St. Petersburg 300th Anniversary Celebrations - Canadian Sponsored Activities
Planned for 2003-2004

Canada's participation in the City's 300th Anniversary will consist of the following blocks of activities:

Events in relation to official visits

Official visit of the Prime Minister of Canada as part of the G8 leaders meeting in St. Petersburg
May 30 - 31, 2003

State visit of the Governor General of Canada
September 26 - October 03, 2003

Official visit of the Canadian Delegation to the 6th General Assembly of the Northern Forum
April 22 - 25, 2003

Events in relation to various cooperation agreements

Visit of the Mayor of Quebec City and his delegation in the framework of the Friendship and Cooperation Agreement between St. Petersburg and Quebec City as part of the Quebec - St. Petersburg - Bordeaux Special Day
July 2003
- Unveiling of the statue of Nelligan and opening of the Quebec City Square in St. Petersburg
- Publication of a special photo album on Quebec City and St. Petersburg
- Preparation for St. Petersburg participation at the International Pavilion of the Quebec ExpoCite International Exhibition
- Establishing new cooperation linkages between St. Petersburg university community and the University Laval

Events in relation to culture, arts and education

Visit by a Canadian Sailing School Vessel Concordia and its Class Afloat Program
August 2002

Participation of the Canadian dance duo " Coleman & Lemieux" in "Exercise 2002" International Dance Festival (workshop and concert)
December 2002

Participation of Gary Rideout, Opera of Toronto singer, at the special invitation of the Mariinsky Theatre, in "Siegfried" and "The Twilight of the Gods" (two parts of Wagner's tetralogy) staged by Vladimir Mirzoev
December 2002

Special presentation by Professor Denis Moniere, General Secretary of the inter-university co-operation center (Paris - Quebec) in association with the Centre for Canadian Studies, St. Petersburg State University
April 2003

Canadian Film Presentation at the Russian Northern Traveling (Nomadic) Film Festival
April 2003

Participation of the Canadian Rock Trio "Kathleen Yearwood ordeal" in SKIF (Sergyey Kouriokhin International Rock Festival)
April 2003

Visit of the Band of the Royal 22nd Regiment as part of the International Military Bands Festival of St.Petersburg
May 2003

Visit of the Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir and Gala Performance at the St. Petersburg Conservatory
June 2003

Participation of the Canadian Chamber Orchestra in " Virtuosi di Toronto" at the 2nd edition of the St. Petersburg International Chamber Orchestras Festival
September 2003

Opening of the virtual exhibition "Landscape in Russian and Canadian painting" together with the participation of five Canadian provinces and nine Russian museums
September 2003

Opening of the Traveling Exhibition of the Canadian Museum of Civilization at the Russian Museum of ethnography
October 2003

Charles Olivieri-Munroe as guest conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonics - 2 concerts and a workshop
November 2003

Opening of the Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art Exhibition - Transition I - in cooperation with the Russian ethnographic Museum of St.Petersburg
November 2003

Opening of the Canadian Art Exhibition - Inventing Canada - in cooperation with the Hermitage Museum
2003-2004

Special Initiatives

Presentation of the 2003 edition of the Business Woman of St. Petersburg Award in commemoration of Canada' s "Famous Five", in association with the St. Petersburg Business Women Network in collaboration with the St. Petersburg Construction Centre.
March 12, 2003

Special cooperation projects supported by the Canadian International Development Agency in the context of technical assistance
- With Orphanage No.4 for disabled children in Pavlovsk
- With St. Petersburg children Rehabilitation Centre " Detskie Duny"
- With the Russian National Library

Canadian Perspectives - the Alexander Makcenzie Memorial Lecture Series featuring various aspects of Canadian life - in cooperation with St. Petersburg University Canada College, the Mining Institute, and Russian Association of Canadian Studies
March, June, November 2003
- Canada's international personality - March 2003
- Canada in the 21 century: Canadian economic prospects - June 2003
- Canadians who challenge and intrigue - October 2003

Canada Days
- Canada Day Evening - July 01, 2003
- Maple Leaf Picnic - July 02, 2003
- Images of Canada Evening - July 03, 2003