PACS Newsletter: February 1st


If you’ve joined Peace and Conflict Studies in the past three years, there’s a strong chance that you have Jessica Scott to thank. As a PACS Alumni and previous Conrad Grebel Recruitment and Conference Coordinator, Jessica has strong connections to the PACS Department.
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.
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).