Canada World Youth participants shared impressions about their stay in Ukraine

December 05, 2011

The participants of Ukraine-Canada exchange programmes CORE/ECO and CORE/HEALTH organized jointly by Canada World Youth and the National University of Ostroh Academy, had a meeting with Hero of Ukraine, Rector Ihor Pasichnyk.

The participants shared their most unforgettable moments in Ukraine and their experience. In particular, they learnt about the peculiarities of Ukrainian culture, improved their skills of group work, leadership and communicative skills.

The CWY participants also presented the History of Ostroh Academy Museum with a hand-made glass picture, made of glass picked on the banks of a river in Netishyn. The picture features two terrestrial hemispheres with Ukraine and Canada accentuated on them. This present symbolizes warm and friendly relationships between Ukrainian and Canadian participants of teh programme.

In return, Ihor Pasichnyk presented gifts of sweets and expressed his hope that the Canadian students will come back to Ostroh Academy some time to teach and participate in different conferences.