Peace Week

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This year the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement once again marked Peace Week by hosting a public community calendar of events and activities.                                     

Kicking off with the International Day of Peace on September 21st and culminating with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th,Peace Week was a time for reflection, learning, and community building.


Peace Week 2022

Collage of Peace Week 2022 Events

The theme of Peace Week 2022 was 'End Racism. Build Peace'. It built towards the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th. 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

Peace Week 2021 Poster

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

The theme for the United Nation’s International Day of Peace 2020, "Shaping Peace Together,” calls us to unity, collaboration, and kindness in the face of the violence and isolation we are seeing in our world right now. This call for connection resonates with the Centre for Peace Advancement community, which is catalyzing meaningful connection around issues of justice and peace.

Beginning during Peace Week 2020, the Centre for Peace Advancement will be hosting conversations with participants, partners, and staff that highlight peacebuilding journeys at the heart of the Centre. These stories will be shared with the broader community through short, documentary-style videos throughout the Fall of 2020.

Peacebuilder's Circle Series Ep. 1

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Peacebuilder's Circle Series Ep. 2

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Peacebuilder's Circle Series Ep. 3

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Peace Week 2018

Paul Heidebrecht shaking hands with Heng-Gil Han in the backlit Grebel Gallery

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 2016

Peace Week Poster 2016

In 2016, the Centre for Peace Advancement contributed to the Grebel community calendar, and celebrated The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) launch.


Peace Week 2014

CPA Launch

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.