Jul 21, 2022 | Blog Posts
SUSK’s summer students Julianna Petrenko (left), Alexei Ougriniouk (centre) and Nadiya Kovalenko (right). Over the summer, the Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union (SUSK) hired three student interns through the Canadian government’s Summer Jobs program. These...
Jul 13, 2022 | Blog Posts
By Marta Dvuliat Marta Dvuliat, a Ukrainian student attending the University of Victoria as part of the MITACS program. February 24 was a day that significantly changed the lives of all Ukrainians in Ukraine and abroad. It marks the day that Russian President Vladimir...
Mar 21, 2022 | Blog Posts
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Danya Pankiw[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7566″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]We thought the Soviet Union was gone, but Putin never did. Three days before the invasion on February 21, 2022,...
Jan 26, 2022 | Blog Posts
By Kira Dzulynsky When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available in mid-2021, I remember my family scrambling to try to get all of us vaccinated as soon as possible. I didn’t question anything; I trusted the system and got the vaccine with little knowledge of how...
Jan 10, 2022 | Blog Posts
By Maya Pankiw Lately, everything has been negative. Turn on the news and I am hit with all the worst things that happened that day — COVID-19 updates, the latest political scandal, or a story about some other unimaginable crisis. Looking out my window, I see the cold...
Dec 25, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Sofia Holowatsky It’s the most wonderful time of the year…except for our wallets. This is especially true for students that may be unemployed and want to find meaningful gifts for their loved ones. So how can you keep the magic of Christmas alive on a...
