The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games will be a transformational event for Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe region. With more than 10,000 athletes, coaches and officials coming from 41 countries, this will be the largest international multi-sport Games ever hosted in Canada. Athletes will compete in 51 sports at 30 venues across the Games footprint, in front of more than 1.4 million spectators. Canada will see its largest ever team march into the Pan Am Ceremonies Venue at 1 Blue Jays Way, when the Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony kicks things off on July 10th. Following the conclusion of the Parapan Am Games on August 15th, a legacy of new sport venues, improved infrastructure and a new waterfront neighborhood will enhance the community for years to come.
The Honourable David Peterson, former Premier of Ontario and Chairman of TO2015, will reveal exciting new information on the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay, which begins May 30th. Canadian racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist Curt Harnett will join Mr. Peterson for a candid conversation about the exciting and lasting legacy of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.
Cisco Canada, a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, is pleased to offer attendees the opportunity to win a coveted pair of tickets to the TORONTO 2015 Opening Ceremony. Each attendee also has 1/10 odds to win a pair of tickets to the Games, also provided by Cisco.
About The Honourable David R. Peterson, P.C., Q.C., O.Ont., C. St. J., C.L.H., D.U., L.L.D.
David Peterson served as the Premier of Ontario between 1985 and 1990, overseeing an active period of reform and playing a major role in Canada’s constitutional discussions. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1975.
He is currently chairman of Cassels Brock LLP, where he practices corporate/commercial law. In 2009, Peterson was the chairman of the successful TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games Bid Committee, following on his work as a member on the 2008 Toronto Olympic Bid Committee.
In his four decades of public service, he has served on a number of private and public boards, as well as not-for-profit sport organizations, including St. Michael’s Hospital, the Shaw Festival and the Toronto Community Foundation. He is the founding chairman of the Toronto Raptors Basketball Club Inc. and the chancellor emeritus of the University of Toronto.
Peterson was also chairman of the Commonwealth Team observing the 1992 elections in Guyana and the chief federal negotiator for the devolution of the Northwest Territories.
He holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario, an LL.B from the University of Toronto and studied at the University of Caen, France. Peterson also has honorary doctorates from the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Ottawa, the University of Tel Aviv and the American University of the Caribbean.
He is a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France and was summoned by Her Majesty to the Privy Council in 1992. In 2009, he was appointed to the Order of Ontario in recognition of his public and community service contributions.
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