After two months of hard work and research from the Map the System participants, in April they will have the opportunity to present their system maps to judges and an audience!
You're invited to the 9th annual Peace Innovators Showcase on Thursday, April 16 at 7pm to celebrate the achievements of TREE's 2025-2026 cohort of Peace Innovators! Hear about their amazing projects and all that they have learned throughout the program. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided - all are welcome!
Nina Bailey-Dick’s powerful batiks and collages are a feminist declaration of love for the land, sky, and self; an invitation to embrace both the beautiful and the broken parts of ourselves. This exhibit is a call to action to speak up, take up space, make art, and share vulnerability – skills needed for personal and collective action and healing. 'Looking at the Sky' will be open from Saturday, April 4 to Wednesday, April 29.
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.
Come meet some of the peacebuilders, scholars, and advocates who have worked alongside Project Ploughshares over the last 50 years to promote peace, equity, and justice, on earth and in space.
The 2026 Peace Week Community Calendar is now live!
Participate in virtual and in-person events running throughout the Region of Waterloo between the International Day of Peace on September 21st and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.
New events can still be added through the Submit An Event form.
Please join us on Monday, September 21, 2026 from 6:00 to 9:30 pm to celebrate 50 years of Project Ploughshares, peacebuilding, and the people who have made - and continue to make - it all possible.
Featuring dinner and a keynote from the honourable Lloyd Axworthy, this fundraiser will support the continuation of our important work for global peace, needed now more than ever.
Come see some of the people and partners, art and archival materials that have contributed to Project Ploughshares' peace and disarmament efforts over the last 50 years.
From October 6 to 29 at the Grebel Gallery, explore a curated collection of 37 pieces that were hand-hooked by members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Rug Hooking Guild. Representing the artwork of Samuel Wiebe (1985–2024), these pieces were created as a dialogue about fibre arts, harm reduction, and community.
Every year, the Build Peace conference explores emergent challenges to peace in a digital era, and peacebuilding innovations to address these challenges. It holds an interdisciplinary space to address the most pressing topics and transformative practices in peace, conflict and innovation.
Build Peace 2026 will take place from November 13-15, in Waterloo, Canada. We warmly invite you to bring your questions, ideas and experiences as we chart the future together.