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This spring, the Centre for Peace Advancement hosted Radical Healing: Re-storying Trauma, Resilience and Justice, a transformative graduate course led by Dr. Johonna McCants-Turner. Through arts-based practices, guest speakers, and deep engagement the Centre's spaces, students explored what it means to heal and pursue resilience together. 

Meet the newest changemakers joining the Grebel Peace Incubator! MEGA uses cultural games to bring people together across generations and foster wisdom through play. Enabled Talent is transforming hiring with an accessibility-first platform that connects people with disabilities to meaningful jobs.

Additional art joins the Grebel Gallery for National AccessAbility Week (May 25–31, 2025). Featuring works by Elizabeth Wenger, Charlotte Hancock, Corn Schattman and grandmother of Zelal Tutak, the exhibit explores visible and invisible disabilities through needlepoint, mixed media, and textile art. On display until June 17.

Gabriel Jabile has been selected as one of the top three competitors at the Canadian finals of the Map the System competition and will advance to the global finals at the University of Oxford with his research on livestock disease outbreaks in Uganda.

The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement continues to grow each year, and as she returns to the centre for another spring co-op term, Pinar Gurgen reflects on the new ventures, partners, and student achievements that emerged over the past year.

We stop to remember the ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited people by participating in the UWaterloo ceremonies and a MCC Indigenous Neighbours workshop in progress.

As the Winter 2025 term comes to a close, the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement staff team would like to take a moment to reflect on the last few months for our community. With a term filled with many events, opportunities, and achievements, here are some highlights that made this term truly memorable. 

On April 7, the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement hosted the University of Waterloo campus finals for the global Map the System competition. Congratulations to Gabriel Jabile for winning 1st place for his research on livestock disease outbreaks in Uganda. Coming in 2nd place were Femi Adedayo, Mya Nantambu, and Vanessa Young-Dede. The 3rd place award went to Benjamin Longley and Connie Chong.

The Grebel Gallery’s latest exhibit features over 50 pieces that invite reflection on the intricate nature of conflict and art. This retrospective exhibit weaves intertwining themes of disability, abuse, suffering, belief, unbelief, destruction, and regeneration. The artwork is created by Elizabeth Ann Wenger (1946-2022), a Mennonite artist who lived and worked in Goshen, Indiana, USA. Elizabeth (Liz) used textile arts – line drawings, needlework, and poetry – to express themes that are both religious and universal. The exhibit is curated by Carol Penner, Director of Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, and Sadie Ingle, a current Master of Theological Studies student.

The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement’s vision of advancing peace through collaboration can be described in various ways. For example, organizations affiliated with the Centre advance their work by engaging in collaborative research projects and community engagement initiatives. The use of data is one important element that lies behind these collaborative efforts.