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MEMBER EVENTS

Speaker’s Dinners

Golf Tournament

Annual Barbeque

Christmas Dinner

Historical Walking Tours

Crafts Workshops &

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Yearly SCHOLARSHIPS: designed to assist undergraduates

IVAN FRANKO LECTURE:

Done in cooperation with the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa, this annual lecture brings the best of academic research on Ukraine and Ukrainians in Canada to Ottawa.

THE RAMON HNATYSHYN MEMORIAL LECTURE:

Also run with the Chair, this occasional  series takes advantage of high-calibre academics, politicians and others passing through Ottawa.

DAVID BURLIUK EXHIBIT.

He was the founder of the Futurist Movement in art and literature in Eastern Europe before the First World War,  We have been working the Winnipeg Art Gallery to do the show

SO WHO ARE WE, REALLY?  We’re a service group, bringing together business persons & professionals with disparate political, religious and generational origins and viewpoints in the service of Ottawa’s Ukrainian-Canadian community.  We work hard, but also like to enjoy ourselves.  If you want to be part of the most dynamic group in the Ukrainian community of Ottawa, fill in the membership form and mail it in, along with your first year’s dues.

Find the membership form on:

http://www.infoukes.com/ucpbaott/docs/mem_appl.htm

THE EMBASSY OF UKRAINE

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF OTTAWA

METROPOLITAN ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY INSTITUTE OF EASTERN CHRISTIAN STUDIES

invite you to:

A DISCUSSION ON THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN UKRAINE

With participants of

 “Building Bridges and Strengthening Ties,” a project of Help Us Help the Children (HUHTC) Anti-Trafficking Initiative of the Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund (CCCF):

Natalka Chaplynska, Women’s Consortium Ukraine

Alla Galych, OSCE Anti-Trafficking in Persons Officer Ukraine

Dmytro Samarsky, Pryjateli Ditej (Friends of Children) Ukraine

Ruslana Wrzesnewskyj, Project Director of HUHTC

Halyna Zalucky, “Building Bridges and Strengthening Ties” Project Coordinator

7:30 pm   Tuesday   23 January 2007

Amphitheatre (room 1124) Guigues Bldg, University of St. Paul  223 Main St. 

(Visitor parking North side of campus- enter through North East doors)

informal discussion to follow

EVENING SPONSORED BY:

Buduchnist Credit Union

Ukrainian Canadian Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

Knights of Columbus, St Vladimir the Great Council

Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League (Ottawa Branch)

Ottawa Ukraina Royals Soccer Club

Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund (Ottawa Branch)

Scholarship winner Andrew Hawryshkewich receives his prize from UCPBA(O) Scholarship Committee Chair Oksana Yarosh.

     BGen (retd) Joseph Romanow, just after receiving the Filip Konowal Lifetime Achievement Award from UCPBA(O) Pres Iris Bradley at the Christmas Dinner.  In the background, dinner organizer Vika Tytarenko.

     Joseph Romanow started working for the Ukrainian community as a teenager in Saskatoon, helping out in the New Pathway (Novy Shliakh) newspaper print shop. Being paid a dollar for a 10 hour day on Saturday gave him enough to take his girlfriend to the movies that evening, buy them both a coke and have 25 cents left for the collection plate at St Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church the next morning. But before we get to his further service to the Ukrainian-Canadian community, let’s look at his career.

     Born 1921 and growing up in Saskatoon, he joined the RCAF upon graduating high school in 1940. After learning to fly in a Tiger Moth biplane, he was sent to fly anti-U-Boat patrols and do convoy escorts over the waters off the East Coast of Canada. After a short stint in England, he was transferred to Burma. There he trained Gurkha paratroopers and dodged Japanese fighter aircraft when do re-supply air drops to the British 14th Army. Returning to Britain after VE day, he piloted the Canadian VIP flight. Leaving the military to complete his education, Joe Romanow then rejoined and became a technical officer. He was the senior Canadian technical officer during the development of the ill-fated Avro Arrow and was responsible for the installation of the first Bomarc nuclear anti-aircraft missiles. Completing National Defence College, Joseph Romanow became the first Canadian of Ukrainian descent to be promoted to general rank in the Canadian Forces. He was also made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM), the highest exemplary service award given by the Canadian Forces. On retirement, Joe Romanow became the President and CEO of the Machinery & Equipment Manufacturers of Canada.

     Joseph Romanow’s military record has done much to make us feel proud, has set a great example for Ukrainian-Canadian youth and has helped enhance our community’s image within Canada. However, the Filip Konowal, VC, Lifetime Achievement Award is for direct service to our community. And Brigadier General Joseph

     Romanow has done much more than help print Novy Shliakh. His greatest service came at the end of the Second World War. Ukrainian-Canadian soldiers had realized that there were many Ukrainians in the DP (displaced persons) camps and that the Soviet Repatriation Commissions, while promising an uneventful journey home, would lock the transporting boxcars and route the returning trains to camps in Siberia and other remote areas. To help prevent this, Joseph Romanow and other Ukrainian- Canadian servicemen formed the CURB: Canadian Ukrainian Relief Bureau. Supported by the Ukrainian Canadian Committee, they began to help the DPs in the camps and sought to ease their immigration to Canada. As pilot of the VIP flight, Joseph Romanow travelled continually across Europe. This gave him the unique ability to visit the camps, build up trust with the suspicious DPs, gather lists of names and have them published in Ukrainian-Canadian newspapers. Readers could then identify relatives and sponsor their immigration to Canada. Truth be told, many of the claims of relatedness were rather tenuous.   Their source was not blood, but the big hearts of Ukrainian-Canadians trying to save the lives of their former countrymen stuck in the Displaced Persons Camps.  The work of Joseph Romanow and other Ukrainian-Canadian servicemen saved the lives of many thousands, including more than a few current UCPBA(O) members and their children.

Founders of the Canadian Ukrainian relief Bureau in London, 1946 (L to R):

Flt Lt Gordon Panchuk, Capt Peter Smylski, Capt Joseph Romanow,  George Kluchevski and Capt Stanley Frolic.

The effects of war:

Joe Romanow at enlistment in 1939  (above) and after five years service in 1944. 

Victoria Tytarenko, having just received the Member of the Year Award from Pres. Iris Bradley.

     The Member of the Year Award is presented to the UCPBA- Ottawa member who has done the most, in the past year, to assist the development of the Association.

     The member unanimously chosen to receive the 2005-2006 award is Victoria Tytarenko. Victoria is someone whom all of you have met at least a number of times. She is prominent and present at most of our events. For the past three years she has been the lead organizer for our annual Christmas Dinner and Awards banquet.

     Although you have met Victoria, you probably know little about her: her background and personality characteristics that make her a leader at a young age. Victoria, born in Kiev, Ukraine, was the first born of Alexandra and Mykhaylo. As a youngster her parents spent a lot of time with her – exposing her to a wide range of people, opinions and ideas. This provided Victoria with a solid basis for speaking up and contributing regardless of the context, or age, gender or walk of life of the participants. These characteristics also make her a valuable contributor to any community organization.

     Coming to Canada with her family, she completed both high school and university in Ottawa. Soon thereafter, Oksana Yarosh introduced Victoria to UCPBA-Ottawa. As they say, the “rest is history”. Victoria bonded with the members of the Association, and the reverse also was true.

     As a member, Victoria attends as many activities as possible, and always steps up to volunteer, whether behind the scenes or part of the ‘front office’. Victoria has fulfilled numerous functions in the organization: membership data base coordinator, consultant to the web site and secretary. Despite her demanding professional commitments, Victoria regularly attends the meetings of the Board of Directors, making thoughtful and respectful contributions to the discussions, volunteering to enhance activities and events.

     Victoria’s activities with UCPBA-Ottawa also have been recognized by the Ontario government. In 2003 she received an award Ontario Provincial Volunteer Award acknowledging five consecutive years of volunteer service.

     As someone who has seen Victoria in many contexts, I am always impressed with her demeanor and her ability to quietly influence and engage those around her. She is equally at easy speaking Ukrainian or English, interacting with younger or older members, and with those in different professions or walks of life. Through her actions and achievements, Victoria does contribute to the “growth and development of the Ukrainian Canadian professional and business community”, to the “promotion and advancement of business and professional interests of people of Ukrainian heritage in Ottawa and the National Capital Region” and, “Canadian society by promoting good corporate citizenship and principles of volunteerism”.
 

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     Statistics Canada reported that The Housing Boom Went West. Housing starts and building permits point to a resumption of growth during the summer. Housing prices remain strong,up to 10% from last year,in marked contrast with the sharp deceleration in the United States. Much of the strength in Canada originated in the West.

     Residential building and renovations rose 8.5% in the second quarter of 2006. This growth was increasingly concentrated in the West, excluding Alberta ‘s 36% gain, growth would have been 4.8% or only slightly more than in the United States. And without British Columbia’s 23% increase , growth would have been only 1.5%.

     Nominal growth in Western Canada’s housing industry was increasingly driven by higher prices. New housing prices in Calgary were 56% higher than July 2005, while Edmonton was up 30% . As a result , the overall implicit price index for housing rose 6.2 % in the past year, double the rate in mid-2005.

     Who has the Money ?

     Canadian homeowners hold a disproportionate share of the country’s wealth, according to new research published by the CMHC. The study showed showed that those that own their own homes , hold more than 90 per cent of the country’s net worth. Renters, meanwhile, who account for a little more than a third of Canadians households in 1999, own less than 10 per cent of the country’s net worth.

     A study by Statistics Canada in 1999 Survey of Financial Security, confirms that ownership plays an important role in the net worth and financial health of Canadians. The survey, which gathered data on what Canadians earn, own and owe, found that home equity was the most broadly held asset in Canada-64 per cent of Canadians own their homes .

     The CMHC study also found that home equity represented the largest single component of net worth among households with incomes of less than $ 30,000 and figured significantly on the balance sheets of higher earning households as well. Almost all high net worth households owned homes, and homeowners generally had considerably higher incomes and net worth than renters. The higher incomes of homeowners allowed them to accumulate far more assets than renters, in fact, the typical homeowner’s net worth in 1999 was 16 times that of the typical renter.

     Multi-Family Housing Starts In Ottawa More Than Triple
The multi-family segment of the new residential housing market in Ottawa exploded in July, as housing starts increased by 90 per cent in the metropolitan area compared to the same period a year ago.

     According to the latest statistics released Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 908 dwellings were started in July 2006 compared to 479 in July 2005.