Peacekeeper Statue was dedicated on August 9, 2004. It was designed by landscape architect Jim Laidlaw and renowned bronze sculptor Don Begg of Studio West Bronze Foundry Ltd. The statue is a symbol of Canadian Peacekeepers – ready for combat, but also actively participating in making people’s lives better. A Canadian solider is depicted in full battle dress with his weapon at relaxed ready, offering an ‘Izzy’ doll to a little girl in a war-torn village somewhere in the Bosnia and Herzegovina region in the early 1990s. The girl is depicted timidly reaching out for the doll. The Izzy doll is named after Mark Isfeld, whose mother crocheted small dolls for him to give to local children while on patrols during his tour.
The statue is part of Peacekeepers Park.
