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 // 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 […]
by admin // Thursday, January 9, 2014 @ 4:22 PM // Media, Video
If you want to know more about the CSOP and what the CSOP experience offers, take a few minutes to watch this video of reflections from 2013 CSOP participants and instructors.
by admin // Wednesday, November 27, 2013 @ 10:24 AM // Media, Video
At the 2013 Canadian School of Peacebuilding, the "Human Rights and Indigenous Legal Traditions" class participated in making moccasin vamps for "Walking with our Sisters," an art installation created to raise awareness of the hundreds of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. Other CSOP participants were invited to become involved by walking alongside a […]
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 […]
by admin // Monday, March 18, 2013 @ 7:41 PM // Audio, Media
Click to listen to the story of the hummingbird, as told by Karen Ridd at the CSOP Peacebuilders Banquet, June 29, 2012. Each week during the Canadian School of Peacebuilding we invite the general public to join our students for a lunch banquet of great local food and storytelling by one of the week’s […]
by admin // Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 2:39 PM // Resources
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives Edited by Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation partners, it contains seven case studies featuring indigenous concepts, legal […]
by admin // Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 1:44 PM // Resources
By assorted authors including Armand Volkas, edited by David Johnson and Renee Emunah The second edition of Current Approaches in Drama Therapy offers a revised and updated comprehensive compilation of the primary drama therapy methods and models that are being utilized and taught in the United States and Canada, including four new approaches… A distinct […]
by admin // Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 11:24 AM // Resources
By several authors including Wendy Kroeker A book of letters, conversations and reflections about peace from a feminist Mennonite perspective. This 80-page book written by seven Mennonite women from across Canada. They vary in age and relate at different levels to the church. All share a background in theological studies. http://www.amazon.com/Piecework-A-Womens-Peace-Theology/dp/0968308015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292014752&sr=1-1
by admin // Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 10:36 AM // Resources
By Ched Myers and Matthew Colwell The principle of hospitality and the commandment to welcome the stranger are among the most consistent themes of the Bible. How does that apply to the question of undocumented immigrants in our own country? In alternating chapters Myers examines the biblical dimensions of hospitality, sanctuary, the crossing of borders, […]
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