Upcoming Events
World Refugee Day at Yonge Dundas Square: Concert, Youth Poetry Contest Awards and Activities
Date: June 20, 2011
Time: 11 am – 4 pm (concert from 12 pm – 2 pm)
Past Events
Music and Arts Festivities to Celebrate Refugee Artists
Date & Time: June 11, 2010 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
To see pictures from the Art Show, please click here!
World Refugee Day in collaboration with Luminato – Toronto Festival of Arts, Culture and Creativity
Reading of World Refugee Day Proclamation, Awards Ceremony for UNHCR COSTI Refugees and Human Rights Children/Youth Poetry Contest Winners and World Music Celebration
http://www.luminato.com/2010/events/156
Date & Time: June 20 12:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: Queen’s Park North, located at Queen’s Park Cres. East and Wellesley St. East
World Refugee Day on June 20 is being celebrated in collaboration with Luminato’ closing day festivities. In honour of this United Nations-designated occasion, the Festival brings together an international roster of artists for a free all-day concert in Queen’s Park. As the performers pay musical tribute to all those from around the world who have found refuge in Canada and who now make this country their home, their concert is also the destination for the World Refugee Activities including Reading of the Proclamation and Awards Ceremony for Child and Youth Poetry Contest Commemorating World Refugee Day starting at 12:30 p.m.
To see the winning poems from 2010 contest, please click below.
Group 1 (Grades 4-6)
1st Prize: Victoria Glista
2nd Prize: Niveedhika Keethes
3rd Prize: Bishal Thapa
Group 2 (Grades 7-8)
1st Prize: Amrit Kaur Babbar
2nd Prize: Simona Presutto
3rd Prize: Caelan Beard
Group 3 (Grades 9-12)
1st Prize: Anna Xu
2nd Prize: Joshua Collin-Pereira
3rd Prize: Shraboni Biswas
ABOUT LUMINATO
For 10 extraordinary days in June, Toronto’s stages, streets, and public spaces are illuminated with arts and creativity. Luminato is an annual multi-disciplinary celebration of theatre, literature, music, food, dance, celebrations, visual arts, fashion, film, and magic. For more information, visit luminato.com
To see pictures from June 20th, please click here!
Children and Youth Amateur Poetry Contest
Refugees and Human Rights
As part of Toronto’s Refugee Day celebrations, UNHCR and COSTI Immigrant Services, are co-hosting a poetry competition, which is currently underway, inviting Grade 4-12 students attending schools in the City of Toronto.
The topic for the contest is Refugees and Human Rights. The deadline to send in entries has closed. The winners will be posted on the UNHCR and COSTI websites. Some of the winners will have the opportunity to read their poems at June 20th event.