, 22 November 2017 Furthering its mandate to educate the public about the genocidal Great Famine of 1932-3...

Jun 16, 2017
3 min

UCCLA tour new national internment display at annual conclave

For immediate release (Gatineau / Ottawa, 15 June 2017) Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) reaffirmed...

Sep 10, 2016
1 min

Premiere of "The Camps" - a video series about Canada's first national internment operations

For Immediate Release (9 September 2016) - Ottawa A video series called "The Camps," prepared by Canadian Ukrainian film-maker and longt...

Aug 18, 2015
2 min

"Canada is a Better Place Without the Likes of KGB Captain Lennikov"

For Immediate Release - Calgary and Ottawa, 17 August 2015 News that Mikhail Lennikov, an (ex) Captain of the notorious Soviet secret po...

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