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Honorary Patrons
The Right Honourable
Adrienne Clarkson
The Honourable Senator
Raynell Andreychuk
Joy Kogawa
Nino Ricci
Advisors during Phase One:
Nik Burton
Coteau Books
Kitty Lewis
Brick Books
Jack Rabinovitch
Scotiabank Giller Prize
Antanas Sileika
Humber College School for Writers
Geoffrey Taylor
International Festival of Authors
Noreen Taylor
Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction |
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 Backgrounder
The Ukrainian-Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko was established in 1961 when the Ukrainian-Canadian community raised funds to celebrate the work of Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine’s great poet (1814-1861), with a monument erected on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislature.
In July 1962, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (then the Ukrainian Canadian Committee) resolved to set aside a $30,000 surplus from the Shevchenko monument project into a capital fund that became known as the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko became incorporated by an Act of Parliament on July 22nd, 1963.
In 1964, the Shevchenko Foundation began distributing project grants awarding $400. In 1973, on its 10th anniversary, total donations to the Foundation surpassed $500,000.
Today the Shevchenko Foundation awards nearly $300,000 annually. To date the Foundation has distributed over $8.5 million in grants to organizations and individuals who support cultural development among Ukrainian-Canadians.
In 2003, the Foundation launched a biennial $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award whose purpose is to encourage Canadian writers to explore Ukrainian Canadian themes and to contribute to developing the literary arts in Canada.
From its small beginnings the Foundation has invested over $8.5 million in capital, contributed to hundreds of projects by organizations and individuals, and become a well known part of the Canadian landscape.
In 2008, the Government of Canada granted 10 million to the Shevchenko Foundation to establish the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund. Interest earned supports projects that commemorate and recognize the experience of all the ethno-cultural communities affected by Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914 -1920.
For more information, contact:
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Key Dates
Submission deadlines
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Award Announcements
March 15, 2013 for
2014 award presentation
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