Odesa Week in Vancouver

Odesa Week in Vancouver Save dates: May 30 — June 7, 2026

Odesa Week in Vancouver is a cultural and charitable initiative by the Ukrainian community, developed within the official sister city partnership between Vancouver and Odesa.

If you were there, what stayed with you? Drop it in the comments 🌊
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If you were there, what stayed with you? Drop it in the comments 🌊

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Let's get to know each other? 🌊

Every culture needs someone to carry it. Every relationship needs two sides. Vancouver and Odesa have been sister cities...
04/29/2026

Every culture needs someone to carry it. Every relationship needs two sides. Vancouver and Odesa have been sister cities for over 80 years. Our idea is simple: make that relationship more visible and more meaningful — spark real conversations and real initiatives.

That’s what Odesa Vancouver Week is about. And this year, our goal is BIGGER than ever – more details coming soon 🌊

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Canadian Vancouver and Ukrainian Odesa have been sister cities since 1944. For 80 years, that partnership lived mostly o...
04/18/2026

Canadian Vancouver and Ukrainian Odesa have been sister cities since 1944. For 80 years, that partnership lived mostly on paper. Last year, we decided to change that.

Odesa Week in Vancouver is an annual cultural and humanitarian initiative that turns a formal sister-city relationship into real action — through art, cuisine, public dialogue, and direct community support.

🇨🇦🇺🇦 In 2025, officially recognized by the City of Vancouver through a Proclamation Letter signed by the Mayor and City Council.

Who's behind this:
Ukrainian Cultural Society — a Vancouver-based non-profit that researches and presents the history and identity of the Ukrainian-Canadian diaspora through public cultural projects. Two years. 18+ events. Artists, historians, and communities brought together.

Maple Hope Foundation — born from the global Ukrainian volunteer movement of 2014, rooted in Vancouver's solidarity marches that followed Euromaidan. Today, a community of 250+ volunteers — fundraisers, organizers, advocates — who keep Ukraine's story visible and its culture alive.

Together, we build the bridge.

Welcome to our new dedicated page for this initiative 👋🌊

Save the dates:
May 30 — June 7, 2026.

🇨🇦🇺🇦 Last May, Odesa came to Vancouver to share its culture, to talk about its food, its films, its music, its story, an...
04/18/2026

🇨🇦🇺🇦 Last May, Odesa came to Vancouver to share its culture, to talk about its food, its films, its music, its story, and its people.

Like Vancouver, Odesa is a port city and it had plenty to share. Over 10 days, we brought Odesa to Vancouver's streets: the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opened Beethoven's Emperor Concert with a special piece dedicated to Odesa Week. We screened films by Odesa Film Studio. We gathered historians, researchers, and journalists to counter Russian propaganda with facts. We revived the spirit of the Odesa Ukrainian Club over wine because Odesa is also famous for its vineyards, while all week, Kozak Restaurant and Please! Beverage Co served Odesa-inspired menus across the city.
And when the week was over, we counted what one city can do for another:

– $5,000 for musical instruments – Art School №21, Odesa (8,345 students)
– $6,000 healing retreat for mothers of fallen soldiers
$740 to Vasylko Music and Drama Theatre – performing in Ukrainian since 1925
– Official Proclamation from Vancouver's Mayor and City Council
– Recognition from the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada
– A thank-you from Odesa City Hall

None of this happened because of us. It happened because of volunteers, sponsors, partners, artists, venues, attendees, and everyone who shared, showed up, or simply believed this mattered.

You are the bridge.

🌊🫂 Yours,
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Odesa Week in Vancouver is coming back 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 30 — June 7, 2026.We're not ready to share everything yet. But we can tel...
04/18/2026

Odesa Week in Vancouver is coming back 🇨🇦🇺🇦

May 30 — June 7, 2026.

We're not ready to share everything yet. But we can tell you – there will be food, art, live voices from Odesa, and an evening you won't want to miss.

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