25th Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians
ENGAGE ДОЛУЧАЙСЯ
INSPIRE НАДИХАЙ
EMPOWER ТВОРИ
29 September to 02 October 2016
Delta Hotel Regina (1919 Saskatchewan Drive, Regina, SK)
2016 Congress Schedule & Plenary Program
(updated 22 Sept 2016)
Thursday, September 29, 2016
6:00pm – 9:00pm National Member Organization Meetings
– Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions
3:00 pm – 10:00 pm Registration (Convention Level)
9:00 pm Hospitality Suites
Friday, September 30, 2016
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration (Convention Level) / Exhibits/Vendors (Umbria Room)
8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast (Trentino Ballroom)
8:30 am – 9:20 am “Engage” Presentations (Trentino Ballroom)
9:30 am – 10:00 am Keynote Address (Trentino Ballroom)
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Opening Plenary Session (Trentino Ballroom)
Official Welcomes
- MaryAnn Trischuk, President, UCC Saskatchewan
- Paul Grod, President, UCC National
- Hon. Greg Ottenbreit, Minister Responsible for Rural and Remote Health, Government of Saskatchewan
- Opening Prayers
- oHis Eminence Metropolitan Yurij (Kalistchuk), Metropolitan of Canada Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Most Rev. Bishop Bryan Bayda CSsR
Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon
- Election of Presidium of XXV Congress (Chairs, Secretaries (Ukrainian/English)
- Election of Verification Committee
- Adoption of Rules of Order
- Adoption of Program
- Election of Resolutions Committee
- Approval of Minutes of XXIV Congress (2013)
- Report of Verification Committee (Preliminary)
- Report of Nominations Committee (Preliminary)
- Report of Finance Committee
- Report of Audit Committee
- Discussion
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Buffet Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Opening Plenary Session (continued)
- Report of the UCC President Paul Grod & Discussion
- Vote of Confidence to Outgoing Board of Directors
- Report of Constitutional Committee
- Discussion
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions
4:00 pm Adjournment
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Bus shuttle service to Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Cocktails @ Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive
6:00 pm – 10:30 pm “Celebrating 125 Years of Ukrainians in Canada”
A National Gala Showcase presented by UCC Saskatchewan
*includes a live auction of two original art pieces from Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn and David Wasylyshen specially commissioned for this event.
Banquet from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Concert from 8:00 pm 10:30 pm
10:30 pm – 11:00 pm Return bus shuttle service to Delta Regina Hotel, 1919 Saskatchewan Drive
11:00 pm Hospitality Suites
Saturday, October 1, 2016
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration (Convention Level)
8:00 am – 6:30 pm Exhibits & Vendors (Umbria Room)
Note – The Holodomor Bus will be open to the public 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Located at the Casino Regina parking lot
7:30 am – 9:00 am Breakfast Buffet (Trentino Ballroom)
8:00 am – 8:30 am Shevchenko Foundation President’s Report (Trentino Ballroom)
8:30 am – 9:00 am Presentations by Presidential, VP and other Officer Candidates
9:00 am – 10:30 am Plenary Roundtable (Trentino Ballroom)
Post-Maidan Ukraine: Battling the Russian Invasion while reforming its government. Ukraine’s Leaders of Change will outline what’s next and what we can do to help shape the new Ukraine.
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions/Workshops II
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch (Trentino Ballroom)
12:45 pm – 1:05 pm Canada Ukraine Foundation President’s Report (Trentino Ballroom)
1:05 pm – 1:15 pm Break
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions/Workshops III
2:45 pm – 3:00pm Break and Displays
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Plenary Roundtable (Trentino Ballroom)
Shoulder to Shoulder: Canada’s Support for Ukraine – humanitarian, security and political – what’s next
4:30 pm Adjournment
6:15 pm – 7:00 pm Cocktails
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm UCC 75th Anniversary Banquet & Shevchenko Medal Awards Presentations
Trentino Ballroom
Delta Regina Hotel
1919 Saskatchewan Drive
Sunday, October 02, 2016
11:00 am – 3:00 pm The Holodomor Bus will be open to the public
Located at the Casino Regina parking lot
8:00 am – 8:30 am Ecumenical Prayer Service / Moleben (Trentino Ballroom)
8:30 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast (Trentino Ballroom)
9:00 am – 10:45 am Plenary Session (Trentino Ballroom)
- Report of Resolutions Committee
- Adoption of Resolutions
- Report of Nominating Committee (Final)
- Appointment of Audit Committee
- Appointment of the Auditors
- Election of President, VPs, Treasurer and Secretary
- Election of Board of Directors
10:45 am – 11:00 am Official Congress Group Photograph
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Roundtable (Trentino Ballroom)
Cross Country Check-up:
UCC Provincial Council Presidents Panel-Vision for the next 25 yrs
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Luncheon Buffet (Trentino Ballroom)
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Keynote address: Evhen Czolij, President, Ukrainian World Congress
(Trentino Ballroom)
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Concluding Plenary Session (Trentino Ballroom)
- Announcement of Voting Result
- Installation of new UCC President for 2015-2018 term
- President’s Address
- Closing Remarks
- Official Closing of Congress
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm First Meeting of the newly-elected UCC Board of Directors
4:00 pm Wreath-laying at the Holodomor Memorial, Wascana Park