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Churches, Charities & Not-for-Profit Seminar a success

UCPBA wishes to thank the Ukrainian Canadian Bar Association (UCBA) and Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (UCSS) for organizing and hosting an excellent and information seminar on Churches, Charities and Not-for-Profits law. There were close to one hundred attendees, showing just how important this topic is for our community!

Special thanks to sponsors Ukrainian Credit Union Limited, Steinberg Title Hope & Israel LLP, Old Mill Toronto, Razom Ukrainian Canadian Media Group, Cholkan + Stepczuk LLP, Funding Matters Inc. and Rodan Energy Solutions.

If you’d like to download a copy of the course materials, they are available at this download link.

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Yalynka 2017 Was A Success!

A big thank you to all that attended our Yalynka Christmas party on December 9. Once again, we had record attendance! For those that didn’t make it out, hope to see you at next year’s party!

In addition to our attendees, a big thank you to our sponsors for the evening! Thank you to Boris Horodynsky and Horodynsky Farms, who was once again our Presenting sponsor. Thanks also very much to our Gold Sponsors: Funding Matters, Ukrainian Credit Union, Buduchnist Credit Union, and Himelfarb Proszanski. And finally, thanks to the generosity of our door prize sponsors, one in ten of those who attended went home with a bottle of great Ukrainian vodka! Thanks to both Khortytsia Vodka (United Stars) and Zirkova Vodka (Multiculture Bevco Inc).

Thank you to our Ukrainian koliadnyky from Promoteyj, who added a great touch of Ukrainian spirit, the fantastic DJ Unlisted who kept the dance floor moving all night, and lastly, the Albany Club, for providing such a great venue.

These pictures from the event are also on our Facebook page if you’d like to tag yourself and your friends.

The UCPBA wishes everyone has a happy and safe holidays, we look forward to seeing you at more UCPBA events in the new year!

Photos by Alina Pliekhanova

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Update on UCPBA Awards

Thank you to all those that have been nominated, or have nominated someone, for the UCPBA Awards. We are pleased to announce that the Awards will now be held in Spring 2018. The nomination process is still ongoing, and we will be in touch with all nominated candidates in the new year.

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Register now for Yalynka

You are cordially invited to UCPBA’s annual Yalynka on Saturday, December 9 at the Albany Club in downtown Toronto.

Yalynka is an annual Christmas celebration hosted by UCPBA. Join us for general merriment as we kick off the holiday season. There will be an open bar, appetizers (many, many appetizers) and entertainment.

Cost: $50 members; $75 non-members

Register today by visiting the event page!

Finally, this is a friendly reminder that UCPBA membership runs with the calendar year. If you are an existing member, now is a good time to renew! If you are not a current member, now is an even better time to join for the 2018 season. Please visit our membership page to join!

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Nominations for 2nd Annual UCBPA Awards are open!

UPDATE: We have exciting news regarding the UCPBA Awards coming soon. In the meantime, our planned program has been delayed for several months. Stay tuned!

The first annual UCPBA Awards was held on April 10, 2016 in conjunction with the Ukrainian-Canadian Business and Professional Trade Show organized by UkrPages. Over 150 attendees were present to support and acknowledge our best and brightest Ukrainian-Canadian businesses and professionals.

We plan to build on the success of the first awards show, with the second annual UCPBA Awards! The UCPBA Awards celebrates the most successful Ukrainian-Canadian businesses and professionals in their areas of expertise.

There is no cost to nominate your favourite businesses, so please visit the Awards Nomination page and make your nominations today.

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UCPBA Women in Business event a huge success

Back in May, UCPBA posted the photo at right from one of our meetings on Facebook. UCPBA member and business owner, Adrianna Stadnyk, spotted something odd: there was only one woman in the photo. Adrianna suggested that we should do more to highlight the successful businesswomen in the Toronto Ukrainian-Canadian community. So we did!

On July 27, UCPBA hosted its first ever Women in Business event. Held at Baka Gallery Cafe, the event was a smashing success as we had a packed house to hear five successful Ukrainian-Canadian women tell their stories:

Thank you to all of our amazing speakers, and to our attendees! Special thank you to Adrianna for holding us accountable, and for volunteering to be one of our first speakers!

We look forward to having this become a regular series. Stay tuned!

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2017 Annual General Meeting

UCPBA’s Annual General Meeting for 2017 will be held Thursday, July 27, 2017 beginning at 6:00 pm, at Baka Gallery Cafe (2256 Bloor St. West, at Beresford Ave.). We hope to see you all there. Note that this is a mid-term AGM, and there are no Board elections scheduled for this AGM.

Please also plan to stay after the AGM for our Women in Business Networking Event.

New website launched

UCPBA of Toronto is pleased to announce that its new official website, UCPBA.ca, is now live. We have some great things in the works for the site and for our organization, which will be rolling out over the next little while. In the meantime, have a look around and let us know what you think.

We’re also launching a new Facebook Page and Twitter feed, which you can use to stay up to date with the latest P’s and B’s happenings.