Honorary Patrons

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Diane Francis

  • Award-winning journalist and broadcaster 

  • Editor-at-Large, National Post; Columnist, Financial Post; popular Substack Newsletter author

  • Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council

  • Bestselling author of ten books 

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Hanna Hopko

  • Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Ukraine’s Parliament (2014-2019)

  • Voted Leading Global Thinker in 2014 by Foreign Policy magazine

  • Co-founder, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory

  • Advisor to the Warsaw Security Forum

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Basil Kalymon

  • Canadian economist, academic, writer, commentator

  • Professor Emeritus, Ivey Business School, Western University

  • Head, Economic Advisory Council to Ukraine’s Ministry of Economics (2014-2015)

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Vakhtang Kipiani

  • Ukrainian historian, journalist, author
    Editor-in-chief of the online edition of "Historical Truth"

  • Winner of the Ukrainian PEN Club’s inaugural "Georgiy Gongadze Award"

  • Author of The Case of Vasyl Stus — first place winner of the Ukrainian Book Institute’s "List of 30 iconic books of Ukrainian Independence"

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Zénon Kowal

  • Belgian diplomat (French-speaking region of Wallonia-Brussels)

  • Head of mission in Prague, Hanoi, Tunis, Warsaw and at UNESCO/OECD in Paris

  • Lecturer, commentator, columnist - l'Année Francophone Internationale (2010-2016)

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Alexander Motyl

  • American historian, political scientist, poet, writer, translator, artist-painter

  • Professor of political science at Rutgers University
    Author of many books, including Imperial Ends: The Decline, Collapse, and Revival of Empires, (Columbia University Press), and the novel trilogy: The Jew Who Was Ukrainian (2011); Vovochka: The True Confessions of Vladimir Putin's Best Friend and Confidant (2015); and Pitun's Last Stand: An Entertainment about the Fall of Russia (2021)

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Vitaly Portnikov

  • Ukrainian journalist, author, political commentator

  • Winner of the 1989 Golden Pen Award of the Ukrainian Association of Journalists

  • Host of the tv program “Politclub” on Espresso TV 
    Editor and host of the program “Roads To Freedom”, produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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Roman Waschuk

  • Canadian diplomat, global affairs expert

  • Business Ombudsman of Ukraine (since January 1, 2022)

  • Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine (2014-2019) 

  • Former Canadian Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia (2011-2014)

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