Svitlana Koronenko

The Fifth Petro Jacyk Ukrainian Language Competition, administered by the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists, is picking up pace. Over the years it has been gaining in popularity among school children, their parents, teachers, and an increasing number of students. Every year over five million...

This story has impressed many people, and not just those who live in Ukraine. Fate decreed that Mykhailo Halandiuk, an ethnic Ukrainian born in 1904 in the Lviv region, would settle after the war in a distant, alien land. Nothing special distinguished him from other Canadian citizens. True, he had...

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine announced the winners of the Fourth Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Competition, in the Ukrainian Diaspora category, in Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Russia. The names of the winners in other countries (the Baltic states, the Trans-Dniester...

On the eve of the Day of the Ukrainian Language and Literature, the opening ceremony of the Petro Jacyk Fourth International Ukrainian Language Contest was held in the philanthropist’s native village of Verkhnie Synyovydne, Lviv oblast. The contest is sponsored by the League of Ukrainian...

On May 22, marking the Day of the Ukrainian Language, the National Opera of Ukraine hosted the closing ceremony of the Third Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Contest. This popular language marathon lasted over six months, kicking off on November 9, 2002, the Day of the Ukrainian...

The third Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Contest began November 9 in Kolodiazhne, Lesia Ukrayinka’s home village in Volyn. It was initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science, Canada’s Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation, and the Ukrainian League of Philanthropists. Last year it...