UCPBA

TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT JOINING:

Let them know about the benefits of membership, the fun of being a member and the potential for community service.

NEWSLETTER &

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

MEMBER EVENTS

Speaker’s Dinners

Golf Tournament

Annual Barbeque

Christmas Dinner

Historical Walking Tours

Crafts Workshops &

More

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

COME FOR THE LANGUAGE,

STAY FOR THE FOOD:

Adult Ukrainian Language Immersion Camp 2006, Crystal Lake, Saskatchewan

This August, I had the good fortune to attend the Adult Ukrainian Language Immersion Camp at Camp Trident at Crystal Lake, Saskatchewan.  It was a fun and enlightening experience.

I was in the intermediate class and stayed for the extended program.  During the day, we attended classes where we expanded our vocabulary, practised dialogue, and improved our overall language proficiency.  Some afternoons, we took field trips to local area churches and museums.  In the evening, we participated in Ukrainian cultural activities--icon painting, embroidery, singing, and dancing.  The camp was the first opportunity I had to try Ukrainian dancing, and I was impressed with how fun and vigorous a workout it proved to be.  Such exercise was necessary, given the quality of the food the cooks served.  Dinner each evening was a banquet of delectable Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian favourites.  It was like being on a Ukrainian cruise ship--and I came home with the extra weight to prove it.

I am already looking forward to attending camp again next summer, hopefully in the company of other National Capital Region types.  Anyone looking to improve his or her ability in the Ukrainian language would be well served by a stint at the Adult Ukrainian Language Immersion Camp.

Dr. Rhonda L. Hinther, PhD

Curator, Western Canadian History

ENTERTAINMENT

DISCOUNT BOOKS

Thousands of Discounts on:

• Restaurants

• Movies

• Sports

• (Ottawa Lynx, Ottawa 67s)

• Fast food

• House Paints

• Theatres

• Music

• Golf

• Ski lift tickets

• Car Washes

• Coffee Shops

• Dry Cleaning

• Art Framing

• Beads

And too much more to list!

Two nights out and you’re already ahead on the price of the book,

only $35 !

(Proceeds to community projects of UCPBA(O))

To order:

e-mail us at : UCPBA_Ottawa@yahoo.ca

Also available at the dinner on the 27th

SEPTEMBER:

TIME TO REGISTER

FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES!

Ukrainian Men’s, women’s and children’s soccer!

Call Marc Lapointe-Denysewych to register:

613-748-1240 home. Or

marclapointe@rogers.com

For more info, see their website: www.ottawaukraina.com

Registration  for the Ridna Shkola and Lesia Ukrainka Ukrainian School at Lady Evelyn School, 63 Evelyn Ave. Sat. morning programs in Ukrainian and Ukrainian as a 2nd lang., JK- 8.  Ukr language High School Credit program on Wed. evgs.  Info: M.Bilaniuk 727-1331 or L. Cormier 591-0915.  Late registrations are possible.

Sept. 26, Tues. 7:30 pm Ukrainian Genealogy Group meeting. Topic: Reports on research trips to Ukraine. All welcome. At St. John the Baptist parish Hall, Green Valley Cresc. For further info, phone Myron at 731-1870

ALBOTA BLAMES UCPBA(O)

FOR UPCOMING HAPPY MARRIAGE !

In a note to friends, UCPBA(O) member Robert Albota wrote:

Ivanna Henry and I are planning to tie the knot at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral on Saturday. February 10, 2007.  Father Ihor Okhrimchouk will conduct the marriage ceremony. A few of us single guys will go skating on the Rideau canal in the morning and we will drink copious amounts of Caribou to keep us warm on the ice. We plan to make it to the church on time. Our post-wedding honeymoon trip will be to Ukraine in the early summer of 2007... after Lent and after the federal election.. which is why we decided to get married in the winter: counting on Canadians having the good sense to not want another winter election.  We intend to purchase a new home in Aylmer and will be moving in to our new digs along with our German Shepherd, Loca, and our three cats, Princess, Houba Luba, and Mandrake. (Sadly we recently had to give up our cat Natasha and our new dog, Henry, to loving families because too many pets were eating us out of house and home).  The addition of one or two bipeds to our family are a definite possibility in the next few years. Stay tuned.

As you may know, Ivanna and I met at an unofficial UCPBA Ottawa event -- a birthday party for Olya Henry-Korzachenko in October 2004 hosted by Iris Bradley. The happy event was attended by several UCPBA-Ottawa members including Andrei Sawchuk and Victoria Tytarenko.  Vicki Karpiak (a.k.a. Cupid of the Carpathians) was our unofficial agent, but as far as we know, she hasn't charged us a finders fee- yet. The chaperones at our first date were Victoria Tytarenko and Maryna Tserkovnytska.  In late June, early July 2006, we had the pleasure of visiting Ivanna's mother, Olya, and Vasyl Korzachenko (the Consul-General of Ukraine in Chicago) in the Windy City. So the hidden hand of UCPBA Ottawa has been guiding us all along...

Biography of Senator Paul Yuzyk

The Yuzyk Foundation has allotted $50,000 for the writing of a biography of Sen. Paul Yuzyk and is looking for a historian to do the job.  Contact Vera Yuzyk at (613) 226-7404 or vyuzyk@magma.ca .