2021 Virtual Peace Park Assembly
Event InformationAfter considerable and deliberate discussion by the 2021 WGIPPA Assembly Planning Committee, it has been decided to change the 2021 WGIPPA Annual Assembly to a Virtual Zoom format.
In making this decision, the Committee weighed the safety risks associated with holding large indoor and outdoor celebrations and meetings during the midst of the recent Covid-19 surge, against the safety protocols required to insure a completely safe event. Despite the nearly overwhelming desire to get friends together, it was decided that the risks of an in-person event greatly outweighed available mitigative safety measures. All individuals who have previously registered for the in-person event will be refunded the full registration cost. Registrants are responsible to cancel any of their own hotel registrations which may have been made. The Zoom Assembly will be held on the originally chosen date of Saturday, September 18, 2021. Virtual Registration will be available for a $25.00 charge, which will help defray costs incurred by the organizing committee for the in-person event. Much of the Assembly’s original planned content will be retained in the Virtual event, and the new Virtual Assembly Program and registration link, is now available for review on this website As in past Peace Park Assemblies:
Many heartfelt thanks go out to the 2021 WGIPPA Planning Committee for the innumerable hours they have expended, and the comprehensive planning they have undertaken, to make this year’s event an exciting success under extremely trying conditions. Please join me in re-registering for this outstanding 2021 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Association Annual Assembly, in Virtual Format. Ed Handl Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Association President 2020-2022 |
Virtual ProgramSeptember 18, 2021:
13:30 to 16:20 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) (Presentations will be 20 minutes with a ten minute Q&A period) 13:30 - 14:00 Social Interactive chats 14:00 14:05 Opening Remarks Bryan Walton, Chairman of Peace Park Assembly 2021 14:05-14:35 “A Summer to Top Them All” Park Superintendent Jeff Mow 14:35-15:05 "Fall 2021 Park Update" Park Superintendent Sal Rasheed Five Minute Break 15:10-15:45 “Peacebuilding on Our International and Shared Landscapes” Maria Kliavkoff 15:45-16:15 “Rematriation of Plains Bison in Waterton Park” Dr. Leroy Little Bear 16:15-16:25 Closing Remarks and “Hands Across the Border Ceremony” WGIPPA President, Ed Handl Adjourn 
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Speakers
Jeff Mow - Park Superintendent
“A Summer to Top Them All” Jeff Mow is a member of the Kalispell Daybreak Club and has served as club President for the Rotary Club of Seward, Alaska... click image for more information. |
Sal Rasheed – Park Superintendent
“Fall 2021 Park Update" Sal began his career at Parks Canada as a Conservation Biologist for the Mountain Parks in 2001... click image for more information. |
Maria Kliavkoff
“Peacebuilding on Our International and Shared Landscapes” Author, Keynote Speaker and Director of Healthy Mourning Revolution, a training company dedicated to revolutionizing the way we think about grief and mourning... click image for more information. |
Dr. Leroy Little Bear “Rematriation of Plains Bison in Waterton Park”
Leroy Little Bear was born and raised on the Blood Indian Reserve (Kainai First Nation), approximately 70 km west of Lethbridge, Alberta. One of the first Native students to complete a program of study at the University of Lethbridge... click image for more infromation |
