Olesia Luciw-Andryjowycz, Vice-President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress

Over the last 7 months, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress has pushed for sanctions against Russia and helped establish a VISA program to allow Ukrainian Nationals to come to Canada for the next 3 years. UCC has worked with Government to establish federal funding for the Displaced Ukrainians and continues to push for increased assistance for Nationals and for increased sanctions…

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Alla Nedashkivska, Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies University of Alberta

Alla Nedashkivska has long been a strong advocate of all things Ukrainian at the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) at the University of Alberta (UofA). Thus well placed, she hit the ground running when war broke out. Partnering with the Department of Music (specifically William Street, Chair, and Andriy Talpash, Lecturer), Alla was MLCS lead in organizing…

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