by admin // Friday, April 1, 2016 @ 4:43 PM // News, Profiles
By Aaron Epp CSOP massively energizing for Canadian peacebuilder working in the Philippines When it comes to peace work in the Philippines, Darnell Barkman is on the front lines. Barkman and his wife, Christina, are Mennonite Church Canada Witness Workers, giving pastoral leadership to PeaceChurch Philippines, an Anabaptist church they helped plant in Metro Manila. […]
by admin // Tuesday, March 8, 2016 @ 10:51 AM // News, Profiles
By Aaron Epp CSOP helps parliamentary aid from Nigeria advocate for women’s rights Violence in the home, sexual harassment at school and work, rape and defilement, enforcement of gender-biased laws, harmful traditional practices – these are some of the things women in Nigeria face. Through her role as an assistant in Nigeria’s parliament, Folake Aderibigbe […]
by admin // Tuesday, February 16, 2016 @ 2:17 PM // News, Profiles
By Aaron Epp Iranian graduate students discover new ideas at Canadian School of Peacebuilding Did you know that the 2015 Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) took place during Ramadan? Three of its students were very aware of this. Ali Shakeri, Mohammad Reza Hozourbakhsh, and Mohammad Rida Barteh traveled from their home in Qom, Iran to […]
by admin // Tuesday, February 16, 2016 @ 1:50 PM // News, Resources
Last June we launched our book, Voices of Harmony and Dissent: How Peacebuilders are Transforming Their Worlds. Each chapter, authored by a different CSOP instructor, explores three dimensions of peacebuilding: stories of inspiring peace work tools and strategies for peacebuilding in a variety of settings resources that have helped shape the author's views Now we […]
by admin // Tuesday, January 26, 2016 @ 3:40 PM // News, Profiles
by Ellen Paulley What does the Bible teach about justice? How can these teachings be applied in the church and wider society today? Can a compassionate and restorative justice serve the world? These are some of the topics discussed in the 2015 Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) class, Justice of God:Questions of Justice in the […]
by admin // Wednesday, January 6, 2016 @ 11:09 AM // News, Profiles
By Ellen Paulley Beverely Stewart has explored her longstanding interest in peace and justice by taking courses at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding over the last few years. This year she participated in Women and Peacebuilding, taught by Ouyporn Khuankaew and Ginger Norwood. “I’ve always liked the idea that this [CSOP] is called peacebuilding,” says […]
by admin // Tuesday, December 1, 2015 @ 4:20 PM // Resources
By Richard McCutcheon (editor), Jarem Sawatsky (editor) and Valerie Smith (editor) Harmony and Dissent: How Peacebuilders are Transforming their Worlds is a resource book and sampling of the CSOP designed to engaged, equip and inspire peace and justice practitioners around the world. Formerly this was only accessible by attending the annual June School in Winnipeg, […]
by admin // Tuesday, December 1, 2015 @ 4:07 PM // Resources
By Carolyn Boyes-Watson and Kay Pranis This resource guide is designed for practitioners who work with youth, young adults, and their families within social services, violence/pregnancy prevention, education, and positive youth development programs. It offers a flexible set of tools that can be applied to a range of settings and for a variety of purposes. […]
by admin // Tuesday, December 1, 2015 @ 4:04 PM // Resources
By Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Editor) and Warren Cariou (Editor) This anthology of Aboriginal writings from Manitoba takes readers back through the millennia and forward to the present day, painting a dynamic picture of a territory interconnected through words, ideas, and experiences. A rich collection of stories, poetry, nonfiction, and speeches, it features: Historical writings from […]
by admin // Tuesday, December 1, 2015 @ 4:00 PM // Resources
By Jill Doerfler (Editor), Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Editor), Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Editor) For the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing along a broad narrative spectrum, from aadizookaanag (traditional […]
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