OPENING CELEBRATIONS - 12PM – 2PM EDT

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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

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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