Remembrance Day at Kipnes Centre for Veterans

November 10, 2023 - Remembrance Day has special meaning at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans. The centre has been home to veterans since 2005 and provides a space of unique connection where veterans who served in conflicts around the world share experiences, stories, and favorite activities. This Remembrance Day the Great Room at Kipnes will host the centres’ veterans and their families for the traditional service.

“Attending the ceremony at Kipnes you can feel the importance of this day,” says Bonnie Roberts, Site Director at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans. “Our residents have a unique shared history that they connect on every day, sharing jokes and old rivalries between service branches or squadrons. But on November 11th they are remembering the shared conflicts and struggles, and the people who are not here to share stories.”

Veterans living at the Kipnes Centre help to create the Remembrance Day service, including forming the color party, laying wreaths, and providing readings. Other residents and their visitors are encouraged to recognize Remembrance Day in the manner they wish in their own neighborhoods.

Currently the centre is home to nine WWII veterans, five Korean War veterans along with 28 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veterans, those who served Canada since the Korean War, three Allied veterans, who served for other countries, and 14 spouses of veterans who also reside at the Kipnes Centre.

This Remembrance Day will see the return of the support from the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron  along with the support from other community and military groups and our Kipnes volunteers.

Following the service, residents will gather for a social hour connecting with family and friends over stories of remembrance.

Links: A history of Remembrance at Kipnes Centre for Veterans:

Spirit of Remembrance Spirit of remembrance is year-round at Edmonton centre for veterans | Edmonton Journal

Creating connection edmonton-sun-article-nov-11-2019.pdf (capitalcare.net)