Our centre and participants
The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement is a dynamic space on the University of Waterloo campus, home to peace-oriented innovators, and established organizations from the regions vibrant peacebuilding field. The common goal of advancing peace collaboratively and creatively is the lifeblood of the Centre for Peace Advancements unique working community. The Centre for Peace Advancement stands as a bridge between campus and community, academics and practice, and faith and justice.
Our ecosystem
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada is a leading hub for innovation on a national and global scale. The University of Waterloo has been consistently ranked as Canada's most innovative university by Maclean's university rankings. UWaterloo operates the world's largest co-operative education program, and now supports a wide array of student entrepreneurship opportunities. In addition to being the home of countless cutting-edge tech companies, our surrounding community has nurtured significant social innovations in areas such as restorative justice, poverty alleviation, and refugee resettlement.
Events
2024 Peace Week
Submit an event form for your event to be included in our upcoming Peace Week 2024 events calendar. Refer to our 2023 Peace Week events calendar to review the events hosted last year.
Stay tuned for this year's upcoming peace week calendar and events!
10th Anniversary Celebration
Come celebrate 10 years of inspiring people, projects and peacebuilding and reconnect with others from your time in the Centre for Peace Advancement.
News
Fiona Li – Mapping Actionable Change
On May 27, Fiona Li earned the second-place prize at the Map the System Canada competition in Calgary, Alberta. As the winner of the University of Waterloo’s Map the System campus finals, Fiona’s achievement on the national stage not only brought awareness to the over-representation of Indigenous women in Canadian prisons, but it also highlighted how programs like Peace and Conflict Studies are crucial in furthering education on how to research, understand, and present these critical issues.
Welcoming Peace for All Canada to the Centre for Peace Advancement
This Kitchener-Waterloo initiative, founded by Ayiko Solomon, focuses on healing communities and promoting peaceful coexistence through education, conflict transformation, and social entrepreneurship. In joining the Grebel Peace Incubator, they aim to grow their grassroots efforts and enhance their impact.
Waterloo student shines on a national stage
Fiona Li, a Master of Peace and Conflict Studies student at Conrad Grebel University College, and the winner of the University of Waterloo’s Map the System campus finals, earned the second-place prize at the Map the System Canada competition in Calgary on May 27.