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Friday, September 7, 2018 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Music by the Rocks

Balinese Gamelan

Please join us for an impromptu music concert in the beautiful UWaterloo Rock Garden.  The concert will start at noon and go for approximately an hour, weather permitting.  Members of our Balinese Gamelan Ensemble will perform.  You may even get a chance to try out an instrument yourself.  Bring your lunch and stay a while.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Book Launch for The Orie O. Miller Diary, 1920-1921

The Orie O. Miller Diary, 1920-21The First World War and tumultuous events in Russia form the backdrop to Orie O. Miller's diary of 1920-1921. Representing the newly-formed Mennonite Central Committee, twenty-eight-year-old Miller was one of three American Mennonites who set sail in 1920 to bring relief to fellow Mennonites in war-torn Russia.

Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Backward/Forward: Reflections on Peace, Conflict, and Human Rights

Conversations with the 2018 recipient of the Conrad Grebel Distinguished Alumni Service Award - Dean Peachey '82,'86

Dean PeacheyThis conversation, hosted by Associate PACS Professor Reina Neufeldt, will focus on Dean's current work and some reminiscing on the early years as the PACS program was emerging at Waterloo.

Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Gendered Conflicts and the Pursuit of Peace

holding hands illustrationParticipate in the UN initiative for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

Join us at Grebel to view the poster exhibit titled "Gendered Conflicts and the Pursuit of Peace" and produced by the PACS/WS class Gender in War and Peacein the Grebel Upper Atrium from 3–5 pm.

Monday, January 14, 2019 12:00 am - Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Grebel Gallery Exhibit | Gichitwaawizi’igewin: Honouring

In this exhibit, artist Catherine Dallaire re-examines the original Indigenous values in animal and plant life that are often vilified by contemporary Western settler culture. Building understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews is an important step towards peace and conciliation in the Canadian context. Creating space for Indigenous wisdom to guide culture and policy is an integral part of building peace and justice.

Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Launch Reception | New Fraktur at the Grebel Gallery

Join us for a reception celebrating the new Grebel Gallery exhibit, New Fraktur, on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 7:30pm. Register here. Meg Harder’s recent work considers the social history of fraktur, an imaginative, densely detailed, and symbolic illuminated folk art practiced by early Mennonite settlers in the region. 

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Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Book Launch: Finding Father: Stories From Mennonite Daughters

Finidng Fathers book coverFinding Father: Stories from Mennonite Daughters, edited by Mary Ann Loewen. University of Regina Press. Presentations by local contributors Carrie Snyder, Maggie Dyck, Hildi Froese Tiessen, R.A. Plett, Ruth Loewen, Magdalene Redekop, Mary Ann Loewen.