September 21 - 28, 2024 | Festival Activities

OPENING CELEBRATIONS - 12PM – 2PM EDT

 

Welcoming Ceremony

- Opening Performances - 

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- Land acknowledgments

- Welcoming remarks - The Honourable Dr. Alvin Curling - IPF President, United                  Nations, Former Canadian Ambassador, Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the                    Legislative Assembly of Ontario

- IPF Peace Anthem - performed by Luminis Choir

- Addresses and greetings from international peace partners, local and  international        dignitaries including​​ Representatives of Foreign Nations and Members of all Levels of    Government

- Musical Selections - performed by Luminis Choir

 

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TRANSFORMING PEACE - YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSION - 2PM - 4PM EDT

Panel discussion on youth as partners for peace

Keynote Speaker - David Mitchell

Former Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Children, Community, and Social 

Services - Youth Justice Division

 

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

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Panelist - Mike Molloy

Director - Peace Projects​

UNESCO, EU, Co-Founder

World at Peace and Schools at Peace Organizations

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FILM FOR PEACE - FILM OPENING - 4PM - 6PM EDT

I'M STILL HERE - Film of the Year - 4PM - 6PM EDT

Directed by Walter Salles