Dear Editor:
RE: CNV to develop commemoration policy in light of Flight 752 memorial
On behalf of our many friends in the Iranian community and other communities at large who lost their loved ones in the Flight PS752 tragedy, we would like to thank the North Shore News for their coverage last week regarding the announcement of a monument to be built in North Vancouver.
We also wish to thank the B.C. government and the honourable MLA Bowinn Ma’s efforts for allocating a budget for the monument. Lastly, we thank the council of the City of North Vancouver for the proposed amendment to speed up the process.
The community wishes to see the monument built by the next anniversary of this horrific tragedy, or a few months after.
The building of the monument is a major concern among many Ukrainians, British, Swedes, as well as Iranians. They believe the monument should reflect this cultural diversity in its artistic design.
North Vancouver-based ICANDOEducation wrote a letter to the mayor and the council and staff that we are willing to help the city in this process. ICANDO members are professionals in a variety of areas: architects, designers, engineers, and educators, including six PhD’s in areas as diverse as structural design, arts, physics, math, history, archaeology, and education, as well as 10 members with masters degrees in a variety of other disciplines.
Our volunteer board members are from a variety of different ethnic groups, some of whom had lived and were educated in the countries that had victims on the flight. It would be inspiring to see the monument designed by North Shore professionals. We are waiting for the city staff to contact us for required assistance so that the designers can begin their deliberations in order to prevent further delay.
Sid Mirhashemy, ICANDOEducation President
North Vancouver
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