annual report

Newspapers/WebsitesChaban Ukrainian Dance GroupThunder Bay, Website & Promotions$1,000Ecclesia Publishing CompanyVisnyk Publication$1,000Homin UkrainyAdvertising$1,000The New PathwayWebsite & Advertising$1,000Ukrainian Canadian Archives& Museum of AlbertaMicrofilming of Ukrainian Newspapers$3,000Ukrainian NewsAdvertising$2,000UCC Manitoba Provincial CouncilWebsite Set-up & Development$1,000UCC Saskatchewan ProvincialCouncilVisnyk Publication$2,500UCAMA is using the Shevchenko Foundation grant received in December 2011to digitize newspapers in our collection that date from the early to mid twentiethcentury. The building that has housed these newspapers for decades does notprovide a good storage environment for them. The newspapers tend to be quitebrittle and some have suffered water damage due to previous flooding. It isimportant that they be preserved. It is possible that many of these newspapereditions are not held by any other institution. On behalf of the UCAMA boardof directors, I thank the Shevchenko Foundation for allowing us to carry out thisimportant preservation project. UCAMA’s limited operations budget would nothave allowed the archive-museum to carry out this project on its own.Sincerely,Greg BorowetzChaban Ukrainian Dance Group is grateful forthe financial support provided by the ShevchenkoFoundation that launched the re-design of ourwebsite and made possible the purchase of somemuch-needed promotional materials. Chabanis excited to have the Foundation’s support toenhance our web presence to showcase thecultural beauty, regional differences andbackground of Ukrainian dance to all whohave access to the internet. The web re-designstarted in the summer of 2011 with the migrationof information from Chaban’s existing website.New information is being uploaded duringthis 2011–12 season as we work withprofessional photographers for dynamic actionshots and updates to our costume inventory,keeping in mind our objective of promotingUkrainian culture through dance and the visualrepresentation of our art form. The final aspectof this project will be the completion of portablebanners to display at our Folklore booth,for example, and when we travel for culturalevents. Once again, we thank the Foundationfor its support in making this dream a realityfor Chaban.WALTER HALCHUK MEMORIALBOOK AWARD 2012Walter Halchuk enjoyed reading about history and was anactive member of the Ukrainian Canadian community.Through a book award in his memory, the ShevchenkoFoundation wishes to highlight both these passions.The Walter Halchuk Memorial Book Award was establishedafter his passing in 2004. It is presented to the studentearning the highest mark in a Canadian history course atLaurentian University. Over the last 7 years, a book onCanadian History is presented to a worthy student. Thisyear’s recipient is Amy Konrad. During the 2011–2012academic year, Amy achieved a mark of 98% in HIST 3156,History of Education in Canada.This year the book selected for the award is The CodexCanadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas, byFrancois-Marc Gagnon, et al. The Shevchenko Foundationcongratulates Amy Konrad as this year’s recipient of theWalter Halchuk Memorial Book Award.Mr. Halchuk was the President of the Ukrainian CanadianCongress-Sudbury Branch and UCC-Ontario ProvincialCouncil. He was an active member of the UkrainianCanadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), whichcollected the funds to establish the Award through theShevchenko Foundation.10 || 11