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28th Annual Kyiv Konnection Banquet
May 4, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
$90
Join our annual Kyiv Konnection Banquet fundraiser with this year’s event speakers, Hon. Ed Stelmach, Orysia Boychuk, and Kevin Royle. Presented by the
Ukrainian Foundation for College Education (UFCE).
Ed Stelmach was Alberta’s 13th Premier, making him the first Premier of Alberta of Ukrainian origin and only the second person of Ukrainian descent to be elected Premier of a Canadian province. Being the grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Ed has always been an active member of the Ukrainian community in Alberta. He received the Hetman Award from the Alberta Provincial Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in 2011 and the Michael Luchkovich Award by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in 2013. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ed Stelmach organized one of the first planes filled with humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Orysia Boychuk is a president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Alberta Provincial Council, an umbrella organization representing the Ukrainian community organizations in Alberta. She has been an active community member holding various leadership roles including committee member of the Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations, President of UCC Edmonton, President of Ukrainian Benevolent Society. Orysia is a recipient of several awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Award, Hetman Award, and the Alberta Federal Council Award.
Kevin Royle is a first class firefighter and fire investigator and a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. He founded Firefighter Aid Ukraine (FFAU) in 2014. As of March 15, 2023, FFAU has shipped almost 240 tons of aid to Ukraine in the form of rescue equipment, specialty tools, medical supplies, surgical instruments, hospital equipment, drugs and medicine. FFAU is actively training first responders in Ukraine. FFAU was one of the first NGO’s in Canada to charter a plane and send aid in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The banquet will take place on May 4 (Thursday) in St. John’s Cultural Centre, 10611-110 Avenue NW.
Reception: 5:30 pm
Dinner and Program: 6:30 pm
Tickets are $90 per person
Tax receipts available
For tickets, call:
George Zaharia at 780- 435-5842
Rena Hanchuk at 780 468 6206
Ernie Skakun at 780-434-0543
Buy tickets online – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/590101979907
UKRAINIAN FOUNDATION FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION
c/o Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre
MacEwan University, P.O. Box 1796 Edmonton AB T5J 4S2
