Masters of Peace and Conflict studies graduate, and co-founder of Global Peace Centre Canada, Jahan Zeb’s opinion editorial piece titled ‘Canada: Beacon of hope in a world adrift’ has been published
This past weekend PACS alumni Yael Magid saw the success of a project she had, no doubt, worked on for months.
If you were to imagine your sixth grade classroom right now surely a number of things would come to mind. You might recall learning about ratios for the first time. One thing you probably don’t remember learning about in your elementary school days is peace.
This year the University of Waterloo has joined the ranks of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, an annual country-wide ranking of organizations and business.
Betty Pries, Peace and Conflict Studies sessional instructor and instructor in the Conflict Management Certificate Program, was nominated at the annual K-W Oktoberfest Women of the Year event.
Sukhraaj ‘Raj’ Shergill is a 5th year Arts and Business Student at the University of Waterloo, and his very first Co-op position in 2014 allowed him to work with the Government of Canada in Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).
Congratulations to Charity Nonkes who won second place in the bi-national finals of the C. Henry Smith Oratorical Competition.
Betty Pries is currently working on a PhD in the area of Conflict Transformation through the Free University of Amsterdam (VU). Betty Pries currently teaches PACS 333: Advanced Mediation Practice and is heavily involved with the Conflict Management Certificate program at Conrad Grebel University College.
Upon arriving at the University of Waterloo, Kayleigh Swanson started her academic experience intending on majoring in Legal Studies. However, after taking some entry level PACS courses, she disc
overed that PACS was really the right major for her. PACS attracted Kayleigh as a program because of her passions and interest in social justice and applied conflict resolution.