About the event
You are warmly invited to Belonging Is Something We Build: A Community Book Celebration, marking the launch of Dr. Crystena Parker-Shandal's new book, Peacebuilding Pedagogies: Racial Justice, Dialogue, and Belonging in the Classroom.
Event details
- Date: Saturday, November 15, 2026
- Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location: Victoria Park Pavilion
- Cost: Free
- Register now
What to expect
Join us at the Victoria Park Pavilion for an afternoon of community, conversation, and celebration. This family-friendly gathering will bring together educators, families, students, friends, colleagues, and community members to celebrate the kind of schools and communities we can build together—places rooted in care, justice, dialogue, and belonging.
Activities
Local community groups will share their work, and there will be:
- Activities for children
- Food, snacks, and non-alcoholic refreshments
- Opportunities to connect with community organizations
- Conversations about belonging, education, and peacebuilding
Everyone is welcome
Everything is free, and all are welcome. Come connect with others, share stories, learn about community-based work, and spend time together in a spirit of joy, reflection, and possibility. Bring your friends, bring your family, drop in when you can, and stay as long as you like.
Because belonging is not something we simply find—it is something we build together.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Renison University College at the University of Waterloo for supporting this event.