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 2025-2027 TERM
HEAD EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE PCA
Monika Kardyś - President
National Chaplain - vacant
Andrzej Ruta - 1st Vice-President (Past President)
Tomasz Bakalarz - 2nd Vice-President
Henryk Sokołowski - Vice-President, Finances
Janina Aniołczyk - Regional Vice-President, Western Canada
Edward Chrzanowski - Regional Vice-President, Eastern Canada
Józef Semrau - Secretary General
Sylwia Maniak - Treasurer
Vacant - Assistant Treasurer
Wiesława Potocka - Liaison with National Board of the Canadian Polish Congress
Józef Semrau - Awards and Membership Officer
Iwona Szczepański - Future and Promotion
Iwona Szczepański - Editor-in-Chief "PCA in Canada"
Vacant - Graphics and Design
Józef Semrau - Media and Communications
Edward Poznański - Advisor (Special Projects)
COUNCIL OF THE PCA
Henryk Lang - Chair
Jerzy Kulczycki - Deputy Chair
Members:
Janina Aniołczyk
Paweł Pecold
Jan Ferenc
Jan Wielgosz