by admin // Thursday, May 7, 2015 @ 4:12 PM // News, Profiles
by Ellen Paulley Canadian School of Peacebuilding equips student with tools to work in restorative justice Leda Garcia says her time at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) equipped her with the tools and knowledge to work effectively in the field of restorative justice. An institute of Canadian Mennonite University, CSOP is a community of […]
by admin // Tuesday, April 14, 2015 @ 6:20 PM // News, Profiles
by Ellen Paulley Peacebuilding: Beyond Dealing With War Terry Schalm, wife of a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has learned alternative models of peacemaking while studying at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). Schalm says that the approaches she’s learned at CSOP have been eye opening and that she’s learned “there are […]
by admin // Tuesday, March 10, 2015 @ 12:01 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Canadian School of Peacebuilding helps Botswana church leaders work for peace When Enole and Wazha Ditsheko wanted to start a peace centre in their hometown of Gaborone, Botswana, they thought studying at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding at Canadian Mennonite University would help. So, the Ditshekos travelled from the capital city in […]
by admin // Tuesday, February 10, 2015 @ 1:40 PM // News, Profiles
by Aaron Epp Criminal, prosecutor reunite at Canadian School of Peacebuilding John Fox and Rupert Ross are used to seeing each other in the courtroom, not the classroom. When Ross worked as the Assistant Crown Attorney for the District of Kenora, Fox encountered him during numerous bail hearings after being arrested for a variety of […]
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 […]
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 // Tuesday, February 19, 2013 @ 3:54 PM // Audio, Media
Take a few minutes to listen to this beautiful song, written by Anna Eileen and inspired by her week at the CSOP in 2012. Hummingbird Singer/Songwriter: Anna Eileen Mix Engineer: Jason Phillips 'Hummingbird, your wings are torched from dropping water on the fire It keeps blazing while you work and the elephants close their eyes […]
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 […]
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