About - UKRAINIAN CANADIAN SOCIAL SERVICES (EDMONTON)

UCSS is dedicated to helping those who are unable to help themselves.

As a non-profit, charitable organization, UCSS responds to the needs and interests of both the Ukrainian Community as a whole and individuals through its wide range of services.

These services include:

♦ aid to the poor and needy;

♦ providing assistance to senior citizens and new immigrants;

♦ counseling and advice assistance;

♦ referral and information center;

♦ translation service;

♦ aid in sponsorship of refugees;

♦ aid in immigration procedures;

♦ help with Canadian Citizenship application;

♦ aid overseas;

♦ liaison with various governmental and other social service agencies.

UCSS is not just another organization; it is you and us, the Ukrainian Canadian Community, helping those in need. Without your help, we will not be able to carry out our programs.

Ukrainian Canadian Social Services Objectives:

(a) To provide assistance in problems not covered by existing social services;

(b) To conduct research into the problems and needs of the Ukrainian Community as it relates to Canadian Society;

(d) To promote communication and cooperative action between social service organizations and agencies in the Ukrainian Community and those city-wide, provincial and federal establishments operating in the Edmonton area;

(e) To monitor the growth of social legislation and social security in Canada, particularly in Alberta and Edmonton, and to inform the Ukrainian Community of such developments;

(f) To assist in all matters related to immigration and refugees;

(g) To coordinate aid to Ukrainian communities beyond the Canadian borders.*

*Objective 1(g) is changed to read: “To coordinate and provide aid to Ukrainian communities beyond the Canadian borders”.

We have been incorporated into the Society Act of Alberta from December 12, 1994.