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

ART FOR PEACE - THE CHARLES PACHTER EXHIBIT - 11AM - 9PM EDT

Theme: John Graves Simcoe - Proponent of

the Act Against Slavery passed in Canada 1793

 

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FILM FOR PEACE - FILM SCREENINGS - 11AM - 3PM EDT

LA LIGNA IMAGINARIA - Best Film - The Caribbean - 11AM - 1PM EDT

Directed by Philip Escobar Jung

 

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT - Best Film - Africa - 1PM - 3PM EDT

Directed by Moses Bwayo

 

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AWARDS - 6PM - 11:30PM EDT

Park Hyatt Toronto

4 Avenue Road Toronto, ON M5R 2E8