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PAST EVENTS:

Fourth Event:​

Literature Event: Ukraine, Looking at History 

January 9 at 6:30 PM

A special edition of our Translation Spotlight series — Ukraine — presented in partnership with Maple Hope Foundation and Upstart and Crow.

October 23–29, 2025 – Ukrainian Poetic Cinema: Rebuilding National Identity at the Cinematheque in Vancouver

Third Event

Ukrainian Voices Writers series

October 27, at 10 AM PDT

An online conversation on Sunday morning,

October 27, at 10 AM PDT. Our special guests included Lyuba Yakimchuck, the award-winning Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter, renowned for her poem collections such as Apricots of Donbas in conversation with  Amelia Glaser, a distinguished scholar, translator, and author.

Second Event

Ukrainian Voices Writers series

October 5, 10 AM PDT 2024

Online conversation on Saturday, October 5 at 10 AM with Eugenia Kuznetsova, Ukrainian author of the novel The Ladder and Ask Miechka which was shortlisted for BBC News Ukraine Book of The Year in 2021 and Jessica M. Zychowicz a scholar, editor, curator and author.

First Event

Ukrainian Voices Writers series
May 23, 6 PM PDT 2024

Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM first event of the Ukrainian Voices Series — an evening conversation with Maria Reva, author of the novel, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, nominated for the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in 2020. Reva will be in conversation with Alina Senchenko, an artist and curator.

Her Presence (Womanhood in Ukraine)

Photography exhibition

April 3 - May 1, 2024

Artist: Katya LesivKatia MotylevaAnya Tsaruk

This group exhibition offers a nuanced and critical exploration of the experience of Ukrainian women. Specifically, it focuses on the relationships between mothers, daughters, and sisters and the significant ways in which these have been affected during the invasion of Ukraine. The exhibition highlights the work of female photographers from Ukraine who explore different aspects of intimate familial relationships between women.

Witnessing Change: Ukrainian Cinema in a Time of Turmoil

Film series

February 1 - 22, 2024

Spanning nearly a century of cinema, the films in this series touch on issues that continue to shape Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora: technology, demographic generations, political revolution, and war. Through these works, viewers can glimpse the complex history of the Ukrainian peoples’ ongoing struggle for self-determination. ​“Witnessing Change” aims to shine a cinematic light on a region that continues to strive for recognition, autonomy, and the preservation of its cultural heritage.

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