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Forum Examines North Korea’s Perceptions and Priorities
January 25, 2024 Robert Duffy – Secretary-General, UPF Canada For the 7th session of UPF’s search for insights into the realities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), its political and social life, and its perceptions of itself and of those neighbors...
Veterans Honored at Ambassadors for Peace Awards Banquet in Toronto
Toronto, Canada. An overflow crowd, of about 270, filled the Ojibway Hall in Huron Park Recreation Centre on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2023, for UPF Ontario’s annual Ambassadors for Peace (AFP) Awards banquet. Fittingly this year’s theme was ‘Honouring Veterans...
UPF-Canada: Report on Peace Road 2023 in Montreal
Canada-2023-09-26-UPF-Canada: Report on Peace Road 2023 in Montreal Montreal, Canada—Since 1981, each year the United Nations has recognized September 21 as the International Day of Peace, a day devoted to strengthening global peace through observing 24 hours of...
UPF-Canada Convenes Webinar on “Viewing the DPRK from Within”
Canada—As part of an ongoing series of webinars on the theme “Viewing the DPRK (North Korea) from Within,” the sixth session was held on September 7, 2023 with a panel from Europe, North America and Korea that attracted participants from around the world. Jointly...
UPF Toronto Holds Peace Road, Ambassadors for Peace Seminar, and Partners at Philippines Festival
Toronto, Canada – UPF-Toronto organized a Peace Road 2023 event at Queen’s Park on June 4, 2023 on the grounds of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, with approximately 200 participants. Dr. Franco Famularo, president of UPF-Canada, gave opening remarks. He...
UPF-Canada Holds an Ambassadors for Peace Vision Seminar
Toronto, Canada— On July 15, 2023, an Ambassadors for Peace Vision Seminar was held in Toronto, Canada to which approximately 70 Ambassadors for Peace were invited. This time the vision seminar focused on universal values as the cornerstone for peace, addressing the...
Ambassadors for Peace Meet in Montréal
Montréal, Canada—On a blustery Saturday, April 22, 2023, over 50 Ambassadors for Peace and friends of UPF gathered in Montréal, Canada for our first in-person meeting in three years since the pandemic hit in 2020. The event, held in a mid-town hotel from 10 a.m. to 2...
UPF-Canada Hosts Conference with DR Congo
Quebec, Canada—On April 1, 2023, parties from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Province of Quebec were brought together in a joint conference via the Zoom platform connecting Kinshasa and Montreal. This international project was initiated following the request...
UPF-Canada Hosts Ambassadors for Peace Meeting in Toronto
Toronto, Canada—On Saturday, March 11, 2023, UPF-Toronto hosted a “UPF Vision 2023” seminar mainly for participants of last October’s very successful Ambassadors for Peace Awards Banquet. Despite a heavy snowfall the previous day, the meeting room at UPF’s Toronto...