Senator Paul Yuzyk. Official website

The Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism – Launch and First Award Ceremony 2009

Senator Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism announced in Winnipeg, MB, November 13, 2008, by Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (transcript)

Government of Canada announces first recipient of new multiculturalism award (Toronto, June 12, 2009)

Canadian government presents inaugural Paul Yuzyk Award (The Ukrainian Weekly, June 21, 2009)

Speech by Vera Yuzyk at Inaugural Award Ceremony 2009

Paul Yuzyk Award Brochure

Mr. John Yaremko is the 2009 recipient of the Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism, for Lifetime Achievement. He was honoured at a public ceremony which took place on June 12, 2009 at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Ontario.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister stands Jason Kenney with Senator Yuzyk’s family members at the presentation ceremonies for the initial Paul Yuzyk Multiculturalism Award. Left to Right: Ted Yuzyk, Eve Duravetz, Vicki Karpiak, Hon. Jason Kenney, Vera Yuzyk. 
First recipient of the Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism – Hon. John Yaremko. “During his 25 years of dedication to the Ontario legislature, Mr. Yaremko was a strong advocate for education, human rights and multiculturalism,” said Minister Kenney. “He is also well known for his philanthropic activities, which includes the 2002 creation of the John and Mary A. Yaremko Program in Multiculturalism and Human Rights at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law.”