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

•              Alvin Curling - IPF President, United Nations, Former Canadian Ambassador,

                        Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

•             Consular Offices in Toronto

• ​            GTA Mayors and MPPs

•             Lekhanath Sapkota - President and CEO - Sustainable Peace and

                        Development Movement (SPDF) Nepal

•             Musical Selections - performed by Luminis Choir

 

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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

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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

SOUND OF FREEDOM - Film of the Year - 4PM - 6PM EDT

Directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde