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Map the System 2022 UWaterloo Campus Final April 7, 2022

After months of research, learning, and preparation, the six top Map the System teams at UWaterloo will compete at the virtual Campus Final on April 7, 2022.

Map the System is a global challenge hosted by Oxford University that tasks students with mapping a problem using systems-thinking tools. Students will pitch their completed "map" of their problem to a panel of judges, with the winners receiving cash prizes and the opportunity to represent the University of Waterloo at the virtual Canadian Final

Voices Together: A Celebration of Art and Music explores the complementary nature of visual art and worship in the Mennonite Church. Featuring over a dozen works of art found in Voices Together, the exhibition offers visitors a more intimate view of the art found in this new Mennonite hymnal.

Thomas Fraser sits in the gallery with a blanket wrapped around him

In the Fall of 2019, artist Yasmeen Nematt Alla was finalizing preparations to install Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket onto the crisp white walls of the Grebel Gallery. The bright orange blankets with words stitched onto them would surely stand out in the thorough-fare space, a stark contrast from the drones and weapons of warfare exhibit that covered the walls for months prior.

Person walks through field of sunflowers and Aileen Agada smiles in hair salon

Since 2014, The Grebel Peace Incubator has supported two dozen peace start-ups as they innovate solutions to address local and global community challenges. During the fall term, the Centre for Peace Advancement was overjoyed to welcome two new ventures: Green Care Farms Inc. and BeBlended.

Amy Zavitz of Kindred Credit Union holds up an orange blanket at the Grebel Gallery

Since the launch of the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement in 2014, our staff, participants, and partners marked the United Nations International C by celebrating innovative solutions to complex problems, advocacy to press decision-makers to work for justice, and efforts to bring communities together around the world. While the Centre encountered unanticipated challenges along the way, we never wavered in our mission to catalyze collaboration.

Orange square with the text "your story here"

If Trauma Could Echo is a community-based project that acknowledges and grieves the untold stories of trauma collected from students, staff, and faculty at Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo. This project accompanies Yasmeen Nematt Alla's exhibit at the Grebel Gallery, Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket.

On September 23, 2021 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, staff and faculty from Conrad Grebel University College are invited to join the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement and artist Yasmeen Nematt Alla for an evening of reflection and community in honour of Peace Week 2021.

Peace Week 2021: Recovering through adversity and celebrating peaceful progress.

On September 21, 2014, the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement opened its doors for the first time in celebration of the International Day of Peace. Since then, the CPA has hosted Peace Week to celebrate and promote the pursuit of peace and justice in our community and around the world.

Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket poster depicting a brunette woman wrapped in a blanket and looking into the horizon.

Where do we go to talk about our everyday traumatic experiences that we do not believe are worthy of sharing?

Emily Charron shows off a snow fort that makes her proud

For one year starting in March 2021, Emily Charron will be joining the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement as the Coordinator. It takes a special person to keep track of everything going on in the Centre’s community on top of promoting peace and personal growth. Fortunately, Charron is just the person to fill Michelle Jackett’s shoes during Jackett’s maternity leave.

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Map the System Campus Final

Voices Together: A Celebration of Art and Music

Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket at the Grebel Gallery

Curating farms and hair care: Welcoming Grebel Peace Incubator’s latest ventures

Peace Week 2021: Reflection, resilience, and recovery

If Trauma Could Echo

Peace Week Circle

Peace Week 2021

Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket

Welcoming Emily Charron to the Centre for Peace Advancement