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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Whole of government, revisited?

By Paul Heidebrecht, the director of the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement. This article originally appeared in the October 3rd edition of The Hill Times.

WATERLOO, ONT.—At the recent Waterloo Innovation Summit, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains stressed that the Canadian government has an important role to play in helping homegrown startups scale up. One new area of focus is for the government to drive research and development by becoming a customer for new products and services.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The Ripple Effect Education receives Hallman Grant

WATERLOO – The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) is a peace education initiative based out of the Frank and Helen Epp Peace Incubator in the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement. Starting in the classroom, TREE aims to create peace-literate citizens with demonstrable conflict resolution skills and awareness of justice issues locally and globally.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

MSCU partners with The Ripple Effect Education for 2016 Peace in Action Program

Last week, students across Ontario going into their final year of high school were invited to identify a need they see in their community. With a problem in mind, they were invited to find a mentor in their school and apply for Mennonite Savings and Credit Union’s (MSCU) 2016 Peace in Action Program. 

Friday, July 17, 2015

Global Mennonite Peacebuilding gathering planned for Waterloo

Plans are underway at Conrad Grebel University College to host a Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival on June 9-12, 2016.  In addition to academic papers, workshops, and networking opportunities, the event is intended to be a festival that will include art, drama, and music on the campus of this Canadian Mennonite College.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Collaboration for social change

The New Philanthropy: Foundations in Complex Times is one of the articles highlighted in this month's issue of Engage!, an online magazine published by an affiliate organization of the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement,  Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement. The article focuses on new approaches to social and environmental issues, specifically through collaboration.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Canada's deal with Saudi Arabia contradicts trading principles

In his article, Trading principles: How Canada’s pursuit of military exports has left a trail of secrecy and lax standards, Cesar Jaramillo, Program Officer of Project Ploughshares, offers an overview of the Saudi arms deal. More importantly, however, Jaramillo provides an accessible articulation of why Canada's recent decision to sell Canadian-made armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia is cause for concern.