Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada

National USRL (CYC) office:__ 1175 Main St. Winnipeg MB __R2W 3S4 __Ph: (204) 253-0013 __Fax: (204) 582-4659__E-mail: nationalusrl@shaw.ca

54^th Convention of the Ukrainian Self-Reliance League (CYC)

August 24^th – 28^th, 2005

Radisson Hotel – Saskatoon, SK

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The 54^th CYC Convention will take place August 24^th – 28^th, 2005 in Saskatoon, SK, the City of Bridges, "Where it all began"! The planning committee and its subcommittees totaling some 33 enthusiastic volunteers are planning what is anticipated to be one on the best CYC Conventions ever!
The Convention’s theme is "Focus, Creativity, Unity".
The Radisson Hotel was selected, jointly by the National CYC executive and the planning committee, as an excellent facility for the Convention in an excellent location. Billed as Saskatoon’s first world-class hotel when it was built, it offers fine amenities just a block away from the famous Broadway Bridge, the landmark Bessborough Hotel and the South Saskatchewan River with its beautiful riverside parks. It is just three blocks from Saskatoon’s downtown core, famous for its statues of John Diefenbaker, Sir Wilfred Laurier and Mahatma Ghandi as well as the Mid-Town Plaza, Saskatoon’s largest shopping centre. Depending on your room’s location you will likely have a view of several of these beautiful landmarks. The Radisson is currently remodeling its lounge and restaurant area, which will be in readiness for our Convention! The hotel’s indoor waterslide will be a hit with young and old alike! Our Museum is also close, only a 15 minute walk along the riverside park.
Saskatoon and Saskatchewan played an important role in our CYC history. CYC was founded here, as were the Peter Mohyla Ukrainian Institute, the Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada (UWAC), the Ukrainian Self-Reliance Association (TYC), the Canadian Ukrainian Youth Association (CYMK) and the Ukrainian Museum of Canada.
The Convention year 2005 coincides with the 100^th Anniversary of the Province of Saskatchewan! Many of our convention registrants will be from Alberta, the province that is also celebrating it’s 100^th anniversary in 2005! Commemorations will be planned for the Convention to mark the joint centenaries of these two provinces that hosted the settlements of so many of Canada’s original Ukrainian immigrants. Come to the 2005 Convention in Saskatoon, "Where it all began"!
The Convention will not only consist of meetings. Tours, entertainment and special feature items will all be part of the program. Look forward to being entertained by the Lastiwka Ukrainian Orthodox Youth Choir and dance to the Ukrainian stylings of "Zvook", undisputedly one of Saskatchewan’s finest dance bands. Tours will enable you to see the Saskatchewan landscape with many Ukrainian churches dotting the landscape including St.Julien’s "prairie chathedral". Perhaps you would like to visit the University of Saskatchewan campus with unique features not matched by any other Canadian university - Canada’s Light Source, the country’s only synchrotron or the stately Lesia Ukrainka statue. The new agriculture and physical education buildings are other campus attractions. You may choose to go the famous spa at Manitou Beach at Watrous, where the water is the most dense of any spa in North America, several times as dense a sea water! At Watrous you will visit Danceland which has Canada’s only dance floor floating on a bed of horsehair. This is only a sample description of the many experiences that will be offered.
Saturday afternoon free time will offer the option of attending the fifth annual Ukraine Day in the Park.located ½ block from the Convention Hotel in the riverbank park next to the Bessborough Hotel. This event features 20 performing groups with food sales, beer garden, cultural displays, children’s activities, music with an audience of several thousand people.
In order to put on a quality convention financial support is needed. We appeal to our organizations and interested individuals to make a financial contribution to assure a top quality convention. Donations will be recognized in the Convention program book.
Sponsorships are available as well. If your group would like to sponsor a banquet or luncheon, an entertainment item, display or a specific item of your choosing, this may be done as well with appropriate recognition given.
We ask that National Executives consider their need for time needed to conduct their sessions and let the convention planning committee know their requirements.

If you would like to mount a display or space to sell items at the convention please contact the planning committee.

A Canadian 50 cent stamp recently carried a view of Saskatoon that includes the CYC convention hotel (Radisson). The hotel is the furthest building to the left on the stamp. The excitement is building! Don't miss the 2005 CYC (USRL) Convention in Saskatoon!

For more information contact:

Slawko Kindrachuk

Planning Committee Chairperson

Phone: 1-306-653-1733

E-mail: sjkin@sasktel.net

Al Kachkowski

Marketing Chairperson

Phone: 1-306-374-7675

E-mail: akachkowski@shaw.ca

Convention Hotel:

Radisson Hotel Saskatoon

Phone: 1-306-665-3322