by admin // Tuesday, March 13, 2018 @ 4:30 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Ongoing Muslim-Christian dialogue inspires Saskatoon pastor to study at the CSOP ‘The energy of people who are walking the talk of peacebuilding exists throughout this space,’ Joe Heikman says. An ongoing interfaith dialogue that his church is having with a nearby Muslim community led Joe Heikman to the Canadian School of Peacebuilding […]
by admin // Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 3:16 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Hutterites learn about the Islamic faith at Canadian School of Peacebuilding ‘This is my effort to bring real knowledge… to my community,’ teacher says When you engage in interfaith dialogue, you can end up finding strong similarities between what you and your dialogue partners believe. That’s one of the biggest things Tirzah […]
by admin // Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 10:09 AM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Lawyer-turned-activist from Iraqi Kurdistan excited to share what he’s learned at the CSOP Dissatisfied with the work he was doing in his native Iraqi Kurdistan, Rebaz Mohammed moved 9,000 km to Canada last summer to work with Christian Peacemaker Teams’ Indigenous Peoples Solidarity group. But first, Mohammed stopped at Canadian Mennonite University’s […]
by admin // Tuesday, February 13, 2018 @ 3:18 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp ‘Everybody is accepted’ at the CSOP, Jordanian peacebuilder finds Duha Alassaf is passionate about peacebuilding. “Peacebuilding is a subject that should be mandatory in schools and universities for how to deal with others,” she said. “If people only knew peacebuilding, we wouldn’t have these conflicts and wars.” It’s this interest that led […]
by admin // Tuesday, January 30, 2018 @ 4:46 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Bangladeshi judge travels to CSOP to learn about refugee response Growing up, Shahadat Hossain dreamt of contributing to his country’s legal system. That dream became a reality, and for the past 10 years, Hossain has worked as a judge. “In our country, most of the people are poor,” said Hossain, who lives […]
by admin // Tuesday, January 23, 2018 @ 3:58 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Senator finds strong spirituality, support at Canadian School of Peacebuilding One of Canada’s newest senators is an alumnus of CMU’s Canadian School of Peacebuilding. Dr. Mary Jane McCallum, who was appointed late last year as one of two independent senators to fill vacancies in the Senate, studied at the CSOP in 2016 […]
by admin // Wednesday, April 19, 2017 @ 1:01 AM // News, Profiles
By Aaron Epp New Zealand nun starts her sabbatical at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding Ask Bridget Crisp what the best part of being a nun is and she’s quick to answer. “It’s never boring,” said Crisp, 46, who is a Sister of Mercy in Auckland, New Zealand. “People’s perception is that religious life is […]
by admin // Wednesday, April 12, 2017 @ 8:10 AM // News, Profiles
By Beth Downey Sawatzky On Fear, Perspective and Peace Hyun Hee Kim, age 32, is a student at Canadian Mennonite University, completing pre-Master's requirements in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS). What you would never guess after an ordinary conversation with her, is that this is in itself is a miracle. Kim was born in […]
by admin // Tuesday, March 28, 2017 @ 6:47 AM // News, Profiles
By Aaron Epp ‘The take back has been tangible’ Time spent at the CSOP well worth it for school principal It’s difficult for teachers to get time off during the school year – they get most of July and August off, after all – but David Stoesz managed to do it so that he could […]
by admin // Wednesday, March 15, 2017 @ 9:24 AM // News, Profiles
By Aaron Epp Hip-hop artist, youth worker sharpens his skills at the CSOP Hip-hop musician, graphic designer, filmmaker, youth worker – Alain Tshinza is involved in a lot of different things. It’s these endeavours that brought him to the 2016 Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). “Part of the reason I decided to take a class […]
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