I had a great time seeing the Kyiv Chamber Choir at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto last Friday night. Wrapping up in Ontario, the group heads next to the Praries and Western Canada. You can also catch an interview with head of their touring company at Nash Holos.
Below is Ukrainian radio host Irena Bell’s interview with Mykola Hobdych, conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Choir after the Ottawa concert last Thursday. You can listen to her show on CHIN Ottawa 97.9 FM Sundays 6PMÂ &Â Tuesdays 10PM.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean met in Kyiv on Thursday.
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The two couples began a meeting at Horodetsky House, and extended talks chaired by the Ukrainian president and the governor general of Canada will then be held.
Yushchenko and Jean will then make statements for the press, before laying flowers at the Memorial to Famine Victims.
At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and her husband, His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, will conduct a State visit to Ukraine, from April 23 to 26.
The ambassador noted that there exists a Ukrainian-Canadian agreement on cooperation in space exploration and in the nuclear energy sector. He said the representatives of the nuclear agencies of Ukraine and Canada are holding active talks.
The diplomat also noted that representatives of Canada are currently working with the Ukrainian space agency.
"We will be glad if a Ukrainian satellite is made in Canada," Caron said.
In turn, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Presidential Secretariat, Andriy Honcharuk, said that no documents are to be signed during Jean’s visit to Ukraine. At the same time, he said that Ukraine and Canada have already signed 45 interstate documents.
The award-winning Kyiv Chamber Choir begins their Canadian tour starting tomorrow. You can visit their MySpace page to check some of their great music, it’s sure to be a great show. Below is the information on their upcoming dates:
Some good news for Toronto Ukrainian Catholic Elementary School Josyf Cardinal Slipyj:
The Rathburn Road-Renforth Drive area school is one of four Catholic elementary schools in Etobicoke recently approved by the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) to receive additions to replace existing portables. Other local schools slated for additions include Father Serra, Josyf Cardinal Slipyj and St. Stephen.
Additions will increase space required to accommodate Ministry of Education-directed smaller primary class sizes. Board-wide, the TCDSB qualified for funding for 2,254 pupil places.
Board officials took a strategic decision to cluster the schools getting the additions, one board official said.
"We identified schools with a high number of portables where projected enrolment is stable or increasing to take the larger additions, instead of the other option of buying more portables," said Angelo Sangiorgio, associate director of planning and facilities with the school board. "We’ll do six to eight to 10-classroom additions around a centrally located elementary school."
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