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by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Michael Wiebe

by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Beverley Stewart

by  //  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 […]

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Diverse new CSOP book explores peacebuilding around the world

by  //  Wednesday, June 10, 2015 @ 8:34 PM  //  News, Resources

June 10, 2015 CMU to host launch of ‘Voices of Harmony & Dissent’ on Tuesday, June 16 A new book arising from Canadian Mennonite University’s (CMU) Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) explores the stories, theory, and tools of 16 peace leaders, trainers, and activists from around the world. Voices of Harmony & Dissent: How Peacebuilders […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Leda Garcia

by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Terry Schalm

by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Enole & Wazha Ditsheko and Keseopile Gaselebalwe

by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – John Fox

by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Lorne Brandt

by  //  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 […]

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CSOP Participant Profile – Marissa Rykiss

by  //  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 […]

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