Canada’s Annual General Meeting (Plenum) 2026

In accordance with our By-laws, see paragraph 48, “written notice shall be given “not less than twenty-one (21) days and not more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each member of the Association (other than an honorary member) through the Accredited Branch to which the member belongs” that the

 

Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada’s Annual General Meeting

will take place May 1 – 3 in St. Catharines, Ontario

All details concerning deadlines, registration and other relevant information can be found in Informaction Circular #27 dated January 12, 2026. Below please find a General Program.

We are delighted to inform you, that in conjunction with our Annual General Meeting, the Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada St.Catharines Branch will be hosting a banquet and zabava to be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 81 Lakeshore Road, in St.Catharines, Ontario to which we invite all our members, friends and supporters, especially in Southwestern Ontario.

GENERAL PROGRAM

FRIDAY, 1 May

General session – 6:00 p.m.

1. Opening of the Annual General Meeting

2. Election of a Presidium

3. Adoption of the Agenda

4. Election of the Mandate Verification Committee

5. Consideration of the reports of:

a. National Executive

b. Financial Report 2025

c. Charitable Trust Financial Report 2025

d. National Grievance Committee 

e. National Control Committee

6. Question period

7. Report of the Mandate Verification Committee

8. Adoption of the minutes from the previous Triennial General Meeting, held in Montreal, Quebec May 2-4, 2025

9. Adoption of the Audited Financial report

10. Session І – Artificial Intelligence in CYM’s weekly activities

Social 

SATURDAY, 2 May – Parallel Sessions (9:00 a.m.)

11. Parallel Sessions ІІ – Educational and Financial

12. Session ІII – Support for Ukraine

Lunch

13. Session ІV – A detailed look at Fundraising

14. Session V – Effects of the war in Ukraine affecting CYM – PTSD & other traumas

Banquet & Zabava

SUNDAY, 3 May – (9:00 a.m.)

15. Holy Liturgy at 9:00 a.m. at Sts. Cyril & Methodius in St. Catharines

16. Sessions VI – Communication guidelines & branding

17. Group Session VIІ – The Councillor-in-Training program & organizational development

18. Reports from the individual Group sessions and adoption of strategic plans and resolutions

19. Adoption of budges for 2026

20. Leadership Seminar awards

21. Closing of the Annual General Meeting 

Lunch (2:00 p.m.)