TORONTO

Wednesdays  7:30pm. Hopaksercise – fusion of Ukrainian Dance steps, aerobics, ballet bare and yoga. UNF Toronto Community Centre – Dance Studio, 145 Evans Ave. All ages and experience levels welcomed. Costs: $120 for ten-weeks; $15 weekly. For information, call 416-253-6002ext2, email infor@unftoronto.com or visit www.unftoronto.com

Saturdays  “Dorist” Educational & Cultural Program for kids ages 3-5:

10-11 am. and ages 6-7: 11am–12 noon. Runs until June. Offered by UNF Kalyna Performing Arts Company. UNF Toronto Community Centre, 145 Evans Ave. For information, call 416-939-9200, email infor@unftoronto.com or visit www.unftoronto.com

February 9  7:30 pm. Fighting for the Past: The Current State of Jewish Affairs in Ukraine. Lecture on Jewish historical memory projects, presented by Meylakh Sheykhet, Director of the Union of Councils for Jews in the former Soviet Union in Ukraine, and Mark Freiman, Past President, Canadian Jewish Congress. Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave., Rm. 318. For information, contact Janet Kerekes at 416-654-0691 or email director@synagogueproject.org

12 лютого, в неділю,  Комітет Українок Канади запрошує українську громаду на Свято Героїнь, яке відбудеться о 3:00 годині пополудні в Українському Культурному Центрі, 85 Крісті.

17 лютого Літературно-мистецьке об’єднання “Слово” при НТШ запрошує на Вечір українського письменства. Початок – о 7:30 год. веч. Твори Богдана Вандяка. Вступ за добровільними датками. КУМФ, 2118-А Bloor St. W. Тел.: 416-766-6802

19 лютого КУ Організації Українок Канади запрошує на Службу Божу і Панахиду в пам’ять патронки Організації, св. п. Ольги Басараб, які будуть відслужені в соборі Св. Димитрія, 3338 Lakeshore Blvd. W. Початок – о 10 год. ранку.  Після Служби Божої і Панахиди – коротка мистецька програма і частування в церковній залі собору.

February 24  7:30 pm. Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada presents a lecture in English by historian Dr. Thomas M. Prymak, Research Associate, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto, and author of the pioneering biography of historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky: “In the Shadow of a Political Assassination: Gabrielle Roy’s Stephen and the Ukrainian Canadians”. A love story between a French Canadian writer and a young Ukrainian Canadian nationalist from Alberta sent to the Europe of Hitler and Stalin on the eve of WWII to work for the movement underground. Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation – KUMF Gallery, 2118A Bloor St. W.

24 – 29 лютого Музей Ліги Українських Католицьких Жінок Канади Торонтської Єпархії та Канадсько-Українська Мистецька Фундація запрошують на виставку і програму “Писанки – колись і тепер”. Галерея КУМФ, 2118-А Bloor St W.

24 і 25 лютого – відвідування виставки учнями українських шкіл і навчання їх мистецтва писанкарства. Вступ: $10 – молодь, $5 – діти. Резервація до 20 лютого:

905-281-3765.

25 лютого Майстерня творення писанок під проводом членів родини Івана Хромея з Ошави. Вступ – $25 (все включено). Реєстрація до 20 лютого: 905-281-3765.

26 лютого Програма з презентацією “Писанки Марії Рипан”. Виступ учнів шкіл. Виставка унікальних колекцій писанок. Початок – о 2 год. попол. Вступ – $10.

February 26  Kyivan Kouture: Fashions from Ukraine, presented by the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch, UWAC. Luncheon at 1 pm.  Fashion Show to follow. Ludmilla Art Retrospective.  Tickets $50 per person in advance.  Limited seating.  At St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Ave. For tickets call

416-923-3318 ext.105.

February 28  6:30 pm. Ukrainian Canadian Professional Business Association of Toronto Speaker Series presents - The Honourable Lydia M. Olah, Ontario Superior Court of Justice. At Brassaii, 461 King St. W. Networking, appetizers & Cash Bar. Dress Code - Business Casual. Cost: $20 members; $25 non-members. For tickets, contact Stephan Luciw at 416-898-0625 or Lesia Kostecki at 416-543-9247 or email: ucpbator@gmail.com Visit www.infoukes.com/ucpba-toronto for more information.

March 1  Kobzar Literary Award 2012 Ceremony and Dinner with five author finalists who will read from their nominated book on a Ukrainian Canadian theme. Presented by the Shevchenko Foundation. Palais Royale, 1601 Lakeshore Blvd. West. Cocktails 6pm. Dinner 7:30pm. Dress: Cocktail. Tickets $250.00 per person. Call Olesia at 416-233-9700 re tickets. For more information, visit www.kobzarliteraryward.com

18 квітня Дворічні звітно-виборчі збори Конгресу Українців Канади, Відділ Торонто. Початок – о 7:30 год. веч. Громадський Центр УНО, салон Б, 145 Evans Ave.

May 10  Shaw Festival group trip by UWO Toronto Branch to see the musical show “Ragtime”. Departure from UNF Toronto (145 Evans Ave.) at 9:30 am with a stop at Rosewood Estates for wine and honey sampling. Lunch in Niagara-on-the-Lake before the show at 2 pm. Return to Toronto at approx. 6 pm. Cost $75. Please call Ulana at

905-274-2250.

 HAMILTON

Until April 29  William Kurelek | The Messenger. Largest exhibition of Kurelek’s work ever mounted brings together the most important and engaging works created by this Ukrainian Canadian artist during his career, including his highly formative period in England from 1952 to 1959. The Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West. For information and gallery hours - T: 905-527-6610; E: info@artgalleryofhamilton.com or visit website www.artgalleryofhamilton.com

OTTAWA

Sundays  9:30 am. Ukrainian Profile TV.  Rogers Ch.22.

Sundays  5–6 pm. Ukrainian Radio Program on CHIN 97.9 FM. Previous programs can be heard for 6 weeks at http://chinradioottawa.com/ukrainian.html 

March 1  Deadline for applications for the 2012 Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism.  Award recipients nominate a not-for-profit Canadian organization or association to receive a grant of $20,000. Info:  www.cic.gc.ca/paulyuzyk

February 12  Open House at the Ottawa School of Ukrainian Dance. Classes for students of all ages run from 2 to 6:15 pm and are open for free public viewing.  At the School of Dance studios, 200 Crichton St.  For more information call Kateryna 613-692-5243 or Maria 613-832-1678.

February 16  7-9 pm.  Ukrainian National Federation Ottawa-Gatineau Branch Meeting at 110 Encore Private (near Villa Marconi).  For further info: call Olya Korzachenko at

819-775-5066 or email olya.helen@gmail.com

February 18  8 pm. “Lost Gems of Ukrainian Sacred Music”, a unique concert of Ukrainian choral music. Repertoire performed by the Ewashko Singers, some for the first time in Canada from archives in Kyiv and Lviv. At St. Joseph’s Church (UofO Campus). Tickets $25.

February 19 Program dedicated to Lesia Ukrainka after Sunday Divine Liturgy at

12 pm. Assumption Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 1000 Byron Ave.
February 25  7 pm. UCPBA presents The Principles of Wine Tasting. Also, short talk on Green Investing by Markian Purgat. LCBO location at King Edward & Rideau. Cost $30.  Members only. To register: email borys.gengalo@sympatico.ca
February 26  2-4 pm. Official Opening and Blessing of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress National Office., 130 Albert St., Suite 806. RSVP to UCC National Office: email olenka.reshitnyk@ucc.ca or call 613-232-8822. Space is limited.

February 26  6:30 pm. Ukrainian Canadian Social Services, Ottawa Branch, presents an evening of contemporary Ukrainian humour by the well-known Ukrainian comedian Hryts’ Drapak (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Community Centre, 913 Carling Ave. Tickets: $25; $15 for students. Available at the door.

February 28 7:30 pm. Ukrainian Genealogy Group Meeting. Frank Cedar will speak on his Wojtowicz Family History. Ukrainian Catholic Shrine Hall, 952 Green Valley Cresc. (off Prince of Wales Dr.). Info:

613-731-1870 (evgs).