On Peace Day we celebrate our peaceful community and showcase Tofino as a unique Canadian community with a history of effective peaceful protest. As a nuclear-free zone and a Biosphere Reserve, Tofino is a wonderful Canadian example of a community dedicated to a peaceful lifestyle.
Another goal of the day is to increase the global awareness of Peace processes, and to raise global consciousness of the importance of all people working for world peace. Peace begins within the self, the family and the community. In Tofino we celebrate our effective peaceful protestors who used peaceful methods to bring about a cessation to the destruction of Clayoquot Sound by international logging companies.
Tofino Village Green, Autumnal Equinox, Sept 21. 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. Additional Parking at Community Hall
Sept. 9th, 2001 U.N. General Assembly declared that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day. http://tinyurl.com/omlsty
September 21st was declared "International Day of Peace" by unanimous consent of the Canadian Parliament on June 17,2009.http://tinyurl.com/lyzet2
On June 9th. 2009, one week ahead of Canada, Tofino BC Council declared Sept. 21st to be World Peace Day.
Poster Peace Day Tofino 2011 poster. Please Print and post. (in colour) https://acrobat.com/#d=SeZdSsVsFcBFoWTrQfZRpg
12:00 Noon: World Wide Moment of Silence for Peace. Blessing and commemoration by Father Scott. O Canada, Host's opening address, Our Peaceful Community, .
12:30 pm. Friends of Clayoquot Sound Manager Dan Lewis on Peaceful Protest in Clayoquot Sound Today.
1:00 p.m Speakers on peace actions
2:00 p.m. Drum Circle, inviting the great spirit.
2:30 p.m tba
2:45 p.m Local author Jan Janzen
3:00 p.m Poetry Reading by local poet John Beaton
3:15 p.m Community Sing with Martha Thomas and Leah Austin
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7:45 p.m. Circle of Peace Light Up The World, Live Video Crowd Moment.
8:00 p.m. Impromtu Peace Jam, everyone singing Give Peace A Chance, as led by the incredible Peace Day Tofino performers ensemble.