Ottawa Peace Festival 2014 — Program

8th annual — Updated: 25 November 2014

• Theme: “Peacing Together the Canada We Want”
• 29 events, hosted by 19 groups for 12 days at 16 locations around the capital.
• Program subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances or weather.
• Open to the public. Free admission. Some events request donations.
• Print Short Program, 2-pages on A4-size paper
• Participating Organizations (alphabetical)
• Daily Reflections and 592 Photos
• Festival Announcements Online
• Interactive map
• Press Release

       

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Friday September 12, 2014

• 9:05 am to 9:30 am — Radio : A Luta Continua: Dr. Qais Ghanem interviews Dr. Bill Bhaneja about 8th Ottawa Peace Festival 2014, on radio CKCU 93.1 FM, Carleton University. (Listen live, real time, at this link) or if you missed it, wait for program to be posted on (Progam archive, listen on demand, preceded by BBC News) — Also hear last year's show broadcast on Sept. 13, 2013, about the 7th Ottawa Peace Festival.

Art  Exhibits

September 1 to 30, 2014

• Peace Champions: South African Nelson Mandela and Algonquin leader Grandfather William Commanda, photo exhibit, Ottawa Public Library-Main Branch, 120 Laurier at Metcalfe, Ottawa ON. (Canadian Peace Initiative, Peter Stockdale, 613-852-4527) — Video (2 min.) — Map — 21 Photos

September 21 to October 2, 2014

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. : Nonviolence Champion, photo exhibit, Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 250 City Centre, Ottawa ON. (National Capital Peace Council, Daniel Stringer, 613-792-1431) — Poster — Map — 6 Photos

September 26 to 28, 2014

• Everything You Treasure – For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons, an antinuclear weapons exhibition, 237 Argyle Street, 2nd floor, Ottawa ON. (SGI Canada, 613-232-1100) — Poster — Map — 14 Photos
  ▶ Opening ceremony: Friday September 26 (7 pm)
  ▶ Hours: Fri. Sept. 26 (5 pm to 9 pm) ; Sat. Sept. 27 and Sun. Sept. 28 (10 am to 5 pm)

September 28 to October 2, 2014

• ClimateFast Vigil, Every day, Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Map — 22 Photos

Peace  Events

Sunday September 21 — International Day of Peace

• 10:30 am to 5:30 pm — A Circle of All Nations Annual Peace Event : 15th Grandfather William Command Annual Peace Event, at J.K. Wyllie Boardroom, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), 233 Gilmour Street, Ottawa (Circle of All Nations, Romola Trebilcock, 613-599-5385, Romola@circleofallnations.ca) — Report — Poster — Map — 89 Photos
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  10:30 pm — Screening of Grandfather Commanda documentaries
  1 pm — Welcoming Remarks and Official Greetings
                Prayer for Grandfather William Commanda
                Welcome to the 8th Ottawa Peace Festival 2014
  1:30 pm — Panel Presentations
  2:30 pm — Group Discussion
  3:30 pm — Ottawa International Drumming Festival
  3:45 pm — Launching Ray Sunstrum's Book! — Break, Info Tables, Tea
  4:30 pm — Drumming and Dancing
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• 11:30 am to Noon — Re-dedicate "Peace Tower", Proclamations of United Nations' International Day of Peace, at Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON (Canadian Peace Initiative, Peter Stockdale, 613-852-4527) — Report — Map — 17 Photos

Monday September 22, 2014

• 6 pm to 8:30 pm — Violence Against Women - Causes and Cures, panel of 6 women, Ottawa Public Library - Elmvale Acres Branch, 1910 St. Laurent Blvd (at Hamlet Road), Ottawa ON. (Moderator: Qais Ghanem, Dialogue with Diversity, 613-265-4654) — Report — Poster — Speakers — Map — 17 Photos
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  1.  Violence in Our Language – Misogyny’s License, by Shahla Khan Salter
  2.  Female Genital Mutilation, by Merertu Frissa
  3.  Violence against Women in Asia, by Kathy Bos
  4.  Violence Against Indigenous Women, by Vicky Chief
  5.  Rape as a Weapon of War, by Ute Gerbrandt
  6.  Death of a Thousand Small Cuts, by Sylvia Laale
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Tuesday September 23, 2014

• 7 pm to 9:30 pm — Honouring the Vision of Victoria Peace Centre + Freeing the Chaudière Falls, lecture by Aboriginal Architect Douglas Cardinal, sharing Grandfather William Commanda’s Dream. — Ottawa Citizen Bldg., 1101 Baxter Rd., Ottawa ON. (Heart + Soul Light Centre, 2017 Ottawa, Birth 2012 Ottawa Gatineau, Judith Matheson and Sylvia Parker, 819-684-3099) — Report — Poster — Map — 38 Photos — Video

Wednesday September 24, 2014

• 7 pm to 8:30 pm — Walking the Peace: Inner and Outer Peace Connection, at Ottawa Public Library, Nepean-Centrepointe Branch, 101 Centrepointe, Room 1B, Ottawa ON. (Walking for Peace, Mony Dojeiji, monyandalberto@walkingforpeace.com) — Report — Facebook — Map — 13 Photos

Thursday September 25, 2014

• No event.

Friday September 26, 2014

• 7 pm — Opening ceremony: Everything You Treasure – For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons, an antinuclear weapons exhibition, at 237 Argyle Street, 2nd floor, Ottawa ON. (SGI Canada, 613-232-1100) — No Report — Map — 14 Photos
• 7 pm to 9 pm — PTSD: The War Inside, panel discussion: Dr. Donna Lougheed, psychiatrist; Dr. Carl Ripley, psychiatrist; Mr. David Woodbury, psychologist; Moderator: Dr. Juan Carlos Chirgwin, family doctor, at Unitarian Church, 30 Cleary Ave. (at Richmond Road), NOW Room, Ottawa ON. (Physicians for Global Survival, Andrea Levy, 613-233-1982) — Report — Poster — Map — 17 Photos

Saturday September 27, 2014

• 10 am to 5 pm — Everything You Treasure – For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons, an antinuclear weapons exhibition, at 237 Argyle Street, 2nd floor, Ottawa ON. (SGI Canada, 613-232-1100) — No Report — MAP — 14 PHOTOS
• 11 am - 4 pm — 12th Annual Friends for Peace Day Peace awards, music, dance, silent auction etc. at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa ON. (Friends for Peace, Ian Prattis, 613-726-0881) — Report — Poster — Program — Press Release — Facebook — Map — 131 Photos
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  11:00 am — SIFA Choir, African A Capella Group
  11:30 am — Yoga for Peace
  11:45 am — Salvadoran, Canadian Guitar Youth
  12:15 pm — The KLEO Project
  12:30 pm — Drums4Life
  1:00 pm to 1:45pm — Lunch Break
  1:45 pm — Orkidstra Chamber Ensemble
  2:00 pm — Bhakti Connection
  2:30 pm — Peace Awards Ceremony with music
                     ■ Romola Vasantha Thumbadoo
                     ■ Maha Rath Sam Viriyadhammo
  3:00 pm — Celtic Harp
  3:30 pm — Trinity HS Jazz Band
  4:00 pm — Close
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• 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm — World War I and Contemporary Policy on War and Peace, a Public Forum moderated by Michael Enright, CBC; panel: Holger Afflerbach, Mustafa Aksakal, Tamara Scheer, Daryl Copeland, Ernie Regehr; Part of the conference: 'World War 1 amd Contemporary Policy on War and Peace', at Canadian War Museum, Barney Danson Theatre, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa ON. RSVP Preregistration: 613-230-0860, or group78@group78.org. Part of a 3 day conference: "World War 1 and Contemporary Policy on War and Peace" (Group of 78 and Project Ploughshares, Mary Edwards, 613-230-0860) — Report — Map — 26 Photos

Sunday September 28, 2014

• 10 am to 5 pm — Everything You Treasure – For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons, an antinuclear weapons exhibition, 237 Argyle Street, 2nd floor, Ottawa ON. (SGI Canada, 613-232-1100) — No Report — Map — 14 Photos
• 2 pm to 4 m — Gandhi’s Solution to Religious Conflict, 3rd Annual Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture on Peace and the Humanities, by Prof. Arvind Sharma of McGill University, at Carleton University, River Building (RB), outdoors and Lecture Theatre Room RB-2200, Floor 2, Carleton University, Ottawa ON. — $3 Parking in Lot P2 (Campus Parking Map, bottom center) — (Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa, Noel Salmond, noel.salmond@carleton.ca) — Report — Poster — Map — 32 Photos
     ■ 1:45 pm — Ceremony outside at Gandhi statue with music
     ■ 2:30 pm — Lecture in Room 2200, Floor 2, upstairs.
     ■ 3:30 pm — Reception.
• 5 pm — ClimateFast Opening Ceremony, Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — No Report — Map — 22 Photos

Monday September 29, 2014

• 9 am to 5 pm — ClimateFast Vigil. Supporters and visitors invited. Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — No Report — Map — See photos for Sept. 28
• 10 am — Do the Math, video followed by an Inter-generational Conversation, University of Ottawa, Social Science Building, Room SS4006 — Parking Lot "X" (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Report — Map — No Photos
• 12 noon to 1 pm — Pursuing an Afghan Peace: Women, Civil Society and Blue Helmets, panel, Ottawa Public Library-Main Branch Auditorium (lower level), 120 Laurier Street at Metcalfe, Ottawa. (Rideau Institute, Peggy Mason and Sandra Boisvert, 613-565-9449 x21) — Report — Map — 10 Photos
     ■ Dr. Walter Dorn, Peace Talks and a Peacekeeping Force for Afghanistan?
     ■ M.P. Sabrina Saqeb, Empowering Afghan women to promote and engage in the peace process
• 6 pm to 8:30 pm — Ecology Film and Panel Discussion, at Ottawa Public Library-Main Branch, Auditorium (lower level), 120 Metcalfe at Laurier, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Report — Poster — Map — 7 Photos
     ■  Hands On, documentary of 5 women from 4 continents tackling climate change,
         (48-min.) Ottawa premiere.
     ■  Panel: Leaders for Change: Ecology Ottawa, West End Well Co-op, and
          Ottawa Renewable Energy Cooperative (OREC).

Tuesday September 30, 2014

• 7:30 am — Occupation and Missiles: Notes from Ottawa Activists, Tyler Levitan (Independent Jewish Voices) and Janan Arafa (Association of Palestinian-Arab Canadians), at Donna's Express Café, 322 Churchill Ave North. Free breakfast. (National Capital Peace Council, Daniel Stringer and Peter Stockdale, 613-792-1431) — Report — Map — 18 Photos
• 9 am to 5 pm — ClimateFast Vigil. Supporters and visitors invited. Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Report — Map — See photos Sept. 28
• 10 am to 1 pm — People of Faith Discuss Climate Change, St. Paul’s-Eastern United Church, 437 Cumberland and Daly, Sandy Hill Ottawa ON. Potluck Lunch. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — No Report — Map — No Photos
• 6 pm to 8:30 pm — The Change Agents. 90-min. film by and about Nelson BC students organizing an environmental sit-in. Ottawa Public Library-Main Branch, Auditorium (lower level), 120 Metcalfe at Laurier, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell; and Canadian Peace Initiative, Iman Ibrahim) — Report — Poster — Map — 10 Photos

Wednesday October 1, 2014

• 9 am to 5 pm — ClimateFast Vigil. Supporters and visitors invited. — Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. — No Report — Map — 30 Photos
• 11:30 am to 1 pm — Climate FASTival : "Climate First on the First." A Peace Festival event. Enjoy music & fun interspersed by speakers bringing strategy & hope. Highlights will be Tony Turner, Chris White, and Vela. — Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Map — 46 Photos
• 6 pm to 8:30 pm — The Compassionate City - A Way of Life. 3 short videos (30 min.) and discussion inspired by Louisville, Kentucky USA, and the worldwide movement of Compassionate Cities. — Ottawa Public Library-Main Branch, Auditorium (lower level), 120 Metcalfe at Laurier, Ottawa ON. (Canadian Peace Initiative, Iman Ibrahim, imanibrahim@rogers.com ) — Report — Poster — Map — 7 Photos 

Thursday October 2, 2014

• 9 am to 5 pm — ClimateFast Vigil. Supporters and visitors invited. — Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Report — Map — See photos Sept. 28 and Oct. 1
• 10 am to 1 pm — Activist Conversations for social action and social service groups working on climate issues, brown bag lunch. — Oxfam Board Room, 39 McArthur Avenue, Ottawa ON. — RSVP to frandev@sympatico.ca (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — No Report — Map — 7 Photos
• 7 pm — ClimateFast Closing Ceremony and candle light vigil — Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON. (ClimateFast, Ken Bilsky and Frances Deverell, 613-747-7584) — Report — Map — No Photos

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Festival Promotion

• A Luta Continua: Dr. Qais Ghanem interviews Bill Bhaneja about 8th Ottawa Peace Festival 2014, September 21 to October 2. (Progam archive, listen on demand preceded by BBC News). CKCU Radio, 93.1 FM (Carleton University), Friday 12 September – 9:05 am to 9:30 am. (Listen live, real time.)
• 8th Annual Ottawa Peace Festival : "Peacing Together the Canada We Want", Tone, July-August 2014, page 52. — Download page image (632K)
• 8th Annual Ottawa Peace Festival – Sept 21- Oct 2/2014, Birth 2012 Ottawa Gatineau.
• Facebook: Ottawa Peace Festival
• Birth 2012 Ottawa Gatineau
• Honouring the Vision of Victoria Peace Centre. Freeing the Chaudière Falls, by Judy Matheson, Birth 2012 Ottawa Gatineau.
• Turtle Lodge Trading Post, Events
• All Events in Ottawa
• 12th Anniversary, Friends for Peace Day, Tone, September 2014, pages 16-17.
• 8th Annual Ottawa Peace Festival, September 21 to October 2, Calendar - Conferences - Workshops, Tone, September 2014, page 26.
• “Peacing Together the Canada We Want” At the 8th Ottawa Peace Festival, Canadian Department of Peace Initiative (CDPI), August 30th, 2014.
• 8th Ottawa Peace Festival, Civilian Peace Service Canada, 30 August 2014.
• A Luta Continua: Sept. 13, 2013 — Dr. Qais Ghanem Interview with Dr Bhaneja about the 7th Ottawa Peace Festival, CKCU Radio, 93.1 FM, Carleton University.
• How the two lives of Ian Prattis could help us all survive, by Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen, August 25, 2014.
• "Everything You Treasure - For A World Free From Nuclear ," What's On : Events,  Ottawa Community News, September 2014. 
• Panel discussion on PTSD to be featured at Ottawa peace festival , by David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen, September 13, 2014. — Blogs that copied this announcement
• “Peacing Together the Canada We Want”, by Bill Bhaneja, South Asia Mail, 14 Sept 2014.
• Unify.org — International Day of Peace (Use map to find event) — Peace Readings on Parliament Hill, September 21, 1:00 PM (Wrong time)
• Local Buddhists host anti-nuclear weapons exhibition for Ottawa Peace Festival September 26-28, OttawaStart, Posted by Oona on September 16, 2014.
• Radio — Balwant "Bill" Bhaneja interviewed, Sept, 18, 5:30 pm to 6 pm, on
  "Bollywood Hungaama" (announcer : Praveen) , Mirch Masa La Radio, 97.9 FM CHIN. — A drive-home show featuring South Asian and Indian music, Weather and Traffic Updates.
• Radio — Balwant "Bill" Bhaneja interviewed, Sept 19, 9:05 am to 9:30 am, on "A Luta Continua" with Dr. Qais Ghanem, CKCU 93.1 FM, Carleton University. (Listen live, real time, at this link) or if you missed it, wait for program to be posted on (Progam archive, listen on demand, preceded by BBC News) — Also hear last year's show broadcast on Sept. 13, 2013, about the 7th Ottawa Peace Festival.
• 8th Annual Ottawa Peace Festival – Sept 21 to Oct 02, blog by mcglass2012, Ottawa Buddhist Society
• An Indian Morning : Community Announcements : (Week Beginning September 14th, 2014) : Aashwin Krishna Paksh Shashthi Vikram Samvant, 2071. Item 12
• 8th Annual Ottawa Peace Festival to kick-off Sunday September 21st, Blog Events, CeaseFire, Rideau Institute, Ottawa ON.
• Ottawa Peace Festival event – “Pursuing an Afghan Peace: Women, Civil Society and Blue Helmets”, Rideau Institute Blog, September 23rd, 2014.
• Panel discussion on PTSD to be featured at Ottawa peace festival, by Canadian_Vet, The Canadian Veterans Advocacy, September 14, 2014.
• URGENT: Chaudière Falls & Islands sacred site – Proposed condominium rezoning hearing, City of Ottawa, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa, ipsmo.org, September 30, 2014.