Follow this link to see what Toronto mayoral candidates have to say about nuclear disarmament
From despair...
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Nagasaki, August 9, 1945
Marshall Islands, 1946-1958
... to hope
The Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons conferences:
Oslo, March 2-9 2013
Nayarit, February 11-15 2014
Vienna, December 6-9 2014
Featured speaker: Cesar Jaramillo
Project Ploughshares
on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
Featured speaker: Cesar Jaramillo
Project Ploughshares
on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
4:30 | Community Tables open to the public |
6:45 | Musical Performance |
6:55 | Yakudo Traditional Japanese Drummers |
7:05 | Opening Remarks by M.C. Dr. Vinay Jindal, Chair of the Hiroshima Day Coalition |
7:10 | Opening Prayer Toronto Area Interfaith Council |
7:15 | City of Toronto Hiroshima Day Proclamation |
7:25 | City of Hiroshima Proclamation Setsuko Thurlow, International Peace Activist and Survivor |
7:35 | Performance by the Toronto Gospel Church Choir |
7:50 | Keynote Speaker: Cesar Jaramillo, Project Ploughshares The Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons |
8:15 | Toronto's Raging Grannies |
8:25 | Yakudo Traditional Japanese Drummers |
8:35 | Closing Prayer |
8:40 | Lantern ceremony with musical accompaniment |
See also our letter to Toronto mayoral candidates, in which we invite them to state their commitment to nuclear abolition and the work of Mayors for Peace.
Poster downloads: 2014 HDC event poster (letter-size) | 2014 HDC event flyer (half letter-size)
August 4th to 10th in the Toronto City Hall Rotunda, 9 am to 5 pm daily; 10 am to 5 pm on August 10th.
Calgary, AB, Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Annual Memorial 8:30 PM, Olympic Plaza
Douglas Roche will speak at event and also at 11:30 AM at Parkdale United Church
Hamilton, ON, Wednesday 6 August 2014
Noon, vigil at Peace Pole behind City Hall, 71 Main St. West
Kingston, ON, August 6
Skeleton (McBurney) Park, Ordnance Street, 7 PM to dusk
Ottawa, ON, Wednesday 6 August 2014
Quaker Meeting House, 91A Fourth Avenue
Gather at 6PM to make lanterns, followed by short presentation on progress toward nuclear disarmament and song at 7:30 and then walk to pond to float lanterns at dusk
Castlegar, BC 6 August 2014 Hiroshima Day
6 pm @ the Mir Center Selkirk College with speakers and entertainment.
Grand Forks, BC 9 August 2014 —Nagasaki Day
7 pm in Gyro Park with speakers with speakers and entertainment.