Union of Expo Cities

Pinchas Zukerman and the Orchestra of the National Arts Centre, currently on their European Tour, received a standing ovation from the German audience in Hannover for their performance of Beethoven and Mozart.

Mr. Zukerman and the musicians of the orchestra received a warm welcome to Hannover, and to the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000, by Deputy Commissioner Carmen Sylvain. Mr. Zukerman was given the opportunity to tutor his masterclass in New York live through webcast from the Conference Centre of the Canada Pavilion and to review the teaching session the following day on the internet during a reception hosted for the members of the Canadian orchestra at the Pavilion.

The tutoring session can be viewed on the website of the National Arts Centre at: www.nac-cna.ca and on the Canada Expo 2000 website that provides a direct link to this site

The Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 Soccer Team is champion of a Soccer Tournament organised by the employees of the Funsport Hall in Hannover, Germany. The Canada Team beat the Ireland/Croatia team two to one in the final.

Mr. Lembert of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s office accepts on behalf of the Chancellor a crystal Inukshuk from the Commissioner General for Canada, Robert (Bob) Blair.

James Steele (Jimmy) of Toronto from our hosting staff entertains the thousands of people who visit us at the Canada Pavilion everyday and gets people to do the wave while they wait in line to enter the Pavilion.

Our hosting staff entertain the thousands of people who visit us at the Canada Pavilion everyday and get people to do the wave while they wait in line to enter the Pavilion.

Mr. Ray Bonin (at left), MP for Nickel Belt and Mr. Ron Zizman (at right) from the Northern Ontario Communities present a canoe to Mr. Elmut Reher (centre), chairman of the Kanu-Club Limmer. The canoe found presently in the Northern Ontario Exhibit will be used by physically challenged children.

Members of the M’Skwa Noodin performing group from Manitoulin Island (Ontario) delight their audience with dances and songs from the Ojibway First Nation.

Canada Pavilion partner ZENON Environmental Inc. presents its clean water technology to a group of 75 engineers (all former students of the Hannover University).

A group of 75 engineers (all former students of the Hannover University) receive a description of the concept of "miraculous technology to end water pollution" presented by the Canada Pavilion partner ZENON Environmental Inc.

Torch-bearer for Mexico hands the symbolic Olympic Flame to torch-bearer for Canada and protocol officer for the Canada Pavilion Zoran Perusina during the Olympic Torch Relay on the Expo site. The event was held to mark the arrival of the Olympic Flame in Sydney, Australia, and the official opening of the XXVIIth Olympiads.

Arrival of the symbolic Olympic Flame at the Canada Pavilion during the Olympic Torch Relay on the Expo site. From left to right: RCMP Officer Hans Fracke; the torch-bearer for Mexico; the torch-bearer for Canada and Protocol Officer at the Canada Pavilion Zoran Perusina; the Deputy Commissioner-General for Canada Carmen Sylvain; and RCMP Officer Karen Osterwald.

More than 120 representatives of the housing industry in Germany attend the Canada Housing Day Technical Seminar organized by the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation.

Member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre, Carolyn Parrish, and Vice-President of the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Jean-François Martin visit the "Healthy House" exhibit, a joint venture of the CMHC and Natural Resources Canada (NR. Can).

For Europeans, a Window on the Canadian Cultural Tapestry

The German Special Olympics National Team with Canada's Deputy Commissioner General Carmen Sylvain try out white water rafting with Wilderness Tours during their visit of the Canada Pavilion.

The Head of Delegation of the German Special Olympics National Team surrounded by the athletes signs the Canada Pavilion guest book in the presence of Canada's Commissioner General Bob Blair and Canada's Deputy Commissioner General Carmen Sylvain.

Canada's Deputy Commissioner General Carmen Sylvain and the German Special Olympics National Team torch bearer raise their torches to the success of the Berlin Special Olympics National Games.

International Youth Forum Against Racism
Recommendations for the UN High Commission

Dr. Hedy Fry, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism - Status of Women), with the young participants at the official opening of the International Youth Forum Against Racism taking place at the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000, in Hannover, Germany from August 5^th to 10^th, 2000. This Forum has been officially recognized by the United Nations as a satellite meeting of the August 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance to be held in South Africa. As such, the results of the meeting will feed officially into the international conference preparations and the forum report will be an officially recognized document by the United Nations. The youth will then present, for the first time ever, a position at this annual World Conference.

Fifty-five young people from around the globe are meeting at this Forum. Twenty-nine delegates from host country Canada are meeting their counterparts from Germany (10), United Kingdom (3), South Africa (2), Australia (1), Austria (2), USA (2), Antigua (1), St. Lucia (1), Guyana (1), Nicaragua (1), Brazil (1) and the Philippines (1).

Miss Venezuela Martina Thorogood signing the guest book of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 in the presence of Canada’s Commissioner General, Mr. Robert Blair, during her recent visit to the Canada Pavilion.

From left to right Ms. Carmen Sylvain, Deputy Commissioner General for Canada, Mr. Vincente Loscertales, Secretary General of the International Exposition Bureau (BIE), Ms. Karen Osterwald, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Honourable Margaret Raid, President of the Senate of Australia and Ms. Lena Hraoui, President of the Commission during their visit of the Canada Pavilion.

His Royal Highness, prince of Asturias Don Filipe de Borbon y Grecia signing the guest book of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 in the presence of Ms. Carmen Sylvain, Deputy Commissioner General, and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Hans Fracke and Daniel Roy. The prince remembers Canada’s Pavilion at Expo ‘92 in Seville to be "wonderful" and said the country has once again done a "very good job."

John Manley, Minister of Industry Canada, touring the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 with Deputy Commissioner General, Carmen Sylvain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut, Julie Payette and M.P. Susan Whelan.

Canadian Space Agency Astronaut, Julie Payette and John Manley, Minister of Industry Canada, holding the Canada at Expo 2000 medal flown during Ms. Payette’s voyage on the Space Shuttle Discovery.

John Manley, Minister of Industry Canada, presents a radar satellite photograph of the City of Hannover taken by the Canadian satellite Radarsat on June 26 to Expo 2000 Deputy Commissioner General, Norbert Bargmann.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut, Julie Payette, presents the Canada at Expo 2000 medal, flown during her voyage on the Space Shuttle Discovery to Robert Blair, Commissioner General for Canada at Expo 2000 under John Manley, Minister of Industry Canada and Deputy Commissioner General for Expo, Norbert Bargmann’s applause. The medal has accomplished 153 Earth orbits and travelled four million miles in 235 hours and 13 minutes during Ms. Payette’s 10 day mission which consisted in handing over some four tons of equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. The station is an example, as are international expositions, of what we can achieve through international collaboration and the sharing of knowledge, ideas and technology. The medal will be displayed in the Canada Pavilion throughout the duration of Expo. The Canada Pavilion continues to amaze the visitors of Expo 2000. To date, over half a million visitors have experienced the pavilion’s virtual river and multimedia presentation.

Director and actor Dennis Hopper signs the Canada Pavilion guest book in the presence of Canada's Deputy Commisioner General Carmen Sylvain.

Director and actor Dennis Hopper takes a visit down the virtual river in the Preparatory Area of the Canada Pavilion with Canada's Deputy Commisioner General Carmen Sylvain on his left.

Canada Day at Expo 2000

Canada Day, Saturday, July 1, 2000 Program

Ribbon cutting ceremony, Canada Pavilion, Expo 2000, June 1. From left to right: Carmen Sylvain, Deputy Commissioner General for Canada, Daniel Roy, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mrs. and Mr. Gaëtan Lavertu, Embassador for Canada to Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair, Commissioner General for Canada, Karen Osterwald, Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Exterior view of construction of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hannover, May 2000

A Pavilion hostess points to the virtual river in the floor, that leads as a leitmotiv through the Preparatory Area of the Canada Pavilion

The mulit-media effects of the presentation in the amphitheatre of the Canada Pavilion include a free-falling watercurtain

T.R.H. the Earl and Countess of Wessex with Lauren Blair, Commissioner General Blair’s spouse, Carmen Sylvain, Deputy Commissioner General for Canada and Paul St-Jean, Designer and Creative director for Lambert Multimédia at the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000. The Montreal based company designed the creative multimedia presentation of the pavilion.

T.R.H. the Earl and Countess of Wessex signing the guest book of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 with the Commissioner General for Canada, Mr. Robert Blair and his spouse, Lauren Blair.

T.R.H. the Earl and Countess of Wessex are greeted at the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 by hostesses Ms. Megan Macdonald and Susan Stewart, natives of Prince Edward Island. The Royal couple will visit Prince Edward Island this July.

Canadian officials in front of the Canada Expo bus. From left to right: Mr. Gaëtan Lavertu, Embassador for Canada to Germany, Ms. Carmen Sylvain, Deputy Commissioner General for Canada, Mr. Robert Blair, Commissioner General for Canada.

Canadian pavillion hosting staff are welcoming the Canada Expo Bus.

The cyberlounge at the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 showcases Canadian technology through interactive display terminals.