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Monday, April 13, 2015

Welcoming Waterloo Public Interest Research Group's new Board of Directors!

We would like to congratulate and welcome the newly elected Board of Directors for the Waterloo Public Interest and Research Group (WPIRG), a partner to the CPA. This is a new and exciting time as WPIRG says goodbye to the board members who have been supporting their work over the past year, and welcomes the new ones into the fold.

You can learn more about WPIRG, as well as both their new and old board members, in this article.

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.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Taking Community from the Farm to the World

By: Jen Konkle, Communications Coordinator at Conrad Grebel University College

“Advancing peace requires many hands. It requires shoulders to lean on, and to stand on. It is sustained by the mundane tasks that make daily life possible,” explained Paul Heidebrecht, director of Conrad Grebel University College’s MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement. “Peace becomes possible when we experience genuine community.”