The flag will be at half-mast from sunrise to sunset Remembrance Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, to honour the memory of all Canadians who have served their country in a time of war.
If you are wearing a poppy, the Royal Canadian Legion reminds you it is to be pinned on your left hand side, and on a lapel if you have one.
The University of Western Ontario will honour Canadians who have served their country in a time of war with several Remembrance Day ceremonies on Nov. 11.
A ceremony will be begin at 10:40 a.m. in the University Community Centre atrium and will feature brief speeches by President Amit Chakma, University Students’ Council president Emily Rowe, and university chaplain Michael Wagenman.
A student ensemble from the Faculty of Music will perform ‘In Flanders Field,’ to be followed by a moment of silence at 11 a.m.
A slideshow of images and Gazette articles representing the role of Western students in the First and Second World Wars will be shown.
Remembrance Day will also be marked in some faculties. Check faculty websites for information. Marking Remembrance Day at Western’s affiliates.
King’s University College
The Office of Campus Ministry will observe Remembrance Day through a celebration of the Eucharist at 12:30 p.m. at Christ the King Chapel. People will gather in prayer at 11 a.m. under the flagpoles in front of the Wemple Building. The service will include a bagpipe performance, moment of silence, a prayer and The Last Post.
Huron University College
The Chapel will have two services, open to the entire Western and London communities. At 8:40 a.m. the college community will gather in the chapel for a communion service using the Mass Kit of the Rev. Walter Brown, a chaplain executed by the Nazis just after D-Day in 1944.
At 10:50 a.m. the college community is invited to gather in the Chapel for the Act of Remembrance and Wreath Laying ceremony, which will conclude by 11:10 a.m. This will feature a reading of the names of the fallen and the moment of silence.
Brescia University College
Brescia University College does not have a special ceremony planned. Students are encouraged to participate in events across campus. Brescia will observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m.
