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 peace-building field. The goal of advancing peace 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
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
Map the System Matchmaking Event
Join us for the Map the System Matchmaking event, where students get to meet and pair up with community partners to take on a Map the System topic!
DRAFTS 6–Mapping Diasporic Identities
This exhibit brings together six artists whose works explore cultural heritage, migration, and the layered realities of life in the diaspora. Wen Li, Tazeen Qayyum, Paria Shahverdi, JJ Lee, and Faseeh Saleem. Together, their works invite viewers to re-imagine belonging, memory, and the ways stories are preserved, reshaped, and shared across borders. It will be open from Thursday, October 2 to Saturday, February 28.
News
Inside Velocity’s Innovation Open House
Ever wonder where to take your ideas on campus? The Innovation Open House showed that Waterloo has tons of places—from startup hubs to social‑impact groups to creative maker spaces—where students can get support, meet people, and turn ideas into something real.
Project Ploughshares Welcomes Their New Director
Grebel's Paul Heidebrecht begins a new journey as he takes on a role at Project Ploughshares.
Reflecting on a Memorable Fall Term
The Fall Term Program Assistant reflects on her term as it comes to an end: new exhibits, interesting events, news features, and how peace surrounds us all.