Who We Are
The
Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) represents the Ukrainian Canadian
community before the people and Government of Canada, promotes linkages
with Ukraine, and identifies and addresses the needs of the Ukrainian
community in Canada to ensure its continued development within Canada's
socio-cultural fabric.
The
Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Toronto Branch (UCC-Toronto) has
approximately 40 member organizations that represent our community
across a wide spectrum of demographics and interests (see attached
list). These organizations are separate entities with their own
members and are represented within UCC-Toronto via their member
representatives who elect the Board of the UCC-Toronto.
There are
currently over 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian background living in
Canada, over 100,000 living in the City of Toronto and many more
residing in the surrounding Greater Toronto Area.
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Our Vision
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The Ukrainian
Canadian Congress (UCC) strives to be a proactive, national, united and
self-sustaining body that provides a high standard of leadership in
developing the destiny of Ukrainian Canadians.
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Aims and Objectives
The
Board
is supported by its member organizations and the community in its
efforts to achieve the following goals and objectives:
- To represent the
Ukrainian Canadian Community in the Greater Toronto Area and all
surrounding municipalities where no branch of the UCC exists to serve
the needs of the Ukrainian Canadian Community.
- To strengthen and
co-ordinate the participation of Ukrainian Canadians in Canadian social
and cultural life, based on democratic principles of justice, freedom
and independence.
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To promote the development of friendly and mutually beneficial
relations between Canada and Ukraine.
- To assist Ukraine in
building an independent, united, and democratic state.
- To plan and develop
among Ukrainian Canadians sound community life in all its aspects.
- To
maintain, develop and enhance the Ukrainian culture and language as
integral elements of the Canadian multicultural mosaic;
- To carry
on and assist in efforts for the improvement of the social, economic
and cultural conditions of Ukrainian Canadians, and to cooperate with
other agencies in rendering assistance to Ukrainian Canadian elderly,
disadvantaged, youth, and Ukrainian immigrants, and refugees.
- To
promote the growth of a spirit of tolerance, understanding and goodwill
between all segments of society within a multicultural Canada.
