October 25, 2010-Winnipeg, Manitoba-The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is pleased to announce the recipients for the Shevchenko Medal, the highest form of recognition that can be granted by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian Youth Leadership Awards.
Ukrainian Canadian Congress President, Paul Grod, announced today the awarding of sixteen Shevchenko Medals and four Youth Leadership Awards. The recipients have been invited to receive their awards at a ceremony to be held on November 6, 2010 at the XXIII Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians in Edmonton, Alberta.
The Shevchenko Medal recognizes individuals of Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian descent, as well as institutions and organizations, for their outstanding national contribution towards the development of the Ukrainian Canadian community. Outstanding achievement is measured by the recipients’ level of excellence and initiative, their sustained body of work, peer recognition and the recipients’ broad impact inside and outside the Ukrainian Canadian community.
Shevchenko Medals are awarded in the categories of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Education, Sport, and may also include the category of Public service.
The Ukrainian Canadian Youth Leadership Award of Excellence gives recognition to young adult Ukrainian Canadians for outstanding leadership which significantly contributed to the broader Ukrainian community and the betterment of Canada.
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Adriana Luhovy,
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is pleased to present the Ukrainian Canadian Youth Leadership Award to Adriana Luhowa of Montreal for her work with PLAST, SUSK, Help us Help the Children, and with McGill and Concordia Ukrainian students unions. In addition, she successfully organized a charitable fundraiser for Ukrainian orphanages and was the main videographer for the documentary film on the Holodomor, “Genocide Revealed”.