Please register for this free, family-friendly event at this Eventbrite link. Honouring Peace will take place August 6th at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including displays and a lantern-making workshop (6PM), followed by a program at 7:30 including Taiko drummers, Furusato dancers, presentations and a lantern-launching ceremony at sunset. Further details are at the Eventbrite link.

Peace Essay Contest 2026

The winners of the Peace Essay Contest, Madeline Baxter and Shreenita Shegar of Claremont Secondary School, were awarded $1000 and $500 respectively, at the Claremont Awards Ceremony on June 23rd, 2026. The winning essays were published in the Times Colonist newspaper: Where Healing Begins and Non-Violent Proposals to Advance Peace. Both winners are warmly thanked and congratulated by the Greater Victoria Peace School for their very creative and thoughtful responses to the Peace Essay challenge.