BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69b36dac3bad4 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T203000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-conflict-studies/events/annual-c-henry-smith -peace-speech-contest LOCATION:CGR - Conrad Grebel University 140 Westmount Road North Waterloo O N N2L 3G6 Canada SUMMARY:The Annual C. Henry Smith Peace Speech Contest CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest offers Peace and\nConflict Studies (PACS) students and Grebel residents/associates an \nopportunity to discuss peacebuilding and social justice issues on\ncampu s and beyond. The intercollegiate competition is administered by\nthe Peac e and Justice Ministries of the Mennonite Central Committee\n(MCC). \n\nO n MARCH 25\, 2026\, FROM 7 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. at Grebel\, the PACS\nDepar tment and the Grebel Chaplaincy’s Offices are organizing a\nspeech perfo rmance and inviting you to participate.  The contest\nwinners will be rew arded with cash prizes. For more information\, reach\nout to the PACS Aca demic Advisor. \n\nYou can learn more\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-confli ct-studies/scholarships-awards-and-contests/c-henry-smith-peace-oratorical -contest]about\nthe contest and meet former PACS or Grebel resident partic ipants.\n\nApplication deadline — March 6\, 2026. DTSTAMP:20260313T015140Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69b36dac410c7 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250312 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250313 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-conflict-studies/events/annual-c-henry-smith -peace-oratorical-contest-0 LOCATION:CGR - Conrad Grebel University 140 Westmount Road North Waterloo O N N2L 3G6 Canada SUMMARY:The Annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest\, establishe d in\n1974 by the directors of the C. Henry Smith Trust\, offers Peace and \nConflict Studies (PACS) students and Grebel residents/associates an\nop portunity to discuss peacebuilding and social justice issues on\ncampus an d beyond. The intercollegiate competition is administered by\nthe Peace an d Justice Ministries of the Mennonite Central Committee\n(MCC). Undergradu ate students from every Mennonite and Brethren in\nChrist college in North America\, including Canada\, are eligible to\nparticipate.  \n\nHenry S mith was an American Mennonite historian and professor at\nMennonite colle ges and the University of Chicago. Overall\, he taught\nhistory for nearly 50 years at the collegiate level. He is well-known\nfor his many books o n Mennonite history and his attention to the peace\ncommitments of the Men nonite tradition.   \n\nOn MARCH 12\, 2025\, FROM 7 PM TO 8 PM at Greb el\, the PACS Department\nand the Grebel Chaplaincy’s Offices are organi zing a speech\nperformance and inviting you to participate. This year mark s the 50th\nAnniversary of this peace speech competition\, and for that re ason\, we\nhave increased the cash prizes for the winners. The stakes have never\nbeen this high! The contest winners will be rewarded with cash pr izes\nof $1000 FOR FIRST PLACE\, $500 FOR SECOND PLACE\, AND $300 FOR THIR D\nPLACE. For more information\, reach out to the PACS Academic\nAdvisor . \n\nTo learn more about the contest and meet previous PACS or Grebel\nr esident participants\, visit this link here. \n\nApplication deadline - February 28\, 2025. X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20260313T015140Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69b36dac421d9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-conflict-studies/events/bridge-2023-honourin g-lives-missing-and-murdered-indigenous LOCATION:STP - United College 190 Westmount Road North Waterloo ON N2L 3G5 Canada SUMMARY:Bridge 2023: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous \nWomen\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Please participate in _Bridge__: Honouring the Lives of Missin g and\nMurdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People\, _an an nual\ninstallation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence a t\nthe University of Waterloo.\n\n* OPENING CEREMONY ON FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 27 AT 10:00 AM\n * CLOSING CEREMONY ON FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 10 AT 10:00 AM\n\ nBoth ceremonies will take place at the Ceremonial Fire Grounds and the\nb ridge between Environment 3 and United College and will be followed\nby a catered Soup Lunch and Creative Reflection.\n\nAll are invited to stay for a Soup Lunch\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/united-college/soup-and-bannock-days ] hosted by\nthe Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC ) and\nsupported by the Department of Communication Arts after the Opening \nand Closing Ceremonies from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. Al McDonald is\nreturnin g as the Ceremonial Fire Keeper. \n\nWorking with Shatitsirótha' Waterlo o Indigenous Student Centre\n(WISC)\, the Office of Indigenous Relations ( ORI)\, the Sexual Violence\nPrevention Response Office (SVPRO)\, and 16 Da ys of Activism Against\nGender-Based Violence\, Dr. Sorouja Moll initiate d _Bridge_ in\n2015 to create a space for all University community memb ers to learn\nabout the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities and share\nin speaking the names of the lives taken to honour and remembe r as the\nred fabric is tied to the bridge between Environment 3 and Unite d\nCollege.\n\nFor the Opening Ceremony\, we are requesting volunteers to read the\nnames — please contact Sorouja Moll. \n\nThe gesture to name \, remember\, and honour the 5000+ missing and\nmurdered Indigenous Women\ , Girls\, and Two Spirit People across the\nmany nations in Canada is an a ctive engagement in learning about the\ndepth of the crisis in Canada whil e resisting and (en)countering the\nexisting silence that continues to shr oud it. Originally installed in\nMontreal in 2009\, as _The Writing Names Project_\, Moll's\nresearch-creation initiative is a counter-memorial and is part of a\nmeaningful and sustained collaborative intercultural praxis between\nIndigenous and non-Indigenous communities. \n\nWatch the_ Brid ge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered\nIndigenous Women\, Girls\ , and Two Spirit People 2019 _video_._\n[https://youtu.be/Zu2t6LifQl0] DTSTAMP:20260313T015140Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR