Display pavilions during the 2010 Winter Olympics

Display pavilions during the 2010 Winter Olympics

During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, several governments have chosen to create display pavilions to market their regions to international and other visitors, in the style of a World's Fair

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Corporate pavilions

  • LiveCity Yaletown - Acer, Coca-Cola, Panasonic, Samsung
  • Canada Pavilion (the federal government of Canada) - located at LiveCity on Georgia and Beatty streets[1]

Canadian provinces and territories

Others

  • Four Host First Nations Pavilion (the Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh) - showcasing First Nations culture. Located at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
  • Place de la Francophonie - located on Granville Island, sponsored by the Fondation canadienne pour le dialogue des cultures (Canadian Foundation for Cross Cultural Dialogue) and the Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (Francophone Federation of British Columbia), a free performance venue featuring French-speaking performers, a part of the cultural Olympiad

References

  1. ^ http://www.canada2010.gc.ca/pav-can-eng.cfm
  2. ^ http://alberta.ca/vancouver2010/alberta-house.htm
  3. ^ http://www.saskpavilion.com/news/pavilion-showcases-saskatchewan-to-the-world

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