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{{Infobox military memorial
|name=Monument to Canadian Aid Workers
|country=[[Canada]]
|image=[[File:Canadian Aid Workers Monument.jpg|300px]]
|caption=Monument to Canadian Aid Workers, 2005
|commemorates=Canadian aid workers who have lost their lives during foreign deployments
|unveiled=June 28, 2001
|coordinates=[[Rideau Falls Park]]
|nearest_town=[[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]] [[Canada]]
|designer=[[John Greer (sculptor)|John Greer]]
|inscription=
}}
The '''Monument to Canadian Aid Workers''' (French: ''Monument commémoratif de l'aide humanitaire canadienne'') is a monument in [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada. It is dedicated to Canadian aid workers who have lost their lives during foreign deployments. As a monument, it is internationally unique in its form and purpose.

== Motivation for the Monument==

In 1996 two Canadian aid workers were killed in a short period in different incidents. Tim Stone, the executive director of the organization [[PATH Canada]] (''Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health'') died in the crash of hijacked [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961]] on the [[Comoros Islands]]. Three weeks later 51-year-old nurse Nancy Malloy of the [[Canadian Red Cross]] and working with the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] died in a [[The ICRC hospital of Novye Atagi|field hospital]] in the [[Chechnya|Chechen]] city [[Novye Atagi]] near [[Grozny]]. She was murdered in her sleep along with five other colleagues by unknown assailants.

The organization PATH Canada, the [[Canadian Red Cross]], and the [[Canadian Nurses Association]] sought a way to remember their service and began a project to realize a monument in their and other fallen aid workers' honor. The monument itself was dedicated four years later on June 28, 2001.

== Monument ==

The monument is located in [[Rideau Falls Park]] in Ottawa. It consists of a rectangular [[bronze]] arch with two [[bronze]] feathers, one on the top and the other at the side of the arch, all standing on a [[granite]] platform. There are also two granite benches where visitors can sit. The height of the monument is 3.35 metres with a base area of 4.27 x 4.88 metres.

The design was created by [[John Greer (sculptor)|John Greer]] from [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]] who won the monument's national design competition in May 1999. His design was entitled "Reflection" which also became the name of the monument. The project was financed by a private fundraising effort and an approximately $75,000 investment by the [[Canadian International Development Agency]].

The monument has three key messages. First, it is intended to appreciate Canada's long-standing activities in [[international development]] and [[Humanitarian aid|humanitarian assistance]]; second, it honors all Canadians who died while serving in these fields abroad; third, it pays a personal tribute to Nancy Malloy<ref>Nancy Mammloy was assassinated in the [[ICRC Hospital of Novye Atagi]] (Chechenya) on December 17, 1996  where she worked as an ICRC delegate.</ref> and Tim Stone. Part of the project was to create a permanent list of all Canadian aid workers who have lost their lives in foreign deployments. The list currently holds 88 individuals, marking their names and dates of birth and death.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061227011702/http://www.healthbridge.ca/monument_e.cfm HealthBridge - Monument to Canadian Aid Workers]
* [http://www.redcross.ca/main.asp?id=002501 Canadian Red Cross - Monument to Aid Workers]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061225022304/http://www.healthbridge.ca/lostaidworkers_e.cfm  HealthBridge - Lost Canadian Aid Workers] Permanent Record
* [http://www.johngreer.ca/ John Greer, Sculptor] Website of the designer with information and pictures

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