Canadian Polonia Congress

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Canadian Polonia Congress - the chief organization of Canadian Polonia, founded in 1944. The General Board and Congress Council are based in Toronto. Continent of the 1931 Association of Polish Organizations in Canada.

It is a federation of secular organizations and societies. It has 13 local districts in the major cities and provinces of Canada, where there are larger Polish communities. He works with the American Polonia Congress and the World Polonia Council. Founder of the Council of the Polish World.

He is the custodian of the Millenium Fund of the Perpetual Fund. Elections to Congress's main authorities take place at the General Assembly of Congress, which often takes place in various congressional districts. The districts are usually organized according to the administrative division of Canada, eg Alberta, Manitoba, etc.

The main task of the Congress is to represent the Polonia community to the Canadian government. During the martial law in Poland, the Congress was the main organizer of assistance for Poland and organized a political lobby for Poland. In those years too, at the initiative of the President, Eng. Stanislaw Orlowski signed an emigre agreement with the Government of Canada, which enabled Polonia organizations to sponsor thousands of Poles from refugee camps in Europe.

The NCP coordinates the activities of member organizations and the political and social actions of the Polish ethnic group in Canada. A member of the Congress may only be legally registered in Canada by a Polish organization. He also patronizes the cultural and educational projects of the Polish group. At the request of the Board of Governors, the General Board and the Council of the NCP may confer the honorary badges of the Congress for individual persons who contributed in a way to the good of the Canadian Polonia or to the good name of Poland and the Poles. There are three grades of these badges: gold, silver and bronze. At federal level, members of the Congress may include larger Polish associations and federations, such as the Polish Veterans Association, the Polish Women's Federation, the Polish National Alliance and others. The various branches and circles of these associations and federations belong to the local NCPs. Bibliography

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