OPENING CELEBRATIONS - 11AM – 1PM EDT

Opening Ceremony

 

Under the High Patronage of the Consulate General of Monaco

       World Premiere of World City - original composition

         Performed by internationally renowned composer

                        CommanderCdR Don MAESTRO

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- Land acknowledgments

- Welcome and opening remarks

- World Premiere performance of the IPF Peace Anthem - Composer John Cameron

- World Premiere of World City - original composition performed by internationally              renowned composer CommanderCdR Don MAESTRO

- World Premiere of Peace Starts With Me - music and lyrics composed and performed        by singer/songwriter Ron Franklin

- Addresses and greetings from international peace partners and by local and                      international dignitaries including

• Alvin Curling - IPF President, United Nations, Former Canadian Ambassador, Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

• Consular Offices in Toronto

• Presidents of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC)

• Mike Molloy - UNESCO, EU, IPF Director - Peace Projects, Co-Founder World at Peace and Schools at Peace Organizations

• Derek Peaple - 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

• Danilo Ponciano, Ph.D.  - President, Pierre de Coubertin Committee Latin America, Executive Director, Olympic Academy and National Olympic Committee of Guatemala, Chair of Olympic Studies, University of Guatemala

• Lekhanath Sapkota - President and CEO - Sustainable Peace and Development Movement (SPDF)Nepal - Food Technology - CEO Lekhanath International Dairy

 

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THE GUARDIANS OF PEACE - YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSION - 2PM - 4PM EDT

Panel discussion on youth as partners for peace.

Keynote Speaker - Nadia Tjoa

Chair - IPF Global Peace Ambassadors Program;

Miss Face of Humanity

 

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 - Daniel Araujo

TPS Chief Youth Advisory Committee

 

Panelist - Derek Peaple

Director - IPF Youth Program

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ART FOR PEACE - THE CHARLES PACHTER EXHIBIT - 11AM - 6PM EDT

Theme: John Graves Simcoe - Proponent of

the Act Against Slavery passed in Canada 1793

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FILM FOR PEACE - FILM OPENING NIGHT AND CONCERT - 7PM - 11PM EDT

ROOTED IN PEACE - Film of the Year - 7PM - 9PM EDT

Directed by Greg Reitman

 

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MUSIC FOR PEACE - Concert - 9PM - 11PM EDT

Dionne Samuels - Spoken Word Music

Kook Jazz Band -Oscar & Kendra

Metal Health & Recovery - Rock & Reggae

L'ART POUR LA PAIX - L'EXPOSITION CHARLES PACHTER - 11H - 21H HAE

Thème : John Graves Simcoe - Défenseur de

Loi contre l'esclavage adoptée au Canada en 1793

 

FILM POUR LA PAIX - PROJECTIONS DE FILMS - 11H - 15H HAE

LA LIGNA IMAGINARIA - Meilleur film - Les Caraïbes - 11h - 13h EDT

Réalisé par Philip Escobar Jung

 

BOBI WINE : LE PRÉSIDENT DU PEUPLE - Meilleur film - Afrique - 13h00 - 15h00 HAE

Réalisé par Moses Bwayo

 

PRIX DE L'AUTONOMISATION DES FEMMES - 18 h - 23 h 30 HAE

Park Hyatt Toronto

4 Avenue Road, Toronto (Ontario) M5R 2E8