September 2015
Regina: Poster Exhibit & Film Screening
"No more Hibakusha”: With a sombre candle-lighting ceremony, IPPNW medical students from all over the world pay homage to the casualties of the nuclear annihilation of Hiroshimain front of the Hiroshima Atomic Dome in August of 2012. Photo: © Tim Wright / ICAN Australia SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 11 am - 9 pm: ANTI-NUCLEAR POSTER EXHIBITION & FILM SCREENING, KNOX MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVENUE To mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, PeaceQuest Regina is sponsoring…
Find out more »Kingston: Peace Pints
A new type of community dialogue-based event open to anyone across Canada interested in holding one: Peace Pints! The concept is loosely based on the Green Drinks phenomenon where environmentally-minded folks get together to network and socialize. Alcohol is always optional. With Peace Pints, we changed it up in a few ways... First, it's an opportunity to hold a socially-minded gathering with a wider range of interests ot just for those involved in sustainability and environment, it also includes those…
Find out more »Regina: Raising of Peace Flag @ City Hall
A HISTORIC OCCASION : FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 10 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG IN FRONT OF CITY HALL At the request of Making Peace Vigil, PeaceQuest Regina, and Regina Peace Council, the Peace Flag (see attached photo) will be raised in front of City Hall at 10 am on September 18 and will fly until the morning of September 21, International Peace Day. To my knowledge, this will be the first time a peace flag has been raised at City Hall, making it…
Find out more »Regina: Peace Garden Launch & Tours
ANOTHER FIRST: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20: LAUNCH OF THE KNOX-MET PEACE GARDEN, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVENUE Click to enlarge A joint venture of Knox-Met and Peace Quest Regina, the Peace Garden is a first-in-Regina, first-in-Saskatchewan venture. (If there are other Peace Gardens in Saskatchewan, Google has not found them.) The launch will be a two-part affair. You are welcome to attend one or both. 10:30 am: Knox-Met regular church service will include material related to the Peace Garden 11:45 am: Outside the church, on…
Find out more »Kitchener-Waterloo: Peace Week
In celebration of the International Day of Peace, Conrad Grebel University College has organized Peace Week - a week of events to acknowledge and raise awareness for several peace related issues. Here is the full list of events as found at the University of Waterloo website. Saturday, September 19 Film Screening: Resistencia - the fight for the Aguan Valley Resistencia tells the story of campesinos in the Aguan Valley of Honduras and their response to the 2009 military coup that…
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