365 Days of Resistance - UCC Calgary - February 24, 2023

On February 24, 2023, UCC Calgary organized and marked 365 Days of Resistance since the russian federation began its fully fledged invasion and genocidal war in Ukraine. We did not anticipate that close to 1,000 would attend. We are greatly moved by your support, and together we move closer to victory! Разом до Перемоги!

We sincerely thank MP Tom Kmiec, Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro, and Mayor Jyoti Gondek for speaking at this event, as well as all elected officials and dignitaries present, including MP Jasraj Singh Hallan, MP Pat Kelly, MP Greg McLean, MLA Ric McIver, MLA Rebecca Schulz, Andre Chabot, Terry Wong, Courtney Walcott, British Consul General in Calgary Jonathan Turner, Deputy Consul General Tomohiro Nakagaki of the Consulate-General of Japan in Calgary, Calgary Board of Education Trustee Susan Vukadinovic, Calgary Catholic School District Trustees Cathie Williams, Lorie Iovinelli, Shannon Cook, and Mary Martin, and CCSD Chief Superintendent Bryan Szumlas, as well as Constable Youssef Abbas and Calgary Police Service for keeping the event and our community safe. We thank you for your unwavering solidarity and for standing shoulder to shoulder with us!
We also thank the talented Gülnar Najafova for serving as an emcee, Michael Ilnycky for serving as our Dignitary Liaison, and our inspiring speaker Olena Muravchenko, and our keynote speaker Bohdan Romaniuk. Your words became our voices - newcomers, volunteers, leaders, and our entire community watching and working toward victory.

Our keynote speaker was community leader Bohdan Romaniuk. The transcript of his address is linked below.

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We are grateful to be able to share a moving & impressive video highlight of the event by Oleksandr Zagirskyy from Echoes of Ukraine YYC

​We are grateful to be able to share a beautiful and moving collection of photographs from the event by Zak Souter-Lucas of Scotch & Arak

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Thank you to our amazing performers for your sincere and beautiful performances. Thank you our incredible team of rally volunteers and all helping hands for helping before, throughout, and after the event, including taking interviews, ushering in folks from the cold indoors after the location change, helping distribute candles, setting up flags, and more. Thank you for volunteering your time and willingness to help at every turn!
​A special thank you to the City of Calgary for accommodating this event indoors on such a cold night.
Our event received significant media coverage, including:
CBC https://www.cbc.ca/.../calgary-ukraine-vigil-one-year-1...
CityNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMZSF0XxBKs
Global News https://globalnews.ca/.../calgarians-stand-in-solidarity...
Once again, we express our sincere thanks to all who attended, participated in, and made this event such a strong show of strength, resilience, and resistance. Together we are unbreakable, and together Ukraine will achieve victory!
Слава Україні! Героям Слава!.