INTERNATIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL | FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LA PAIX
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE - SEPTEMBER 21 - 28, 2024
OPENING CEREMONY
21
SEPT
SATURDAY - Toronto City Hall
OPENING CELEBRATIONS - 12PM – 2PM EDT
Opening Ceremony
- Land acknowledgments
- Welcoming remarks
- IPF Peace Anthem - performed by Luminis Choir
- Opening remarks - Miss Face Of Humanity
- Addresses and greetings from international peace partners and by local and international dignitaries including
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Alvin Curling - IPF President, United Nations, Former Canadian Ambassador,
Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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Consular Offices in Toronto
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GTA Mayors and MPPs
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Lekhanath Sapkota - President and CEO - Sustainable Peace and
Development Movement (SPDF) Nepal
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Musical Selections - performed by Luminis Choir
THE KEEPERS OF PEACE - YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSION - 2PM - 4PM EDT
Panel discussion on youth as partners for peace.
Keynote Speaker - Larissa Galvao
Chair - IPF Global Peace Ambassadors Program;
Miss Face of Humanity 2024
Moderator - Alvin Curling
Former Co-Chair of the Premier's Task Force on
the Review of the Roots of Youth Violence;
Member of the Order of Ontario; Former
President of the World Literacy of Canada
Panelist - Mel White
Visual Artist - World at Peace
IPF | FIP - Art For Peace Ambassador
Panelist - Cynthia Richards
Counsellor - Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Panelist - Danilo Ponciano
Director - Sports For Peace
President, Pierre de Coubertin Committee
Latin America, Executive Director, Olympic Academy and National
Olympic Committee of Guatemala, Chair of Olympic Studies,
University of Guatemala
Panelist - Derek Peaple
Director - Youth For Peace
Olympic and Paralympic Education Program, IPF Director
Youth and Education Projects, Co-Founder World at Peace and Schools at Peace Organization, Chair - Youth Sport Trust
Panelist - Mike Molloy
Director - Peace Projects
UNESCO, EU, Co-Founder
World at Peace and Schools at Peace Organizations
FILM FOR PEACE - FILM OPENING - 4PM - 6PM EDT
SOUND OF FREEDOM - Film of the Year - 4PM - 6PM EDT
Directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde
MUSIC FOR PEACE CELEBRATIONS
22
SEPT
SUNDAY - University Club of Toronto
INDIAN MUSIC CELEBRATION - 12PM – 4PM EDT
Music For Peace International (Indian Music Wing)
Regional Indian Language Performances
SUNDAY SINGERS CHAMBER CHOIR - 4PM - 4:30PM EDT
Award-Winning a Capella Women's Choir
Choral Selections
FILM PRESENTATION - 4:30PM - 6PM EDT
What We Deserve - Film Screening
Directed by Shelley Jarrett
Q&A with the Director
MUSIC FOR PEACE PERFORMANCES - 6:00PM - 10PM EDT
Mental Health & Recovery Band & Aaronikk
Rock & Reggie, R&B, Hip Hop, Rap