Our centre and participants
The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement is a dynamic space on the University of Waterloo campus, home to peace-oriented innovators, and established organizations from the regions vibrant peace-building field. The goal of advancing peace is the lifeblood of the Centre for Peace Advancements unique working community. The Centre for Peace Advancement stands as a bridge between campus and community, academics and practice, and faith and justice.
Our ecosystem
The University of Waterloo has been consistently ranked as Canada's most innovative university by Maclean's university rankings. UWaterloo operates the world's largest co-operative education program, and now supports a wide array of student entrepreneurship opportunities. In addition to being the home of countless cutting-edge tech companies, our surrounding community has nurtured significant social innovations in areas such as restorative justice, poverty alleviation, and refugee resettlement.
Events
Red Dress Day Art Exhibit and Call 30
Red Dress Day, which is recognized on May 5, brings awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. In partnership with Conrad Grebel University College, MCC is featuring artwork that illustrates factors contributing to the criminalization and harm of Indigenous women.
News
Incubating inclusive group decision making
Groupthink Labs is a newer member of the Grebel Peace Incubator that enables groups to make decisions more efficiently and equitably.
Honoring Red Dress Day
Members of the UWaterloo community marked Red Dress Day with the Office of Indigenous Relations and Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office and an art exhibit and Call workshop with MCC Indigenous Neighbours at the Grebel Gallery.
Enabling Encounters
Call for proposals is open for the 2026 Build Peace conference, bringing peacebuilders, technologists, and artists from around the world to UWaterloo this November.