We CAN Abolish Nuclear Weapons!
Saturday 6 August 2016
Nathan Phillips Square & Peace Garden, Toronto
International Peace Activist Setsuko Thurlow
Hiroshima Survivor & 2015 Arms Control Person of the Year
2016 Grammy-Nominated Flutist Ron Korb • Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers • Pax Christi Chorale • Toronto’s Raging Grannies
Free, open to the public and family-friendly
- 4:30pm
- Community Tables
- 6:00pm
- Commemoration
- 8:30pm
- Closing
…and join us for the
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Poster and Survivors’
Artwork Display
City Hall Rotunda
August 9-15, 2016
10am–5pm
The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day Coalition:
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Toronto Area Interfaith Council
Tao Sangha Global Community
Physicians for Global Survival
Toronto Buddhist Church
Hiroshima Kenjin Kai
Pax Christi Toronto
Science for Peace
Toronto Article 9
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance
Saturday 6 August 2016
Nathan Phillips Square and Peace Garden, Toronto
- 4:30pm
- Community Tables
- 6:00pm
- Commemoration
- 8:30pm
- Closing
International Peace Activist Setsuko Thurlow
Hiroshima Survivor & 2015 Arms Control Person of the Year
2016 Grammy-Nominated Flutist Ron Korb
Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers
Pax Christi Chorale
Toronto’s Raging Grannies
This event is free, open to the public and family-friendly
Sponsors: Canadian Physicians for Research & Education in Peace • Conscience Canada • Canadian Pugwash Group • Greater Toronto NAJC
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance
Rededication of the Peace Garden
Date: Wednesday May 18, 2016
Time: 11:30 am
Location: Peace Garden Area (north-west side of Nathan Phillips Square, near Osgoode Law Society)
Program of the Day
11:30 am Invited guests arrive at the Peace Garden
11:35 am Choir Singing: Jarvis Collegiate Institute students
11:38 am Emcee (TBD) Introduction of dignitaries and background of the Peace Garden provided by City staff
11:42 am Smudging Ceremony: Traditional Aboriginal Elder: Cat Crieger
11:48 am Mayor John Tory –Speech – 3 mins.
11:52 am Consul General of Japan Mr. Yasunori Nakayama–Speech
11:56 am Toronto's Poet Laureate: Anne Michaels
11:59 am Setsuko Thurlow, Hiroshima Peace Ambassador
12.04 pm Zul Kassamali, Chair Toronto Area Interfaith Council
12:07 pm Parliamentary Poet Laureate: George Elliot Clarke
12:08 pm Father Lombardi speaks and then goes to light the Eternal flame hands the mic to Phyllis Creighton. Phyllis speaks about the significance of the water while Setsuko Thurlow is pouring the water
12:15 pm Choir Singing: Jarvis Collegiate Institute students