Remembrance Day
Indigenous Veterans Day Recognition
Sunday, November 8
As the U of G community recognizes Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the important contributions and service of First Nations, Inuit and Métis veterans.
Flags across campus will be lowered in recognition of Indigenous Veterans Day and to honour the important contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis veterans.
Remembrance Day Service
Wednesday, November 11
As U of G honours those who have served and continue to serve during times of conflict, students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in a Remembrance Day event that begins in Branion Plaza and processes to War Memorial Hall (event takes place rain or shine). All are welcome to attend.
November 11 @ 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. – Branion Plaza to War Memorial Hall (Alumni Plaza)
The service includes:
- Formal remarks in Branion Plaza
- Community procession to lay wreaths on steps of War Memorial Hall
- Music by Gryphons Singers, Last Post, moment of silence and Rouse on steps of War Memorial Hall
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.