Christine Saly - UCU Community Leadership Award winner

The eighth winner of the UCU Community Leadership Award is Christine Saly. This award is in the amount of $1,000 and is given to qualifying candidates of Ukrainian heritage who are enrolled in a field of study such as political science, business, communication, theology, or international studies and who show above average academic skills. The winners must also demonstrate leadership and community involvement.

Christine is in the 2nd year of a Masters of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto. She also holds a Fine Arts Diploma in Cultural Resource Management form the University of Victoria and a Combined Honours BA Anthropology and Sociology from McMaster University. Christine has been a volunteer at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch and at the Brant Museum and Archives. She has performed with the Kalyna Dance Ensemble and the Junior Chaika Song and Dance Ensemble, both based in Hamilton. During her studies at McMaster she was an executive member of the Ukrainian Students’ Association. Christine has co-authored a paper titled Promoting Archeology through Cultural Resource Management and Museums: Case Studies from Ontario, British Columbia and Great Britain, and has taken part in man Archeological symposia.

We will highlight each of the winners in blog posts over the next few days where you can read a bit about them. In the meantime, you can see lots of photos from the 1st Annual UCU Scholarship Award Gala on our Facebook page. You can read more about the 1st Annual UCU Scholarship Gala here.

Congratulations to all the winners! You are all very talented and deserving of praise! Keep reading the blog for more about this year's scholarship winners. And if you didn't apply this year, why not think about it next year? Visit our Scholarship page on our website for more details. The call for application normally goes out in late December, early January and the deadline is the end of February.