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UPCOMING EVENTS
Ottawa Peace Festival 2009
The United Nations days of International Peace, September 21, and Nonviolence, October 02 will be again marked in Ottawa this year by a 13-day Festival of Peace events. The Peace Festival 2009 is being organized by the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Department of Peace Initiative (CDPI) www.departmentofpeace.ca . The festival will focus on the themes of Peace, Unity, and Harmony celebrating citizen-level activism for peace locally, nationally, and globally.
The CDPI is a non-partisan, non-profit, civil society organization with 13 chapters across Canada in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Charlottetown, Brampton, Hamilton, and London. For more on CDPI supporters and its international partners, visit: www.departmentofpeace.ca
In this Third Ottawa Peace Festival, the tentative events planned to date to promote peace awareness among the public, civic and political leaders include:
Monday Sept. 21:
UN's International Day of Peace. Meet at 11.45 am Parliament Hill/Victoria Island and read the UN International Declaration marking the Cease Fire of violent hostilities at home and abroad.
Tuesday Sept. 22:
United Nations Association of NCR will launch an essay writing /contest for Secondary School Students in the region.
Civilian Peace Service Canada Seminar, Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street.
Wednesday Sept 23:
7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Dialogue with Diversity and Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution present a Forum with six panelists. Forum title: 'How can our world religions promote/advocate for peace?'' Amphitheatre, Saint Paul University 223 Main Street.
Thursday Sept 24:
'No War- Paix' will host a Forum on 'Corporatism and Peace'.
Saturday Sept. 26:
Concert for Peace at Amphitheatre, Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street.
Sunday Sept. 27:
Mahatma Gandhi Society of Ottawa: Celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's 140th Birthday and UN International Day of Nonviolence, Kailash Mittal Theatre, Carleton University.
Tuesday Sept. 29:
Rideau Institute together with Friedrich Ebert Foundation will host a Forum
on "Arctic Security and International Cooperation".
Thursday, Oct. 01:
6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.CDPI will host screening of NFB film 'The Strangest Dream' on Nuclear Disarmament Movement, at Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe Street.
Friday Oct. 02:
Rideau Institute to host a Panel and Book Launch on "Canada in Afghanistan".
Saturday, Oct. 03:
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Friends for Peace Day at City Hall. A full day program of music, speeches,
food and display tables, and presentation of peace awards.
Saturday Oct. 03:
Islamic History Month Canada will launch a multicultural expo at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, and will offer information on Canadian Department of Peace Initiative.
Throughout the Festival period, the following special exhibitions will be mounted:
a.. An Exhibit on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe St.
b.. A Peace installation at Range Road, Sandy Hill.
c.. An exhibition of Meditation paintings at the TRIKArts851 Gallery on Clyde Ave. and Merivale Road.
For further information on Festival events, please contact Festival co-convenors: Bill Bhaneja, billbhaneja@rogers.com and Peter Stockdale, Peter Stockdale,globalbridge@rogers.com
