HEAD EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Head Executive Board (HEB) represents all the Polish Combatants' Association (PCA) branches at the national level. At its peak, the PCA boasted of almost two dozen branches located in towns and cities across Canada from Montreal to Victoria. The individual branches were organized by the immigrant Polish soldiers in the cities and towns where they were settled by the Canadian government after World War II. Currently, the HEB office resides in Toronto. In the late 1940s, the HEB lobbied the Canadian government on behalf of its members, all of whom had been forced to sign two year labour contracts (mostly in forestry and agriculture) as a condition of their immigration to Canada.
Also, right from the beginning, the HEB had to counter Soviet and Polish Communist propaganda. It was not a simple matter to convince the Canadian public and government that the Soviet version of the truth was false. Canadians simply had no first-hand understanding of the reality of Soviet-style communism. The Head Executive Board also represents the Canadian branches internationally as a member of the World Federation of Polish Combatants' Associations which is headquartered in London, England. During and after World War Two the Polish diaspora spread around the world and the distribution of national organizations reflects this. The PCA has been active in many countries in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Africa and the Americas.
LEADERSHIP OF THE POLISH COMBATANTS' ASSOCIATION IN CANADA FOR THE 2023-2025 TERM
HEAD EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE PCA
Andrzej M. Ruta - President
National Chaplain - vacant
Jerzy Anioł - 1st Vice-President
Adam Taff - 2nd Vice-President
Henry Sokołowski - Vice-President, Finances
Lech Gałęzowski - Regional Vice-President, Western Canada
Edward Chrzanowski - Regional Vice-President, Eastern Canada
Józef Semrau - Secretary General
Vacant - Secretary in Ottawa
Vacant - Recording Secretary
Monika Kardyś - Treasurer
Vacant - Assistant Treasurer
Wiesława Potocka - Liaison with National Board of the Canadian Polish Congress
Vacant - Awards and Membership Officer
Jerzy Barycki - Future and Promotion
Vacan - Editor-in-Chief "PCA in Canada"
Alexandra Franków - Graphics and Design
Józef Semrau - Media and Communications
HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE PCA
Zbigniew Gondek, VM
COUNCIL OF THE PCA
Henryk Lang - Chair
Jerzy Kulczycki - Deputy Chair
Members:
Janina Aniołczek
Henryk Bystrzycki
Paweł Pecold
Elżbieta Skrzymowska
Edward Lidzbarski
Adam Sikora