Tuesday, November 9, 2010
National Virtual Remembrance Day Ceremony - On Wednesday, November 10, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., over 10,000 students from across Canada will take a part in a Remembrance Day ceremony live, via video conference hosted by Queen Elizabeth School. O Canada will be sung in Edmonton, In Flanders Field will be recited in Quebec City and God the Save the Queen will be sung in Ottawa. The ceremony will conclude with students asking soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan what Remembrance Day means to them.
CIDA National Art Exhibit - This exhibit seeks to capture, through the eyes of youth of Kandahar, an alternate perspective about the realities of life in Afghanistan as seen through the lens of the next generation of Afghans. Supported by CIDA, this project was organized in conjunction with the Afghan Innovative Consulting Bureau, a community-based organization located in Kandahar. Queen Elizabeth School will be displaying the art work from November 9 through 29 in the school library and the exhibit will be featured during the National Virtual Remembrance Day Ceremony.
Vigil Project - Queen Elizabeth School is taking part in the Vigil Project from November 8 to Wednesday, Nov. 10. The names of individuals who lost their lives during World War I will be projected 24 hours a day from the office into the hallway for nine seconds. By November 11, all 68,000 Canadian names of those who died in World War I will have been witnessed in each school across Canada. The names include the members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the Canadian Merchant Navy, the Canadian Army Medical Corps as well as the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Included are 67 Canadian women who lost their lives as either nurses or as crew in the Merchant Navy. All names are from the records of Veterans Affairs Canada.
Further information:
Terry Godwaldt, Programming Director
The Centre for Global Education
Queen Elizabeth School
780-476-8671
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