Every year the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement hosts a public community calendar of events and activities running from International Day of Peace on September 21st to National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th. Community groups are invited to add their events to the calendar and everyone is encouraged to come participate!
Peace Week 2025
The United Nations theme for Peace Week 2025 was "Act Now for a Peaceful World." The 2025 Peace Week calendar had 39 peace-filled events on them, and the Centre for Peace Advancement team was so grateful to be able to take part in many events! In particular, the Community-Powered Decolonization event hosted by MCC was a standout, Sarah Augustine, taught individuals how to build peace and dismantle oppressive systems at the community level. Another great event was a Harvest Dinner by Green Care Farms, serving up delicious food and building peace through gardening. Overall, the 2025 Peace Week calendar was filled with so many fun and interesting events, such as, art galleries, public lectures, games, and more. Read more about Peace Week 2025!
Peace Week 2024
The United Nations' theme for Peace Week 2024 was Cultivating a Culture of Peace. In 2024 there were 30 Peace Week events in Waterloo Region. All the host organizations also have other public events across the year, with information available on their websites and social media. Some host larger events, such as MT Space, Neruda Arts and Healing of the Seven Generations, and some host weekly gatherings, such as PiE (Mondays), Inshallah Choir (Tuesdays), Open Door (Wednesdays) and Peace for All Canada (Saturdays). Community members can drop by Willow River Centre and the Waterloo and Kitchener public libraries, and the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Kanata Centre at Laurier, and Grebel Gallery always have thought provoking art on their walls.
Peace Week 2023
Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals was the theme set by the United Nations for Peace Week 2023.
It is a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster peace. Fostering peace contributes to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will create a culture of peace for all.
2023 is also the 75th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. IDP 2023 encourages all youth to be ambitious in their engagement as positive and constructive social agents, to join the movement to reach the SDGs and contribute to building sustainable peace. Together we can help to lead our world towards a greener, more equitable, just, and secure future for all.
Peace Week 2022
The theme of Peace Week 2022 was 'End Racism. Build Peace'. It built towards the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.
Understanding racism through a peace-building lens is important in order for social change to progress. This Peace Week aimed to educate individuals while also allowing them to partake in peace in their communities.
You can read CPA student staff member Emma's Reflections on Truth and Reconciliation and see the full Peace Week 2022 calendar of events.
Peace Week 2021
The CPA marked Peace Week through a series of publications and community events that invited participants to reflect on the challenges faced over the course of the pandemic and look forward with hope and a vision for the fututre. It centered around our fall 2021 exhibit, Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket.
The theme for the United Nation's International Day of Peace 2021 was "Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world". The CPA believes that we can recover by being in community with one another. As a community, we can acknowledge the ways in which we may have developed or changed, and better support one another through transition back to in-person activities.
Read more about Peace Week 2021.
Peace Week 2020
Peacebuilder's Circle Series Ep. 1
Peacebuilder's Circle Series Ep. 2
Peacebuilder's Circle Series Ep. 3
Peace Week 2019
Peace Week 2019 hosted the largest community calendar for Waterloo Region with 14 different events spread over a week, culminating in the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement's 5th Anniversary celebration.
Read more about Peace Week 2019.
Read more about the Centre for Peace Advancement's 5th Anniversary.
Peace Week 2018
Peace Week 2018 was made up of 13 community events, including the Grebel Gallery Exhibit Launch for A New Era of Peace and a Peaceful Land.
Read more about Peace Week 2018.
Peace Week 2017
The Centre for Peace Advancement began to coordinate the community calendar for Peace Week in 2017. Opening up the calendar to broader community events increased participation with Waterloo Region residents.
Read more about Peace Week 2017.
Peace Week 2016
In 2016, the Centre for Peace Advancement contributed to the Grebel community calendar, and celebrated The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) launch.
Peace Week 2015
The Centre for Peace Advancement worked alongside Grebel in 2015 to implement a calendar of events with expressions of peace from different departments and partners within the college.
Peace Week 2014
Peace Week began in 2014 when Conrad Grebel University College initiated a series of community events for the week surrounding the International Day of Peace, culminating in the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement's official launch.