While we cheer on Ukraine's talented youth team at the International Cyber Olympiad in AI in Sydney this week, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has also been raising serious concerns about the participation of a russian state-approved team at the same event. Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, the Ukrainian … [Read more...]

The AFUO extends a warm welcome to a talented youth team from Ukraine competing in the International Cyber Olympiad in AI in Sydney this week. These students - from Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Poltavska oblast, and Odesa - showcase the very best of Ukraine's next generation — sharp, inventive, and unafraid to tackle the hardest problems in robotics, AI and cybersecurity. They’ve … [Read more...]

Stefan was the long-time Chair and later Co-Chair of the AFUO and First Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress. He also held many other leadership roles in our community over his life. Beyond his work in our community, professionally he dedicated his life to education and multicultural Australia, particularly in his role leading Community Languages … [Read more...]

On Thursday 18 June, the AFUO's Kateryna Argyrou and Justin Senko joined Andrew Mencinsky, Dan Wolody and Galyna Alyokhina of the Ukrainian Council of NSW - ОУГ НПВ (UCNSW) to meet with representatives from the Offices of the NSW Premier, the Police Minister, the Attorney General and the Minister for Multiculturalism. The meeting was held in response to the recent public … [Read more...]

A powerful SBS News (SBS World News) segment, broadcast on Sunday night, featured three of the extraordinary Ukrainian mental health professionals currently completing a DFAT fellowship in Sydney — Dr Antonina Pushko, Serafyma Borovska and Sofiia Dorosh — alongside community member, Dr Tanya Dus, Director of Psychiatry at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, who facilitated the … [Read more...]