Vimy Foundation

• Edmonton students to commemorate Battle of Vimy Ridge online after COVID-19 cancels their trip

  Two Edmonton students who won the Vimy Pilgrimage Award were supposed to go to Belgium and France for a week leading up to Vimy Ridge Day. The trip was put on hold because of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2020
  
• Fewer than a third of Canadian millennials know Passchendaele was fought during WWI: poll

  Only 27 per cent of millennials identified the Battle of Passchendaele with the First World War, according to an Ipsos poll.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2017
  
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• Most Canadians don’t know the words to ‘In Flanders Fields’: Ipsos poll

  Most Canadians know that the iconic war poem In Flanders Fields was written by John McCrae 100 years ago. Most Canadians don’t know, however, the correct first verse, according to a new survey released ahead of Remembrance Day.

  Nov 9, 2015
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• More Canadians plan to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies: poll

  Almost three in 10 Canadians say they plan to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony this year, according to a new poll. That number has been steadily rising.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2014