September 21 - 28, 2025 | Festival Activities
Art Exhibition & Reception
Toronto City Hall
21 Sept 2025
INTERNATIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL | FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LA PAIX
OPENING CEREMONY - SEPTEMBER 21, 2025
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, Canada
OPENING CEREMONY
21
SEPT
SUNDAY - Toronto City Hall
OPENING CELEBRATIONS - 12PM – 2PM EDT
Welcoming Ceremony
- Opening Performance - Giorgia Fumanti - International Best-Selling Soprano and UNESCO Peace Ambassador
- 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
- Addresses and greetings from international peace partners, local and international dignitaries including Representatives of Foreign Nations and Members of all Levels of Government
- Closing Musical Selections - Giorgia Fumanti - International Best-Selling Soprano and UNESCO Peace Ambassador
INAUGURATION - GARDEN OF PEACE - 2PM - 3PM EDT
Inauguration Presided by Francesco Serafin - Director, Gardens For Peace Program (IPF l FIP)
YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSION - 3PM - 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