Research Highlights

Along with training and community engagement, research has been one of the core activities of the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement since its inception. This page highlights recent research publications by organizations and individuals affiliated with the Centre, all of whom are motivated by the positive impact that their research can have on communities near and far.

Find out more about research in the Centre in an article written by the Centre's Director.

Featured Publications

Research is an important way we can better understand—and take action on—the growing number of challenges our world faces in building peace. The Centre for Peace Advancement’s research community is anchored by affiliate organizations and individual Research Fellows who pursue collaborative projects to generate new insights and enable constructive change. We are also eager to equip students with research skills, and many have benefitted from internships, a Certificate Program in Community Based Research, and Map the System, a global research competition that requires students to apply a system-thinking lens to clarify their understanding of a complex social or environmental challenge.

Researchers

Most of the Research Fellows appointed to the Centre for Peace Advancement belong to one of our affiliated organizations or to the Peace and Conflict Studies department at Conrad Grebel University College, and each brings strengths in their approach to peace research and to particular thematic areas.

Featured Publications

Why Civil Society Still Matters in Disarmament

The Machines Aren't Waiting

Analyzing Canada's Defence Surge

Researchers

Brice Balmer

Nathan Funk

Paul Heidebrecht

Rich Janzen

Eric Lepp

Branka Marijan

Johonna McCants-Turner

Reina Neufeldt

Ernie Regehr

Jessica West

Past Research Fellows

Marlene Epp

Lowell Ewert