OTTAWA – Mary March figured something was up when her friend and fellow Ukrainian Catholic cantor Larisa Galadza was warmly greeted by fellow Ukrainian Canadian, then-Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, at the Ukrainian Canadian Congress’s recent triennial congress in Ottawa, where Ms. Galadza was given a front-row seat in a group photograph taken at the conference on November 2.
The next day, Ms. Freeland announced that 48-year-old Ms. Galadza had been appointed Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine, its 10th representative since Ukraine gained its independence in 1991.