Canada, Greece to celebrate ties with inuksuk monument ceremony in Athens

The Embassy of Canada to Greece, successful collaboration with the City of Athens and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will big a solemnisation connected May 5 astatine 5 p.m. successful Ilissia Park to grant a inuksuk monument talented by Canada to the radical of Greece.

Originally inaugurated past May by Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, the marble inuksuk – an Arctic stone landmark traditionally built by Indigenous peoples of Canada – symbolizes guidance, community, and friendship.

Crafted from Pentelic marble, the Athens inuksuk blends Canadian Indigenous practice with Greek classical tradition.

The ceremony, held under the auspices of the This is Athens Festival, will people implicit 80 years of diplomatic relations betwixt Canada and Greece.

Inuit-European creator Heather Carroll, who designed the monument, will be the lawsuit and speak astir the inspiration down the task and its taste significance.