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The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) currently seeks creative and dynamic individuals for the role of Workshop Facilitator to implement a six-week social justice-focused social studies workshop for grade six students in local elementary schools. From January to March 2017, facilitators will gain valuable teaching and leadership experience in a peace-related field, while building relationships with students and educators.

By Michelle Jackett, the coordinator of the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement. This article appeared in the December 2nd edition of The Record.

The Canadian government is committed to making our country a global innovation leader. And so perhaps it isn’t surprising that Correctional Services Canada has embraced the theme “Inspiring Innovation” for Restorative Justice Week 2016.

This is something Waterloo region can get on board with!

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.

WATERLOO, ON — Do youth have the tools they need to solve their conflicts and seek justice? On September 20, educators, parents, youth, and community members gathered to launch The Ripple Effect Education (TREE), a peace education initiative that will integrate conflict resolution and social justice concepts into social studies curriculum in elementary school classrooms.

Throughout the week of August 8, 31 youth across the Waterloo Region ages 11-14 gathered at Conrad Grebel University College for Peace Camp. The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement’s fifth annual day camp was once again packed with exciting activities with a peace and social justice spin to encourage youth to inspire lives, strengthen ties, and make peace happen in Waterloo Region.

Kindred Credit Union Limited and Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo continue as partners to support the success of the Centre for Peace Advancement

KITCHENER, ON – Kindred Credit Union, formerly Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU), has renewed its commitment to support the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement (CPA). The CPA’s change of name reflects the name change of its donor.

Tomorrow, June 9 2016, two-hundred academics and practitioners from eighteen countries will descend upon Grebel and the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement for the Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival. Read the University's press release for more information on the conference and the public events that are taking place around it.

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.