{"id":337,"date":"2025-11-02T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/?p=337"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:12:43","slug":"celebration-of-czech-national-day-and-the-70th-congress-of-the-czech-and-slovak-association-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/celebration-of-czech-national-day-and-the-70th-congress-of-the-czech-and-slovak-association-of-canada-337\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Weekend and the 70th Congress of the CSAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the end of October 2025, Ottawa hosted the \u201cCzech Weekend\u201d marking the 107th anniversary of the founding of independent Czechoslovakia. The event, organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa in cooperation with the Czech and Slovak community, featured cultural, social, diplomatic, and sporting activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, October 24, the weekend opened with the Gala Evening of the Czech and Slovak Association of Canada (\u010cSSK), where Czech Ambassador Martin Tlapa delivered a speech. During the event, the Masaryk Awards – granted since 1985 to individuals and organizations for their contributions to the Czech and Slovak community in Canada – were presented to Martin Jelinowicz, Milo\u0161 and Linda Kr\u00e1l\u00edk, Miloslava Minnes, Robert Tmej, and Romana Zemanov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following day, October 25, the 70th Congress of \u010cSSK took place. Delegates reviewed activities from the past two years and elected new leadership. Michelle (M\u00ed\u0161a) \u010cipera was elected chair, succeeding David Bene\u0161. The congress also discussed greater involvement of the younger generation and plans to modernize the organization\u2019s communication channels. A message from Ji\u0159\u00ed Kr\u00e1tk\u00fd, the Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was read, and representatives of Camp Host\u00fdn presented their traditional Czech-Slovak summer camp near Montreal, inviting children to attend in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of the celebrations, the embassy hosted a concert of Czech music at Knox Church in Ottawa. The performance featured opera singer Whitney Leigh Sloan and the piano Duo Zumi (Zuzana \u0160imurdov\u00e1 and Miko\u0142aj Warszy\u0144ski). The program included the Czech and Canadian national anthems, works by Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, and other Czech compositions. More than two hundred guests attended the concert, followed by a reception at the Czech Embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The weekend concluded with the fifth annual \u201cRun for the Republic,\u201d organized by Sokol Ottawa with support from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Despite the cold morning weather, dozens of runners of all ages participated. Participants received medals and traditional Czech and Slovak refreshments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the end of October 2025, Ottawa hosted the \u201cCzech Weekend\u201d marking the 107th anniversary of the founding of independent Czechoslovakia. The event, organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa in cooperation with the Czech and Slovak community, featured cultural, social, diplomatic, and sporting activities. On Friday, October 24, the weekend opened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","branch-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssk.ca\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}