The “Companion” app will not protect you
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s night time. You’re walking home alone. Nothing can protect you. Scared? Don’t be. Five students from the University of Michigan found a solution. Why not create an app that allows you to ask your friends to…
Ukrainian National Federation Toronto Branch broadens its scope of youth programming
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Is this poison ivy?” Nine enthusiastic children bombard Anastasia Baczynskyj with questions. The one about poison ivy was repeated on multiple occasions throughout the trip, after she showed them what poison ivy looks like. “You have to…
Do not lower journalism standards by cutting university courses
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt the end of August 2017 students in Journalism program at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) received a survey from Kenzie Burchell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Media, Journalism and Digital Cultures. The survey asked for opinion on…
UWVA honours canadian armed forces, asks Canadian government to continue aid
Reading Time: 4 minutesTo recognize the hard work of the Canadian Armed Forces in their help to Ukraine and their support to NATO, the Ukrainian War Veterans Association of Canada hosted an annual Canadian Forces Appreciation Event at Trident Banquet…
TCDSB proclaims September as Ukrainian Canadian heritage month
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeptember 7th became Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Day at TCDSB. At their board meeting on May 31, 2018, the trustees of the Toronto Catholic District School Board proclaimed the month of September as Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Month, and…
Putin continues Stalin’s legacy: his Russia is built on 10 million bodies
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn October 27, 2017 University of Toronto News at St. George campus published an article by a U of T reporter Peter Boisseau, titled “Secret Documents Enable U of T Historian to Shed New Lights on Stalin’s…
Trudeau supports Poroshenko’s peacekeeping proposal, but falls short of commitment
Reading Time: 4 minutesCanada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed support for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s proposal for a United Nations Peacekeeping force in the war-torn Donbas region, but stopped short of committing Canada to take part, during their joint press…
Cancer vs. abortion: How a Canadian model fought for health
Reading Time: 5 minutesToronto fashion model Elizaveta Bulokhova faced a dreading decision in 2014: to live with cancer or to have an abortion. While vacating in Amsterdam with her boyfriend, Roman Troubetskoi, Bulokhova felt pain and swelling in her jaw.…
Night at the museum – MYHO takes flight once again
Reading Time: 5 minutesUkrainian youth in Toronto lived through a real-life plot of the infamous “Night at the Museum” saga. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, ON., invited five members of the Ukrainian National Youth Federation (MYHO) Toronto branch…
Spotted at UTSC: A Beast
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe path from MW to HW lays between undead Sakura trees. The schoolyard is empty – it’s spring break, though you could hardly call this mash of chills, mud and greyness “spring”. The winds have been continuously…
