For those of you in the Winnipeg area, from now until April 12, the “Walking with our Sisters” art installation is on display at the Urban Shaman Gallery of Contemporary Aboriginal Art. The gallery is located at 290 McDermot Avenue in Winnipeg and gallery hours are 10am – 8pm. The gallery is closed Sundays and […]
by admin // Wednesday, March 19, 2014 @ 1:26 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Course helps B.C. man promote reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians. When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada announced it would hold one of its national events in Vancouver, Lorne Brandt wanted to make sure he was prepared. Part of that preparation involved taking a course titled “Covenants of Peace […]
by admin // Wednesday, March 5, 2014 @ 1:35 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp ‘I’m really grateful … It was a very inspiring time in my life,’ says Marissa Rykiss For Marissa Rykiss, attending the Canadian School of Peacebuilding was nothing short of life changing. The 22-year-old Winnipegger enrolled in the course “Women and Peacebuilding” at the 2012 CSOP as part of a B.A. program in […]
by admin // Friday, February 7, 2014 @ 12:16 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp ‘War is something that no one should live,’ says retired Peruvian colonel. If anyone knows about the realities of war, it’s David Caceres. Caceres, who calls Lima, Peru home, was a colonel in the Peruvian army and served his country during the 1980s and 1990s. Witnessing the atrocities of armed conflict during […]
Ovide Mercredi, CSOP instructor in 2010 and 2012, was recently awarded the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Manitoba’s Alumni Association. See http://umanitoba.ca/news/blogs/blog/2013/04/26/ovide-mercredi-annouced-as-2013-distinguished-alumni-recipient/ to read more about it.
Armand Volkas, who taught at the CSOP in 2013, will be returning to Winnipeg in January, 2014. Along with Laura Simms and Kate Donahue, Armand will be offering creative arts workshops as part of a certificate program offered by Express Yourself: Art Therapy & Expressive Arts Workshops for Children, Youth & Adults in Winnipeg. For […]
A distinguishing mark of the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) has been creating space for Aboriginal voices. Each year the CSOP has offered at least one course with a focus on Aboriginal issues of peace and justice. In order to encourage Aboriginal participation at the CSOP and to help make the CSOP a gathering place […]
January 11, 2013 – Ouyporn Khuankaew travelled a long way to teach at the 2012 Canadian School for Peacebuilding (CSOP) at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) last summer – and she says that it was well worth her journey. Khuankaew is a Buddhist feminist peace trainer who has been working with activists in South and Southeast […]
December 5, 2012 CMU Student Schadrack Mutabazi Maintains Hope for Stability and Reconciliation in Africa’s Congo Schadrack Mutabazi is a Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student who is doing his best to concentrate on his studies and embrace his family’s new Canadian home. It’s an everyday challenge for him because even oceans can’t separate him from […]
June 25, 2012 During Session I of the 2012 CSOP, students in Speaking Out…and BeingHeard: Citizen Advocacy worked in small groups throughout the week. The result of one group’s work was the 59 Cents Campaign, designed to stop the Canadian government’s decision to cut portions of refugee healthcare. This cost to keep the Federal Interim […]
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