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Tamarack learning wall
Monday, February 5, 2024

Tamarack Institution Changemaker Experience: Creating Leaders for Tomorrow

Later this month the Tamarack Institute will be welcoming the 2024 cohort of the Changemaker Experience program—a seven-part workshop series designed to enhance the leadership skills of individuals making a positive impact in their communities. As a Core Collaborator of the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, Tamarack aligns with Centre's mission, emphasizing collaborative strategies to address community issues in Canada and globally. The Centre for Peace Advancement serves as a collaborative space for organizations and innovators committed to advancing peace. 

Student drinking Coffee
Friday, January 26, 2024

Empowering Change: A new year brings new students to the Centre

As the Kindred Centre for Peace Advancement community embarks on a new term, there are many new interns and co-op students joining the effort. The ideas, insights, and energy provided by these students will contribute to the innovative spirit of organizations affiliated with the Centre and enable them to grow their impact.  

picture of Fatoumatta and Paul in front of signs
Friday, January 19, 2024

Navigating Complex Challenges: Map the System Begins

As 2024 begins, the sixth annual Map the System competition is in full swing at the University of Waterloo. The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement team is facilitating events for students to learn more about the competition with the help of Jordan Li, this year’s Map the System Campus Lead.  

PeaceTech Word Cloud
Thursday, December 21, 2023

PeaceTech beyond Grebel

Drawing on his experiences supporting PeaceTech start-ups in the Grebel Peace Incubator, working with students in the PeaceTech Living Learning Community at Conrad Grebel University College, and introducing engineering students to Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Waterloo, Heidebrecht has been collaborating with an increasingly diverse array of organizations and individuals from around the world who share the common goal of designing technology that contributes to peace and justice rather than undermines it. 

Peace Week Collage
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Media mentions 2023: A year of inspiration

As the winter break draws near, the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement community is anticipating the coming new year while taking a moment to reflect on 2023. The past year has seen far too many victims of violence and injustice in our world, not to mention on our own university campus. But we continue to find hope and inspiration in the ways our dynamic array of participants seek to advance peace, and have compiled a few of the many moments when their work was featured by print, radio, television, and other media outlets over the past year. 

Jordan at Map the System Info Session
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Mapping systems with Jordan Li

As the end of 2023 looms, the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement team is hard at work preparing for the 2024 edition of the Map the System competition.  Jordan Li, a 4th year student at the University of Waterloo and active member of the Conrad Grebel University College community, is serving as this year’s Map the System Campus Lead, and is eager to share insights from her experience competing in the past.  

Meet and greet
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

A meet and greet with Mary Kavanagh

On November 8, the Conrad Grebel University College community had the pleasure of welcoming artist Mary Kavanagh to speak about her exhibition, Trinity, Then and Now, to Grebel students, staff, and faculty at Community Supper.

Ploughshares team members
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Advancing peace by engaging governments

Organizations affiliated with the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, including Core Collaborators and Grebel Peace Incubator participants, strive to create a more peaceful world by engaging with governments at provincial, national, and transnational levels. Project Ploughshares, a Core Collaborator at the Centre, has played a pivotal role in shaping various policies related to disarmament.

Coffee for peace
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

October connections

October welcomed a host of conversations, and learning opportunities, allowing those involved with the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement to form meaningful connections, gain valuable insights, and engage in thoughtful dialogue.