Listen to Florence K's performance of O Canada during the Handover Ceremony at the Guadalajara 2011 Closing Ceremony.
O Canada
TO2015 Congratulates the Guadalajara 2011 Team
Ian Troop, CEO
General Director of the Jalisco Sports Development Commission
General Director of the XVI Pan American Games Organizing Committee
Dear Carlos,
As we enter the final countdown to the 16th edition of the Pan American Games and the 11th edition of the Parapan American Games, it is my pleasure to offer our sincerest congratulations and best wishes for success as you welcome athletes and visitors from the Americas to Guadalajara, the State of Jalisco and Mexico.
Since 2007, your team at the Guadalajara 2011 Organizing Committee (COPAG) has been working tirelessly to build venues, develop partnerships and create plans to realize your vision of staging Games that will be a true Fiesta of the Americas...
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Planning for Open, Accessible and Safe Games
Staging the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games at more than 40 competition venues stretching across 17 municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region requires precise coordination from a wide range of law enforcement agencies, emergency services and security partners.
That’s why the Toronto 2015 Integrated Security Unit (ISU) is in place. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are the lead agency for the ISU, which includes six municipal and regional police services, and are working in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Emergency Management Ontario...
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Changing of the Flag: Excitement Builds for Parapan Am Games Handover to TO2015
The Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) today announced the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the Honourable Bal Gosal, Canada’s Minister of State (Sport) will participate in the official handover segment of the Closing Ceremony of the Guadalajara 2011 Parapan American Games....
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TO2015 Congratulates Organizers of the Guadalajara 2011 Pan/Parapan American Games
With the Games kicking off tomorrow, the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) offers its best wishes to organizers of the 2011 Games in Guadalajara.
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Looking, seeing, observing — Guadalajara Games help Toronto on the road to 2015
Members of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee will get a first-hand look at the Games-time experience as they participate in the official observers’ program at the Guadalajara 2011 Pan/Parapan Am Games.
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An Invitation and Welcome to Toronto in 2015
As the last athletes wipe the sweat from their brows at the Guadalajara 2011 Games, one of the most significant and ceremony-rich elements is about to begin on the stadium stage: the Handover Ceremony.
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