added September 11th, 2009
The 17th Annual Mahatma Gandhi Peace Festival & Peace Walk (Hamilton, Canada)
From: The Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University
Phone: (905)-525-9140 ext. 23112; peace@mcmaster.ca; www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/gandhi
Hamilton, ON.—Saturday October 3rd hundreds will gather to celebrate the 17th Annual Mahatma Gandhi Peace Festival and participate in a peace walk downtown at McMaster University, Down Town Centre (DTC) (50 Main Street East, Hamilton). In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Gandhi’s seminal book “Hind Swaraj (Home Rule)”, the theme of this year’s festival is “Swadeshi: Gandhi’s Economics of Self Reliance.” A special panel discussion will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 1140 King St West, Hamilton. (more…)
added September 11th, 2009
PEACE FESTIVAL 2009 IN OTTAWA
September 21 – October 03, 2009
The Canadian Department of Peace Initiative (CDPI), together with the United Nations Association of Canada – NCR Branch and other Ottawa peace organizations invites you to take part in a 13-day Third Annual Festival of Peace. All events are without admission fee, and subject to change due to weather/unforeseen circumstances.
*Monday Sept. 21: 11.00 – 12.30 pm: Pacifest – UN’s International Day of Peace at Victoria Island with Circle of the All Nations. The event will commence with a Peace Walk at the Peacekeeping Monument on Sussex Drive and end at Victoria Island where Proclamations on the International Day of Peace and Ottawa as a City of Peace will be read. (Peter Stockdale, cityofpeaceottawa@rogers.com , 613-852-4527 and Anita Rizvi, arizvi@rogers.com, 613-841-9785). (more…)
