Ernie Regehr of Waterloo, senior policy adviser for Project Ploughshares and adjunct associate professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, has received the 2008 Arthur Kroeger College Award for Ethics in Public Affairs.
Regehr is a founder and former executive director of Project Ploughshares, one of Canada’s leading peace organizations, and teaches Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College where Project Ploughshares began over 30 years ago.
Conrad Grebel president, Henry Paetkau, said:
Ernie is highly regarded both nationally and internationally as a researcher, analyst and advocate for peace. His lively engagement with faculty, staff and students, his skill in helping us understand the intricacies of global conflict, and his ability to inspire us to become peacemakers were instrumental in the establishment of the first academic peace studies program in Canada at Conrad Grebel and the University of Waterloo in 1977.
The Ethics Award honours those who have provided an inspiring example of the importance of ethics and values of public life. Previous recipients of this award include Stephen Lewis, Roméo Dallaire, Ursula Franklin, and Gerald Vandezande, among others. The award will be presented to Ernie in Ottawa on April 3, 2008.
This award is one of five that make up the Arthur Kroeger College Awards for Public Affairs – the others being for Public Discourse, Citizenship and Community Affairs, Policy Leadership, and Management. These awards, now in their eighth year, are presented annually by the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton University. They are designed to recognize and commend individuals and organizations, who by their contributions to public life, have made Canadians more informed, their governing institutions more effective, and their country a better place to live.
Among the other recipients this year are Peter Herrndorf, President and CEO of The National Arts Centre, and the Hon. Michael Kirby, Chair of the Canadian Mental Health Commission.
Project Ploughshares is affiliated with the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo.