山ǿ to mark Remembrance Day 2023 across its three campuses
Each year, the University of Toronto community gathers to mark Remembrance Day with services to pay tribute to those who served and perished in the First and Second World Wars and other conflicts.
With Remembrance Day falling on a Saturday this year, 山ǿ’s in-person ceremonies will be held across the three campuses one day earlier – Friday, Nov. 10. Flags will be flown at half-mast in honour of soldiers and veterans, including 山ǿ students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Here’s how 山ǿ’s campuses will mark Remembrance Day 2023:
St. George
The Service of Remembrance will take place at Soldiers’ Tower at 10:20 a.m. and will include a carillon prelude and postlude.
The ceremony will include words of welcome, a recitation of the poem “In Flanders Fields” – written by John McCrae, a physician and 山ǿ graduate who served in the First World War – and a historical reading about a 山ǿ alumnus who perished in the Italian campaign during the Second World War. The reading will be delivered by Capt. Angela Lam of the 25 Field Ambulance medical unit of the Canadian Armed Forces.
山ǿ President Meric Gertler, Chancellor Rose Patten and Governing Council Chair Anna Kennedy will place wreaths at Soldiers’ Tower, as will 山ǿ students, faculty and staff and representatives of the government and armed forces.
All members of the 山ǿ community are welcome to attend.
山ǿ Scarborough
will begin at 10:45 a.m. in the Meeting Place.
The service, which will be attended by Wisdom Tettey, 山ǿ Scarborough principal and 山ǿ vice-president, will feature performances by 山ǿ Scarborough’s concert band, concert choir and string orchestra.
山ǿ Mississauga
Members of the 山ǿ Mississauga community are invited to join the in front of the Davis Building, near the flagpole.
Alexandra Gillespie, 山ǿ Mississauga principal and 山ǿ vice-president, will attend the ceremony, which will commence at 10:45 a.m.