- Borys Wrzesnewskyj
Borys Wrzesnewskyj (pronounced Rez-NEV-skee, born November 10, 1960) is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Etobicoke Centre in the Canadian House of Commons. He is the member of the Liberal Party. Born in Etobicoke, he is a third generation Ukrainian Canadian. Wrzesnewskyj attended Humber Valley Village Public School and Upper Canada College. He received a Bachelor of Commerce from Trinity College, University of Toronto and has been a member of Plast. - Filip Konowal
Filip Konowal VC (September 15, 1888 – June 3, 1959) was a Ukrainian Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He is the only Ukrainian recipient of the VC. Konowal was born in Kutkivtsi, Ukraine, in the Russian Empire. He is the patron of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 360 (Konowal Branch) in Toronto. - Raynell Andreychuk
Anita Raynell Andreychuk (born August 14 1944) is a Canadian Senator, lawyer, and former judge and diplomat. A native of Saskatoon, Andreychuk graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA in 1966 and a law degree in 1967 after which she began her legal practice in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1976, she was appointed a judge of the Saskatchewan provincial court after having initiated Regina's first family court. - James Bezan
James Bezan (born May 19, 1965 in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician. In 2004, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative. Bezan attended Olds College in Alberta (on a basketball scholarship), where he majored in livestock technology and received a degree in Agricultural Production. Bezan worked in the livestock and cattle industries in the 1980s and 1990s, and started his own company in 1996. - Myrna Kostash
Myrna Kostash is a Canadian writer and journalist. She has written for many Canadian magazines including "Chatelaine". She has also written a number of non-fiction books. She currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. - Janice Kulyk Keefer
Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June, 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Born in Toronto, she studied literature at universities in England and France, and currently teaches literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants. She was named winner of the Marian Engel Award for her body of work in 1999. - Ed Stelmach
Edward Michael Stelmach, MLA, (born May 11, 1951 in Lamont, Alberta) is the current Premier of Alberta, Canada. He was elected Leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party on December 3, 2006. He sits in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as the Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (previously Vegreville-Viking). - William Kurelek
William Kurelek (March 3, 1927 - November 3, 1977) was a Canadian artist and writer. He was born near Whitford, Alberta in 1927, the oldest of seven children in an Ukrainian immigrant family: Will, John, Winn, Nancy, Sandy, Paul, Iris. His family lost the farm during the Great Depression and moved to Stonewall, Manitoba. He developed an early interest in art which was not encouraged by his hard-working parents. - Victor Malarek
Victor Gregory Malarek is a Canadian journalist and author. Currently, he is a senior reporter for CTV Television's "W-FIVE" From 1990 to 2000, Malarek was one of the hosts for CBC Television's "the fifth estate". In 1997, he won a Gemini Award as Canada’s top broadcast journalist. In 1976, Malarek joined The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, … - Marsha Skrypuch
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (born 1954) is a Ukrainian Canadian children's writer who lives in Brantford, Ontario. Marsha tricked her teachers into thinking she knew how to read until it all caught up with her in grade 4 when she failed the provincial reading exam. Adding insult to injury, they made her repeat the whole year. As the tallest and oldest kid in the class, she didn't want to be seen learning to read with little skinny books and she was too proud to ask for help, … - Orest Subtelny
Orest Subtelny - is a Canadian historian of Ukrainian descent. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973. Since 1982 he is professor at the Department of History and Political Science, York University, Toronto, Canada. Subtelny's major work is the general textbook "Ukraine: A History" (1988), a work of Ukrainian historiography. - Roy Romanow
Roy John Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, QC, LL.B, DU, (born August 12, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan (1991-2001). He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1967 provincial election. From 1971 to 1982, he served as deputy premier of Saskatchewan. In 1982 he was defeated by Joanne Zazalenchuk a 22 year old retail employee. - Robert Klymasz
Robert Bohdan Klymasz is the premier Ukrainian-Canadian folklorist. Educated at the University of Toronto (Russian, 1957), the University of Manitoba (MA in Slavic Studies, under Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, 1960), Harvard University (1960–62), and Indiana University (PhD in Folklore Studies, 1971), he was a long-time Curator of the Slavic and East European Program at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa. He has taught at several North American universities, … - William Hawrelak
William Hawrelak was the mayor of Edmonton, Alberta from 1951 to 1959 and again from 1964 to 1965 and a third time from 1974 to 1975. Born in the district of Shandro, Alberta, ancestrally the name was Гавриляк ("Havriliak"). He started as city alderman from 1949 till 1951. He was the first mayor of Edmonton of Ukrainian Canadian descent. All three times, he left before the conclusion of his term. - Gerard Kennedy
Gerard Kennedy, (born July 24 1960 in The Pas, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician. While attending the University of Alberta in Edmonton, he became involved in the local food bank, eventually becoming its first executive director in 1983. In 1986, he moved to Toronto to run the Daily Bread food bank, which he did until entering politics in 1996. - John Sopinka
John Sopinka, QC (March 19 1933 - November 24 1997) was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court. Sopinka was born in Broderick, Saskatchewan and lived there until his family moved to Hamilton, Ontario. He completed secondary school at Saltfleet High School in Stoney Creek. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of laws degrees at the University of Toronto. - Leo Mol
Leo Mol (born January 15, 1915) is a Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor. He was born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne near Shepetivka, Ukraine. Mol studied sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1940. In 1943, he studied in The Hague, and in December, 1948, he and his wife, Magareth (whom he married in 1943), emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba. - Paul Yuzyk
Paul Yuzyk (24 June 1913 - 9 July 1986) was a Canadian historian and Senator. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 4 February 1963 on the recommendation of John Diefenbaker. He sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus until his death. He was an associate professor of Slavic studies and professor of history at the University of Manitoba and a professor of Russian and Soviet history at the University of Ottawa. - Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Judy Wasylycia-Leis (pronounced Wash-a-lees-a-lease) (born August 10, 1951) is a Canadian politician. She was a Manitoba cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1986 to 1988, and has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. - Terry Sawchuk
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-May 31, 1970 in New York City, New York, United States) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Rangers. - Jaroslav Rudnyckyj
Jaroslav Bohdan Rudnyckyj OC (1910 - October 19, 1995) was a Ukrainian-Canadian linguist, lexicographer with a specialty in etymology and onomastics, folklorist, bibliographer, travel writer, and publicist. He was one of the pioneers of Slavic Studies (see Slavistics) in Canada and one of the founding fathers of Canadian "Multiculturalism". In scholarship, he is best known for his incomplete two volume "Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language" (1962-82), … - Ray Hnatyshyn
Ramon John "Ray" Hnatyshyn, PC, CC, CMM, CD, BA, LL.B, QC FRHSC (hon) (March 16, 1934 – December 18, 2002) was Canada's twenty-fourth governor general, serving from 1990 to 1995. Ray Hnatyshyn, a Ukrainian Canadian, was born the son of Canadian senator John Hnatyshyn in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. As a youth he was an Air Cadet in #107 Spitfire Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Saskatoon. - Walt Lastewka
Walter Thomas "Walt" Lastewka, PC, MP (born October 11, 1940) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2006, representing the Ontario riding of St. Catharines as a member of the Liberal Party. - Luba Goy
Luba Goy (born November 8 1945 in Germany) is one of the stars of "Royal Canadian Air Farce". In the early 1980s, she also starred (as herself, alongside Billy Van) in an educational series on computers called "Bits and Bytes". Produced by TV Ontario, the show was aired by PBS stations in the United States. Later that decade, she played Lotsa Heart Elephant in Nelvana's animated Care Bears franchise. - Clifford Sifton
Sir Clifford Sifton, PC (March 10, 1861 - April 17, 1929) was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was responsible for encouraging the massive immigration to Canada which occurred in the first decade of the 20th Century. Born in Middlesex County, Upper Canada (now Ontario), Sifton moved with his family to Manitoba as a boy. He trained as a lawyer, and graduated from Victoria College in 1875. - Gary Filmon
Gary Albert Filmon, PC, P.Eng.(Ret) (born August 24, 1942) is a Manitoba politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1983 to 2000, and served as Premier from 1988 to 1999. - Theresa Sokyrka
Theresa Sokyrka (born April 1, 1981 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. On the second season of "Canadian Idol", she was the final runner-up to winner Kalan Porter. - Victor Mishalow
Victor Mishalow is a Canadian composer, conductor, bandurist, kobzar, recording artist and ethomusicologist. - John Paskievich
John Paskievich is a Genie Award-winning Ukrainian-Canadian documentary filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Paskievich's 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary "Unspeakable" explores stuttering. Paskievich himself stutters and he narrates and participates in the film, which won a special jury prize at the 2006 Whistler Film Festival. His other directorial credits include "My Mother’s Village", … - Sylvia Fedoruk
Sylvia Olga Fedoruk . Born Canora, Saskatchewan May 5, 1927. An excellent academic achiever she established her reputation for achievement in nuclear medical research early in her career. She was instrumental in the development of the first cobalt radiation unit which is now in side use as a chemotherapy treatment for cancer. She was the first woman named to the position of Chancellor at the University of Saskatchewan. - Alex Trebek
George Alexander Trebek (born as Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek on July 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American television personality and game show host who's best known as the host of the game show "Jeopardy!" since September 10, 1984. He has hosted numerous game/quiz shows and has appeared in television series, usually as himself. Though a native of Canada, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998. - Vasyl Stefanyk
Vasyl' Semenovych Stefanyk was an important Ukrainian writer. Vasyl Stefanyk was born May 14, 1871 in the village of Rusiv in the historical region of Pokuttya, in Western Ukraine. Stefanyk was deeply concerned with the destiny of Ukrainian immigrants to Canada and often mentioned them in his many writings. One of his stories, "The Stone Cross", later made into a movie, is a stirring account of an immigrant's departure from Stefanyk's native village. - Savella Stechishin
Savella Stechishin, née Wawryniuk (August 19, 1903 – April 22, 2002), was a Ukrainian-Canadian home economist and writer, recipient of the Order of Canada. She has been described as "an ethnocultural social maternal feminist" (Ostryzniuk, 1999). Stechishin was born in Tudorkovychi, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine (Galicia), and her family emigrated to Canada in 1913, settling in Krydor, Saskatchewan. - Stephen Worobetz
Stephen Worobetz, OC, MC, SOM, MD, LL.D, F.R.C.S.(C) (1914 – February 2 2006) was a Canadian physician and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Born in Krydor, Saskatchewan, of Ukrainian origin, he received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Saskatchewan in 1935 and a Doctor of Medicine from University of Manitoba in 1940. During World War II, he served as a medical officer with the Canadian Army in Italy and was awarded the Military Cross. - Laurence Decore
Laurence G. Decore (June 28, 1940 - November 6, 1999) was a Ukrainian-Canadian lawyer, politician, former mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Liberal Party. Born Lavrentiy Dikur in Vegreville, Alberta, he was the son of John Decore, a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1949-1957. Decore graduated from the University of Alberta in 1961 with B.A. in history and political economy, and in 1964 with LL.B. He was an alderman from 1974 until 1977. - Archbishop Yurij
Archbishop Yurij ("secular name: George Kalistchuk" born in Lachine, Quebec on May 26, 1951) is Archbishop of Toronto in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. - Metropolitan John
Metropolitan John (Stinka), full title: "His Eminence, Metropolitan John, Archbishop of Winnipeg, and of the Central Diocese, Metropolitan of Canada," is the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. He was enthroned as Metropolitan of Canada on July 23, 2006. - Roberta Bondar
Roberta Bondar , a medical doctor and Ph.D. in neurobiology, became the first Canadian woman astronaut and the world's first neurologist in space in 1992 on the International Microgravity Laboratory. She was elected to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for her pioneering space medical research. - Vasyl Avramenko
Vasyl Kyrylovych Avramenko (sometimes transcribed as Vasile) (1895-1981), was a Ukrainian actor, dancer, choreographer, balletmaster, director, and film producer, credited with spreading Ukrainian folk dance across the world. For his unparalleled missionary zeal and his love of Ukrainian culture, he is considered by many to be the "Father of Ukrainian Dance." - Walter Tarnopolsky
Justice Walter Surma Tarnopolsky (1932 - 15 September, 1993) was a Canadian judge, legal scholar, and pioneer in the development of human rights law and civil liberties in Canada. He was born in the farming community of Gronlid, Saskatchewan to parents of Ukrainian descent. He studied law at University of Saskatchewan, and later Columbia University as well as the London School of Economics. For a number of years afterwards he taught law at the University of Saskatchewan, …
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