Lecture

Paint as Protest | Eby Lecture

Ndagire Brendah — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:36:54 +0000

Paint as Protest | Eby Lecture Ndagire Brendah Tue, 10/22/2024 - 14:36

Reading socio-political experiences through graffiti and street art in conflict-affected societies.

Street art and graffiti can provide socio-political commentary and rich insight into societies, cultures, social issues, trends, political discourse, and spatial and territorial identities and claims. Through his field research in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, and Canada, Dr. Eric Lepp will engage with graffiti as a spatial and temporal resource in societies undergoing social and political transformation.

Speaker

Dr. Eric Lepp explores spaces of contact and the construction of a community that includes the ‘other’ in conflict-affected societies. He is particularly interested in counter-cultural, resistant, and unexpected spaces where peace is being enacted and imagined against a backdrop of division.

MPACS Thursday Talk: Research Series

Joshua Cheon — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:31:55 +0000

MPACS Thursday Talk: Research Series Joshua Cheon Wed, 09/13/2023 - 11:31

MPACS Thursday Talk: Research Series | From the Cuban Missile Crisis to Today: Nuclear Weapons 60 Years On

Thursday, September 21, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Grebel Gallery

Speaker: Cesar Jaramillo

In the 1960s, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the spectre of nuclear war close to North American shores, the number of states testing nuclear weapons increased, and at the same time there was rising international pressure to ban nuclear testing and a nuclear non-proliferation agreement was signed. Where are we at with nuclear weapons and non-proliferation 60 years on? Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director at Project Ploughshares, will engage these important questions. Cesar’s research areas include nuclear disarmament, the protection of civilians in armed conflict, emerging military technologies and conventional weapons controls.

Hosted in the Grebel Gallery, participants will be able to view the current exhibit, Trinity, Then and Now by Mary Kavanagh.

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Ska'nikòn:ra - An Indigenous Governance Event

Joshua Cheon — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:47:00 +0000

Ska'nikòn:ra - An Indigenous Governance Event Joshua Cheon Tue, 09/12/2023 - 10:47

The event is at the Balsillie School of International Affairs called Skanikòn:ra: Indigenous Governance and the Future of Leadership. This event is free to attend and will be a full day of learning and connection for both Indigenous and settler attendees. It will be bringing together Indigenous leaders, scholars, and knowledge keepers to present on topics related to Indigenous governance.

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Peace Week 2015

Rachel Reist — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:51:48 +0000

Peace Week 2015 Rachel Reist Tue, 09/01/2015 - 09:51

In celebration of the International Day of Peace (September 21), Conrad Grebel University College is pleased to be organizing Peace Week - a week of events to acknowledge and raise awareness for peace related issues.

Saturday, September 19

Film Screening: Resistencia - the fight for the Aguan Valley

Resistencia tells the story of campesinos in the Aguan Valley of Honduras and their response to the 2009 military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya on the eve of an election that would have included a vote on whether or not to re-write the constitution. One of the many groups that stood to gain from a democratically elected government and new constitution was the country's hundreds of thousands of landless farmers, who planned to enshrine their right to soil in the new constitution.

The film follows farmers of the fertile Aguan Valley, who responded to the coup by taking over 10,000 acres of palm oil plantations under illegal control of the most powerful man in the country, Miguel Facussé. The farmers established co-ops on the land in the face of horrifically violent responses from Facussé and his paramilitary security guards. The film follows this story, and profiles some of the leaders who have resisted this violence and continued to fight for their right to land, safety, security and peace.

Join us for a screening of the film followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Jesse Freeston, that will be led by PACS students.

Watch the film trailer: http://resistenciathefilm.com/trailer

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Great Hall (1111), Conrad Grebel University College

Monday, September 21

Book Introduction and Coffee Break: Landmark Speeches on U.S. Pacifism by Susan Schultz Huxman

Join Susan and the Grebel community at a coffee break to celebrate her newest book, Landmark Speeches on U.S. Pacifism.

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: Community Education Room (2202), Conrad Grebel University College

Panel: Making a Killing? Canada and the Global Arms Trade: How weapons exports may fuel human rights violations and armed conflict

This panel discussion, facilitated by Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, will be co-sponsored by the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement and St. Jerome's University.

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ

Tuesday, September 22

MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement Incubator Launch

This event will feature the public launch of the Centre's Epp Peace Incubator program.

Time: TBA

Location: MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement, Conrad Grebel University College

RSVP: This event is free, but we ask that you please register online

Wednesday, September 23

Workshop: Vocal Chant (Kecak)

Come out and participate with your voice, body, and spirit! See how we can work together to make music and create peace through a communal experience of chanting interlocking vocal rhythms from the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Time: 12:30 PM

Location: Atrium, Conrad Grebel University College

Community Supper

Grebel's 2015 Distinguished Service Award Winner, Johnny Wideman, will speak in a private address for Grebel students at Community Supper.

Thursday, September 24

Play: This Will Lead to Dancing

Theatre of the Beat will present a new play about wholeness and belonging. Free registration required, with pay what you can donation at the door. After the show there will be a short presentation to Johnny Wideman, for the receipt of the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Great Hall (1111), Conrad Grebel University College.

RSVP: This event is free admission, but we ask that you register in advance so we know how many guests to expect.

Friday, September 25

High School Peace Day: "The Art of Peace"

This interactive, day-long workshop will explore creativity as a tool for working against oppression. Through historic, global and personal case studies, students engage with the concept of peace building as an "art" that often calls for a creative approach.

This event is for pre-registered high school students. If you are a teacher interested in getting your class involved, please contact Jessica Scott, Recruitment Coordinator.

Saturday, September 26

MCEC Workshop: "Pastoring People of Peace in a Country at War"

This is a one-day workshop for pastors and leaders discussing peace in congregations. Registration will be limited to 40.

Time: TBA

Location: Community Education Room (2202), Conrad Grebel University College

PeaceQuest: Remembering for Peace, 2014-2018

Conrad Grebel University Peace and Conflict Studies — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:07:39 +0000

PeaceQuest: Remembering for Peace, 2014-2018 Conrad Grebel … Tue, 10/21/2014 - 15:07

Jamie Swift, co-author of Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety.

Canada's Vimy Ridge war memorial features the statue "Breaking of the Sword." Has this peace message been eclipsed by a glorious, birth-of-a-nation war story? How can we commemorate the tragedy of World War I by emphasizing peace?

Join us as we discuss these questions by starting a PeaceQuest affiliate in ��ݮ��Ƶ! PeaceQuest is a grassroots organization dedicated to stimulating conversation about peace and Canada's role in peacemaking during the WW I centenaries.

For more information, visit peacequest.ca.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeaceQuest.ca
Twitter: @PeaceQuestKW

“The Loss of History: Memory, Humanity and Peace after 1971” with Yasmin Saikia

Grebel Communication — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:31:21 +0000

“The Loss of History: Memory, Humanity and Peace after 1971” with Yasmin Saikia Grebel Communication Wed, 04/09/2014 - 13:31

Dr. Yasmin Saikia is the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies and Professor of History at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University. Her recent book Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971 (2011) has won numerous awards and been the subject of an international speaking tour.

The “hidden” narratives of men and women of the 1971 war offer an entry point to reflect on the dilemma of sexual violence and memory in Bangladesh and Pakistan today. Men’s personal recollections of the war experiences have not been entered into the official records of history and women’s experiences of sexual violence being relegated to the margins as “lies” and/or “shame” discourage public engagement. The complex story of the construction of the Other in gendered, ethnic and religious terms is fearfully remembered today in private spaces in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

For more information, call 519-885-0220 x24257

Sponsored by:
Peace & Conflict Studies, History, and Women’s Studies at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ

John Paul Lederach- Dispatches from the Burning Ground: Compassionate Presence and Faith-based Peacebuilding

Conrad Grebel University Peace and Conflict Studies — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:33:02 +0000

John Paul Lederach- Dispatches from the Burning Ground: Compassionate Presence and Faith-based Peacebuilding Conrad Grebel … Tue, 03/18/2014 - 15:33

John Paul Lederach, widely known for his work on conflict transformation, will speak on his latest work, which reflects on compassion. He will explore the question: how do you accompany, alleviate suffering and create space for the creative emergence of the person again after tremendous loss?

John Paul Lederach is Professor of International Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. He is the author of 22 books, including The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace. Lederach will receive an honorary doctorate from Conrad Grebel University College on April 13.

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