Shout out to rep’ers

Not only do they protest every day outside the ru**ian embassy in Ottawa, but the ru**ian embassy protesters (rep), including the rather creative Beaver Brigade, do A LOT of other diverse, interesting and collaborative activities to support Ukraine. That’s one of the reasons members were honoured last November with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) National President’s Certificate of Appreciation.

For example, they remind politicians at all levels of government, and in all political parties, to keep Ukraine in their minds and on agendas when engaged in policy or other discussions with their Canadian peers and constituents.

They welcome anyone who wishes to join them in front of the russian embassy in Ottawa to rally in support of Ukraine. Go ahead! You know you want to be part of something important.

For instance, Juris Ulmanis, an American/Latvian adventurer/mountaineer/businessman/author living in Latvia, first joined the rep’ers outside the russian embassy in May 2025, even writing some postcards to Defenders.  

Since the invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022, Juris has embarked on numerous support Ukraine fundraising projects, including to provide critical equipment to Defenders at the front lines as well as to deliver humanitarian aid.

Juris serves as an Officer in the Latvian National Guard, has been a volunteer soldier in Ukraine, and is a United24 ambassador.

An accomplished mountaineer and polar explorer, Juris has completed the “Seven Summits” challenge by climbing the highest peak on each continent (including Everest), has crossed Greenland on skis, and in 2025 he skied to the South Pole to plant both the Latvian and Ukrainian flags.

Juris again joined the rep’ers at one of their daily ru**ian embassy rallies earlier this year. After, he gave a talk about his adventures and ways in which he supports Ukraine, then joined attendees to write postcards to Defenders, all provided by the rep’ers. We hope he’ll take the postcards project to Latvia!

Thank you Juris and the ru**ian embassy protesters for all that you do to support Ukraine!

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Not sure how to get started? Check our “How to” page, and our Ukrainian phrases page. Maybe you want to organize a group of family, friends or others to write postcards? We have a page with suggestions about How to Run a Postcard-Writing Workshop.

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Your cards do make a difference, as Danylo tells us from the front lines –

Nothing warms the soldiers’ heart as a handwritten letter.