Photo by: J.D. Sloane
Solo jazz piano music. Includes new compositions by renowned local composer.
Please join President, Susan Schultz Huxman and Fred Martin in The Cambridge Room at The Fairmont Winnipeg for a light stand-up reception. Meet the new Director of the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement, Paul Heidebrecht and learn about how this new initiative at Grebel will change the world! PACS Director Lowell Ewert is also presenting workshops at MEDA and will be attending along with our Grebel Business Case competition students.
Jamie Swift, co-author of Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety.
Canada's Vimy Ridge war memorial features the statue "Breaking of the Sword." Has this peace message been eclipsed by a glorious, birth-of-a-nation war story? How can we commemorate the tragedy of World War I by emphasizing peace?
Join us as we discuss these questions by starting a PeaceQuest affiliate in Waterloo! PeaceQuest is a grassroots organization dedicated to stimulating conversation about peace and Canada's role in peacemaking during the WW I centenaries.
Countertenor Daniel Cabena and pianist Stephen Runge perform songs from the English art song repertoire, exploring a few of the various forms and meanings of sanctuary.
Ziauddin Yousafzai will share his experiences as a teacher in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. As the father of Malala, the co-recipient of the 2014 Peace Nobel Prize, he knows the impact of violence and oppression. Hear about how her story has inspired girls to seek education and learn about the needs of peace curriculum in the context of unrest and injustice. PACS Director, Lowell Ewert will facilitate a panel discussion featuring Ahmad Shah, President of the Global Peace Council Pakistan.
Dr. Jeff Gundy will be presenting the Bechtel lectures this year on Thursday and Friday November 13 and 14.
Lecture 1: “Poetry, the Sleeping King, and Creative Doubt.”
The speaker for 2014 is Dr. Kenneth Pargament an internationally renowned researcher in the area of spirituality and health. In particular his research has explored religion, spirituality and coping during times of loss and crisis.
Dr. Pargament is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Bowling Green University in Ohio and Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Spirituality and Health of the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
Dr. Jeff Gundy will be presenting the Bechtel lectures this year on Thursday and Friday November 13 and 14. The Friday lecture will also be part of the New Mennonite/s Writing series.
Lecture/Reading 2:
“Circling Defiance.”
Photo by: Bill Walker