Ihor Bardyn, Canada Ukraine Parliamentary Program.
On July 16, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Declaration of Sovereignty, which declared that Parliament recognized the need to build the Ukrainian state based on the Rule of Law.
On August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence, which the citizens of Ukraine endorsed in the referendum of December 1, 1991. Also in 1991 Canadians celebrated the Centennial of Ukrainian group immigration to Canada. To mark the Centennial, Canadian organizations planned programs and projects to celebrate this milestone in Canada’s history.
The Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation of Toronto marked the Centennial by establishing the CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM (CUPP), an internship program for Ukrainian and Canadian university students.
CUPP gives Ukrainian and Canadian students an opportunity to observe parliamentary democracy and gain experience from which generations of Canadian, American and West European students have benefited.
Since 1991, over 1,000 Ukrainian and Canadian students have participated in the CUPP Internship Program, and the CUPP Model Ukraine Conferences held at Wycliffe College of the University of Toronto, George Washington University in Washington D.C., USA, University of Ottawa, Oxford University in the U.K., Kyiv-Mohyla University in Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Trinity College of the University of Toronto and the Government Conference Centre in Ottawa.
The biographical sketches published in the NP-UN will introduce the 34 university students who will serve an internship in the offices of 34 Members of Parliament during the Fall Sitting of the Canadian Parliament in 2020.
Please support the CUPP Internship Program by sending a donation to CUPP (cheque payable to Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation), 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto ON M5S 2H4 or call 416-234-9111 Ext. 241. Your donation is tax deductible.
Olha Louise Boleyn
Olha Louise Boleyn is a candidate for the CUPP 2020 internship program.
She is currently pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in American Studies at the University of Warsaw. She is a member of the University Sports Association and does rock climbing and sport shooting.
In 2018 she was a Senior Fellow of the Senator John Lewis Fellowship with US-NGO “Humanity in Action”.
Olha Louise is interested in languages, politics, philosophy and literature. Her favourite writer is Walt Whitman, favourite band is Blackpink, and her favourite Ukrainian painter is Kateryna Bilokur.
Nadiia Chervinska
Nadiia Chervinska is a candidate for the CUPP 2020 internship program.
She earned a BA degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2018 and currently is pursuing an MA degree in Philosophy. During BA studies, her main focus was on critical study of media and communication theories.
During her BA studies, she completed a two-year Certificate Program in European Human Rights Law at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and later received a Certificate in European Studies from Ukrainian Catholic University. The wide range of topics covered in her studies provided her with an excellent theoretical background and prepared her to approach different civil, social and economic issues through various philosophical concepts.
Born in Kolomyia, Nadiia is a member of the European Youth Parliament of Ukraine and a trainee at the Analytical Centre of Ukrainian Catholic University, one of the top-tier analytical centres in Ukraine. She plays the piano, likes learning languages and is a photography enthusiast.
Her favourite author is Ludwig Wittgenstein. Favourite composition is Terry Riley’s “In C”. A famous Ukrainian is Volodymyr Horovitz, a prominent composer and pianist.
Maksym Dzhyhun completed the CUPP 2019 program in the office of Kevin Lamoureux, MP for Winnipeg North. He was selected to be the coordinator of the CUPP 2020 internship program.
He earned MA degrees in Political Science and MA degree in Public governance and administration at Mykhaylo Drahomanov National Pedagogical University of Kyiv. During his MA studies, Maksym received a scholarship to study Human Rights and Multiculturalism at the University of South-Eastern Norway for one semester.
Since 2018 he has been one of the organizers of ‘New Political Leader`s Forum’ – a non-governmental initiative aimed at involving Ukrainian youth in political life. Also, he participated in international student's exchange programs in the USA, Poland, and Norway. 
In his free time, Maksym likes playing sports like rugby and tennis, playing the guitar and reading books. His favourite Ukrainian author is Vasyl Symonenko. Favourite song is Yellow by Coldplay.
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