Gandhi Jayanti
Mahatma Gandhi's contribution towards bringing peace and non-violence to this world is unparalleled. His teachings must be promoted to resolve current conflicts, avoid violence, find peaceful solutions and to make our world a better place to live.
To keep the spirit of Gandhi's teachings alive, the India Club of Vancouver, The Thakore Charitable Foundation, and The Institute for the Humanities and the JS Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities at Simon Fraser University will join hands in celebrating Gandhi Jayanti on October 1st and 2nd of this year to foster the principles of truth, justice, human rights and non-violence.
The recipient of the 21st annual presentation of The Thakore Visiting Scholar Award will be John O’Brian, for his recent work on how the history of the imagery related to the Atomic Bomb has acclimated us to the bomb.
The celebration will be in the form of two events:
1) The Garlanding Ceremony will be held on Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 at the bust of Mahatma Gandhi located in the Peace Square on the Burnaby campus (south side level 3 of the Academic Quadrangle) from 6:45pm - 7:30pm.
We welcome all those interested to attend. This event is free and open to the public.
Parking details (see map link below): Guests will not be required to have permits displayed in C-lot. Parking is free in C-lot only for this event.
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2) We are presenting the annual Gandhi Student Peace Award and the 21st annual Thakore Visiting Scholar Award at the Gandhi Commemorative Lecture on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St., Vancouver:
7:30 pm- Introductions and Gandhi Peace Award Presentation (Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Room 1900)
7:45 pm- Thakore Visiting Scholar Award recipient, John O’Brian
8:30 pm- Question and Answer period
We welcome all those interested to attend. This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited so please register by clicking here.
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