{"id":201,"date":"2025-11-20T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/?p=201"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:12:56","slug":"ipis-student-maria-ovcharenko-awarded-national-youth-leadership-award-by-the-ukrainian-canadian-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/2025\/ipis-student-maria-ovcharenko-awarded-national-youth-leadership-award-by-the-ukrainian-canadian-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"IPIS Student Maria Ovcharenko Awarded  National Youth Leadership Award by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        IPIS Student Maria Ovcharenko Awarded  National Youth Leadership Award by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_4117-768x1192.jpeg); background-position: 49% 31%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>IPIS is proud to congratulate Maria Ovcharenko, recipient of the Ukrainian Canadian Youth Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership and meaningful contributions to the Ukrainian community and to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This year\u2019s Congress brought together over 400 delegates from across the country, with participants noting the strong engagement across workshops and plenaries. The event featured several distinguished speakers, including <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Hon. David McGuinty, Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Hon. Anita Anand, Ambassador Andrii Plakhotniuk, and Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"Triennial Congress - All delegates and awardees\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees-320x190.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees-512x303.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees-1536x910.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/UCC-Triennial-Congress-Plast-delegates-and-awardees.jpg 1969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UCC Triennial Congress &#8211; All delegates and awardees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" data-id=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_0541-512x384.jpeg\" alt=\"Maria Ovcharenko the UCC National Youth Leadership Award 2025\" class=\"wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_0541-512x384.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_0541-320x240.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_0541-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_0541.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maria Ovcharenko recieving the UCC National Youth Leadership Award 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Maria Ovcharenko- UCC National Youth Leadership Award 2025\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485-320x240.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485-512x384.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2026\/05\/IMG_2485.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maria Ovcharenko (far right) &#8211; UCC National Youth Leadership Award 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Maria\u2019s achievement reflects the strength and impact of emerging Ukrainian Canadian leaders, and IPIS is delighted to celebrate her success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPIS is proud to congratulate Maria Ovcharenko, recipient of the Ukrainian Canadian Youth Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership and meaningful contributions to the Ukrainian community and to Canada. This year\u2019s Congress brought together over 400 delegates from across the country, with participants noting the strong engagement across workshops and plenaries. The event featured several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}