UCBA’s first event for 2015: Thursday, February 26th at 7 PM

We will be having our first official UCBA event for 2015 at the Albany Club – Main Dining Room- 91 King Street East – (One Block East of the King Edward Hotel). The theme of the evening will be Mentoring and Career Management, including the development of marketing and networking skills by lawyers, young and […]

Reform Watch

Source Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post will be tracking the progress made by Ukraine’s post-EuroMaidan Revolution leaders in making deep structural changes in the public interest. The Reform Watch project is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation. Content is independent of the financial donor. 1. Security & Defense Parliament recognized the jurisdiction of the International […]

Daniel Bilak: Nine quick wins for the justice system

Taken from the Kyiv Post Dec. 15, 2014, 1:01 p.m. | Op-ed — by Daniel Bilak The Ministry of Justice should be commended – not two days since the passage of the Cabinet of Ministers reform program and it announced that the registry of immovable property will be made generally accessible to the public over the internet […]

Break-in at St. Joseph Church in Oakville

We are writing with some sad news and asking for your help. On Wednesday, Jan 7, Ukrainian Christmas Day, St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Oakville, was burglarized. From the church bulletin: In the early afternoon of Wed, Jan 7, an unknown individual broke into the parish office (and several other locked rooms) and walked away […]

Russian hockey team greeted by anti-Putin protesters

Taken from The Star Monday, 5 January 2015 | Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Ukrainian Canadians hoisted protest signs and shouted “Go Canada Go! Putin Hands Off Ukraine!” outside the World Junior Hockey Championship game in Toronto Monday night. Protesters braved Monday’s deep freeze to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside the Air Canada Centre where the […]

Твориться Українсько-Канадська Асоціація Адвокатів

Taken from Novij Shlyax Friday, 19 December 2014 | Олександр Бєляков Українсько-Канадська Асоціація Адвокатів (УКАА) шукає можливості для розвитку в умовах непростих змін в Україні та Канаді. Перші загальні збори УКАА відбулися нещодавно в освітньому центрі Товариства Адвокатів у Торонто. Повна зала ледь вмістила понад 70 учасників заходу. З вітальним словом виступив президент Конґресу Українців Канади […]

Ukrainian lawyers organize to help situation back home

Taken from Law Times Monday, 01 December 2014 00:08 | Written By Yamri Taddese The Ukrainian Canadian Bar Association is alive once again with a renewed purpose of helping out with the situation in Ukraine. The revival of the association last week, which faded away after its creation in the early 1990s, comes at a […]

November 24 Inaugural Meeting Recap

Thanks to the efforts of our organizing committee, we had a fantastic turnout at the November 24 Inaugural Meeting of almost 70, which far exceeded the expectations of the organizers and (almost) the capacity of the room. Thank you to the attendees for braving the Viter that evening to make the inaugural event a success. […]