May 2, 2024
The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon will hold a ceremony on Wednesday, May 8, at 11 a.m., celebrating Victory in Europe Day. This memorial gathering will take place at the head office of CSC Nouvelon, located at 201, rue Jogues in Sudbury. This commemoration of the Victory of 1945 and the end of fighting in the Second World War on the European continent is important in many Allied countries, particularly France, which pays tribute on this day to the commitment of its military personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
This ceremony, under the aegis of Chief Warrant Officer (retired) Christophe Baldacchino, Deputy Delegate General for Le Souvenir français for Ontario and Manitoba, Major (retired) Paul E. Henry, OStJ, CD, M.Ed., ECCM, MRHSC, Sudbury representative for Le Souvenir Français, member of the Canadian Education Committee, and Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer at CSC Nouvelon, will have the honour of welcoming :
- Bertrand Pous, Consul General of France in Toronto;
- Federico Dudet-Bélanger, Honorary Consul of France in Sudbury;
- LCol (retired) André Levesque, OMM, KStJ, OOnt, CD, Ph.D., FRSA delegate general in Canada for Le Souvenir Français;
- Yann-Alexandre Girard, member of the Board of Directors of the Amicitia France-Canada Monument;
- Major (retired) Christophe Raisonnier, MStJ, CD, advisor to the delegate general in Canada for Le Souvenir Français; and Dr. Alis B. Kennedy, OOnt, CD, OMC, Canadian member of Section 1846 SNEMN.
This celebration of the duty to remember, aimed above all at our youth, will also welcome a delegation of students from CSC Nouvelon, including:
- Zackary Vaillancourt, Student Trustee at CSC Nouvelon and Prime Minister of École secondaire catholique l'Horizon (Val Caron);
- Alexie Blais, Prime Minister of École secondaire catholique Champlain (Chelmsford);
- Nadia Guillemette, Prime Minister of École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur (Sudbury);
- and Justine Toner, Prime Minister of Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury).
CSC Nouvelon, which is commemorating for the very first time this Remembrance Day celebrated in France, plans to commemorate this occasion in the future.
The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon offers a French-language Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSC Nouvelon provides a quality learning environment and academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 5,650 students enrolled in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.
Source:
Paul de la Riva
Director of Communications and External Relations
Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon
705-673-5626, ext. 294
705-677-8195 (cell)